diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/checkCredits.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/checkCredits.ts
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+import { checkTeamCredits } from "../services/billing/credit_billing";
+import { Logger } from "./logger";
+
+type checkCreditsResponse = {
+  status: number;
+  error: string | null;
+}
+
+export const checkCredits = async (team_id: string): Promise<checkCreditsResponse> => {
+  try {
+    const {
+      success: creditsCheckSuccess,
+      message: creditsCheckMessage
+    } = await checkTeamCredits(team_id, 1);
+    if (!creditsCheckSuccess) {
+      return {
+        status: 402,
+        error: "Insufficient credits"
+      };
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    Logger.error(error);
+    return {
+      status: 500,
+      error: "Error checking team credits. Please contact hello@firecrawl.com for help."
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    status: 200,
+    error: null
+  }
+};
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