+=item bill_now OPTION => VALUE, ...
+
+Bills a single customer now, in the same fashion as the "Bill now" link in the
+UI.
+
+Returns a hash reference with a single key, 'error'. If there is an error,
+the value contains the error, otherwise it is empty. Takes a list of keys and
+values as parameters with the following keys:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item secret
+
+API Secret (required)
+
+=item custnum
+
+Customer number (required)
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub bill_now {
+ my( $class, %opt ) = @_;
+ my $conf = new FS::Conf;
+ return { 'error' => 'Incorrect shared secret' }
+ unless $opt{secret} eq $conf->config('api_shared_secret');
+
+ my $cust_main = qsearchs('cust_main', { 'custnum' => $opt{custnum} })
+ or return { 'error' => 'Unknown custnum' };
+
+ my $error = $cust_main->bill_and_collect( 'fatal' => 'return',
+ 'retry' => 1,
+ 'check_freq' =>'1d',
+ );
+
+ return { 'error' => $error,
+ };
+
+}
+
+