# POST /transfer/balance/get is deprecated

Plaid API deprecated POST /transfer/balance/get without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Plaid API (production.plaid.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: April 1, 2024
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /transfer/balance/get`
- Source: [Announcement](https://plaid.com/docs/changelog/)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/plaid-api/breaking-changes/post-transfer-balance-get-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Read the balance with POST /transfer/ledger/get (the Plaid Ledger).

## Plaid API's words

> Deprecated the /transfer/balance/get endpoint in favor of the Plaid Ledger.