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Format balance availablefrom facebook api

I am trying to get the balance that a facebook ad account has positive or negative, however, I am following the facebook documentation and the same says that the field is "balance", below I am putting the print taken from the facebook documentation.

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I'm getting this value according to the documentation the problem is that I don't know how to format the value correctly, the value is coming without a decimal separator, has anyone been there? How do I know when to format the value with decimal or not?

Below is the printout of my return that I'm getting from the API.

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Solution

  • You should consider the AdAccounts currency offset, as described here, as a static table:

    Offset

    Each currency has an offset which specifies how Facebook should handle its sub-divisions. This is to ensure that the minimum bid, such as "1", is a usable value for the currency.

    Example offset 100

    If a currency has an offset of 100 then the minimum allowed bid is assumed to be 1/100 of the currency base unit. For example, if you place a bid of "1" on an ad account based on USD the bid will be 0.01 USD.

    Example offset 1

    If a currency has an offset of 1 then the minimum allowed bid is assumed to be in the currency base unit. For example, if you place a bid of "1" on a ad account based on JPY the bid will be 1 JPY.

    A sample of the table:

    Name Code Offset
    Algerian Dinar DZD 100
    Argentine Peso ARS 100
    .. .. ..
    Brazilian Real BRL 100
    .. .. ..
    Chilean Peso CLP 1
    .. .. ..

    So for your currency you should consider an offset of 100.