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purchaseTokensNow
mutation · in the family Billing and the wallet
What it does
Buy kernels NOW with the stored card — one press, no checkout.
Buy kernels NOW with the stored card: mints a TokenPurchase charged OFF-SESSION to the stored method (primary → backup ladder, the charger's fire mechanics; the SAME webhook settles the balance credit). ⚠ NOT budget-capped BY DESIGN — the day/month caps fence AUTO spend; an explicit press is its own authorization. The amount rides the createTokenPurchase bounds and must clear the volume-tier floor (below refuses VALIDATION). The wallet must be ACTIVE with custody armed (no stored method refuses CONFLICT/REF_STATE — use createTokenPurchase for a client-confirmed buy instead). Requires the unrestricted capability. Template class A16_BILLING (the createTokenPurchase class).
What happens
Charges the stored method off-session (backup as fallback) and credits the balance through the same recorded purchase flow.
Careful
Real money for platform credits; the day/month auto-buy budgets do NOT apply to an explicit press.
Who may call it
Capability area: Billing and the wallet — Your platform bill, token purchases and the usage and cost reads.
- Owner
- Manager
- Associate Manager
- An API key whose scope allows
api:purchaseTokensNow
Arguments
| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
input | NewTokenPurchaseInput NewTokenPurchaseInput! | yes | No further notes. |
Returns
TokenPurchase TokenPurchase! — A TokenPurchase — buying platform tokens with real money (**Stripe primary**; ACH/wire/invoiced = deferral 7): $ → tokens at the volume tier (tier_1 | tier_2 | tier_3 — SERVER-computed, never client-asserted), loaded into the GROUP's TokenAccount as a purchase TokenEntry when the webhook settles. **AT/stack charging the MERCHANT** — the platform account's OWN PaymentIntent (distinct from the merchant's customer Payments and the Connect plane). **NON-REFUNDABLE**. The FSM is the ratified 3-STATE table VERBATIM: created(i) → succeeded ▣ / failed ✦, BOTH edges system:stripe_webhook — NO caller transitions and NOTHING mutable between birth and settlement ⇒ the wire realizes {create:true, update:false, transitions:false} (a NEW suppression combination — the webhook-settled document). The birth op mints the TEST PaymentIntent api-side with the LOAD-BEARING metadata {at_kind, tokenPurchaseId, rootId} (ruling — the lesson: PI metadata IS the join key; the EXISTING platform 8-event endpoint roster covers the lane — payment_intent.succeeded/payment_failed/canceled; canceled settles failed). The real-money gate = classification × Stripe MODE (ruling: live-mode charges require a production-classified group; test-mode is legal for ANY classification — that is how the goldens run; the mode derives from the custodied key, never asserted). Purchase-abandon reconciliation beyond canceled = deferral 14a. NOT searchable. Template class A16_BILLING (hand-derived v23).
Example request
mutation ExamplePurchaseTokensNow($input: NewTokenPurchaseInput!) {
purchaseTokensNow(input: $input) {
id
sysId
type
caption
status
parentId
rootId
createdAt
updatedAt
revisionNum
revision
usdAmountCents
tokensPurchased
volumeTierCode
rateCardVersion
stripePaymentIntentId
settledAt
}
}
Variables:
{
"input": {
"caption": "Blue jeans",
"usdAmountCents": 1
}
}
Send it with the envelope naming the version: "extensions": {"at": {"version": {"name":"genesis","number":0}}}.
Example response
{
"data": {
"purchaseTokensNow": {
"id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
"sysId": "TP-EXMP-0000-000F",
"type": "TokenPurchase",
"caption": "Blue jeans",
"status": "created",
"parentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-065235280000",
"rootId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a093dd800000",
"createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
"revisionNum": 1,
"revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
"usdAmountCents": 1,
"tokensPurchased": 1,
"volumeTierCode": "BJ-001",
"rateCardVersion": 1,
"stripePaymentIntentId": "<stripe payment intent id>",
"settledAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z"
}
},
"extensions": {
"at": {
"callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
"version": {
"requested": {
"name": "genesis",
"number": 0
},
"serviced": {
"name": "genesis",
"number": 0
}
}
}
}
}
Errors this call can answer
VALIDATION/INVALID— Something in the request is not valid. (VALIDATION)AUTHN/REQUIRED— Sign in to do this. (AUTHN)AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN— Your role does not allow this action. (AUTHZ)RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED— Too many requests in a short time. (RATE_LIMIT)CONFLICT/*— The record’s state, or a change made in the meantime, does not allow this; the codes are on the CONFLICT page. (CONFLICT)VALIDATION/VERSION_REQUIRED— The request did not say which app version it came from. (VALIDATION)