Get Real-time Buy quote

Get detailed real-time quote based on the provided currency code, base amount, your extra fee percentage, payment method, and the inclusion of the fees.

GET /v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote

Get Real-time Buy quote

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.moonpay.com/v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote?apiKey='

import requests

url = "https://api.moonpay.com/v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote?apiKey="

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.moonpay.com/v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote?apiKey=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.moonpay.com/v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote?apiKey=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.moonpay.com/v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote?apiKey="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.moonpay.com/v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote?apiKey=")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.moonpay.com/v3/currencies/{currencyCode}/buy_quote?apiKey=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "accountId": "717a8a80-5c17-46f9-84f8-a5253c372f51",
  "baseCurrency": {
    "id": "6f424585-8936-4eb1-b01e-443fb306d1f5",
    "createdAt": "2019-05-17T18:24:45.206Z",
    "updatedAt": "2019-05-17T18:24:45.206Z",
    "type": "fiat",
    "name": "Pound Sterling",
    "code": "gbp",
    "precision": 2,
    "minBuyAmount": 30,
    "maxBuyAmount": 9000,
    "isSellSupported": true
  },
  "baseCurrencyCode": "usd",
  "baseCurrencyAmount": 288.37,
  "quoteCurrency": {
    "id": "aaefa32f-161b-42c8-8115-debcbf3d6a2d",
    "createdAt": "2019-05-17T18:24:45.206Z",
    "updatedAt": "2019-05-17T18:24:45.206Z",
    "type": "crypto",
    "name": "USD Coin (ERC-20)",
    "code": "usdc",
    "precision": 2,
    "minBuyAmount": 30,
    "maxBuyAmount": 1000,
    "minSellAmount": 15,
    "maxSellAmount": 100000,
    "addressRegex": "^(0x)[0-9A-Fa-f]{40}$",
    "testnetAddressRegex": "^(0x)[0-9A-Fa-f]{40}$",
    "supportsAddressTag": false,
    "addressTagRegex": null,
    "supportsTestMode": true,
    "isSuspended": false,
    "isSupportedInUs": true,
    "isSellSupported": true,
    "notAllowedUSStates": [
      "LA",
      "VI"
    ],
    "notAllowedCountries": [
      "CA"
    ],
    "metadata": {
      "contractAddress": 0,
      "chainId": "1",
      "networkCode": "ethereum"
    }
  },
  "quoteCurrencyCode": "btc",
  "quoteCurrencyAmount": 0.0055,
  "quoteCurrencyPrice": 52474.5036,
  "paymentMethod": "credit_debit_card",
  "feeAmount": 3.99,
  "extraFeePercentage": 0,
  "extraFeeAmount": 0,
  "networkFeeAmount": 7.64,
  "networkFeeAmountNonRefundable": false,
  "totalAmount": 300,
  "externalId": null,
  "externalCustomerId": null,
  "signature": "really-long-string",
  "expiresIn": 1800,
  "expiresAt": "2024-02-23T00:58:26.577Z"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

apiKey · string · query · required

Path Parameters

currencyCode · string · required

The code of the cryptocurrency of interest from the currencies list with type=crypto

Query Parameters

query · object · required

Show child attributes

Response

200

application/json

Successful response — Buy Quote

accountId · string

ID of your business account

Example:

"717a8a80-5c17-46f9-84f8-a5253c372f51"

baseCurrency · object

The fiat currency the customer wants to use for the transaction.

Show child attributes

baseCurrencyCode · string

Example:

"usd"

baseCurrencyAmount · number

A positive number representing how much the customer wants to spend. The minimum amount is 20.

Example:

288.37

quoteCurrency · object

The cryptocurrency the customer wants to purchase.

Show child attributes

quoteCurrencyCode · string

Example:

"btc"

quoteCurrencyAmount · number

A positive number representing the amount of cryptocurrency the customer will receive. Set when the purchase of cryptocurrency has been executed.

Example:

0.0055

quoteCurrencyPrice · number

The price of the crypto the customer will receive

Example:

52474.5036

paymentMethod · enum<string>

The transaction's payment method.

Available options: ach_bank_transfer, credit_debit_card, paypal, gbp_bank_transfer, gbp_open_banking_payment, pix_instant_payment, sepa_bank_transfer

Example:

"credit_debit_card"

feeAmount · number

A positive number representing the fee for the transaction.

Example:

3.99

extraFeePercentage · number

Example:

0

extraFeeAmount · number

Example:

0

networkFeeAmount · number

A positive number representing the network fee for the transaction. It is added to baseCurrencyAmount, feeAmount and extraFeeAmount when the customer's card is charged.

Example:

7.64

networkFeeAmountNonRefundable · boolean

Example:

false

totalAmount · number

Example:

300

externalId · string | null

Example:

null

externalCustomerId · string | null

Example:

null

signature · string | null

The signature for executing the quote for fixed flow

Example:

"really-long-string"

expiresIn · number | null

The time in seconds until the quote expires.

Example:

1800

expiresAt · string | null

Time at which the quote expires. Returned as an ISO 8601 string.

Example:

"2024-02-23T00:58:26.577Z"