Create Quote - Capa.fi

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'partner-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "tokenSymbol": "USDC",
  "transactionType": "ON_RAMP",
  "blockchainSymbol": "POL",
  "fiatCurrency": "MXN",
  "cryptoAmount": 123,
  "fiatAmount": 123,
  "premiumSpread": 123,
  "forwardingDays": 123
}
'

import requests

url = "https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes"

payload = {
    "tokenSymbol": "USDC",
    "transactionType": "ON_RAMP",
    "blockchainSymbol": "POL",
    "fiatCurrency": "MXN",
    "cryptoAmount": 123,
    "fiatAmount": 123,
    "premiumSpread": 123,
    "forwardingDays": 123
}
headers = {
    "partner-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'partner-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    tokenSymbol: 'USDC',
    transactionType: 'ON_RAMP',
    blockchainSymbol: 'POL',
    fiatCurrency: 'MXN',
    cryptoAmount: 123,
    fiatAmount: 123,
    premiumSpread: 123,
    forwardingDays: 123
  })
};

fetch('https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes', 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://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'tokenSymbol' => 'USDC',
    'transactionType' => 'ON_RAMP',
    'blockchainSymbol' => 'POL',
    'fiatCurrency' => 'MXN',
    'cryptoAmount' => 123,
    'fiatAmount' => 123,
    'premiumSpread' => 123,
    'forwardingDays' => 123
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "partner-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"tokenSymbol\": \"USDC\",\n  \"transactionType\": \"ON_RAMP\",\n  \"blockchainSymbol\": \"POL\",\n  \"fiatCurrency\": \"MXN\",\n  \"cryptoAmount\": 123,\n  \"fiatAmount\": 123,\n  \"premiumSpread\": 123,\n  \"forwardingDays\": 123\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("partner-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes")
  .header("partner-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"tokenSymbol\": \"USDC\",\n  \"transactionType\": \"ON_RAMP\",\n  \"blockchainSymbol\": \"POL\",\n  \"fiatCurrency\": \"MXN\",\n  \"cryptoAmount\": 123,\n  \"fiatAmount\": 123,\n  \"premiumSpread\": 123,\n  \"forwardingDays\": 123\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["partner-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"tokenSymbol\": \"USDC\",\n  \"transactionType\": \"ON_RAMP\",\n  \"blockchainSymbol\": \"POL\",\n  \"fiatCurrency\": \"MXN\",\n  \"cryptoAmount\": 123,\n  \"fiatAmount\": 123,\n  \"premiumSpread\": 123,\n  \"forwardingDays\": 123\n}"

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

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "fiatAmount": 5000,
    "fiatCurrency": "MXN",
    "blockchainSymbol": "POL",
    "tokenSymbol": "USDC",
    "transactionType": "ON_RAMP",
    "cryptoAmount": 40,
    "rate": 57.01,
    "premiumSpread": 0.01,
    "flow": "REGULAR",
    "quoteId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "expiresAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "forwardingDays": 2,
    "effectiveForwardingDays": 4,
    "forwardingSettlementDate": "2026-03-14T03:25:27.495Z"
  }
}

POST

api

partner

quotes

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'partner-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "tokenSymbol": "USDC",
  "transactionType": "ON_RAMP",
  "blockchainSymbol": "POL",
  "fiatCurrency": "MXN",
  "cryptoAmount": 123,
  "fiatAmount": 123,
  "premiumSpread": 123,
  "forwardingDays": 123
}
'

import requests

url = "https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes"

payload = {
    "tokenSymbol": "USDC",
    "transactionType": "ON_RAMP",
    "blockchainSymbol": "POL",
    "fiatCurrency": "MXN",
    "cryptoAmount": 123,
    "fiatAmount": 123,
    "premiumSpread": 123,
    "forwardingDays": 123
}
headers = {
    "partner-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'partner-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    tokenSymbol: 'USDC',
    transactionType: 'ON_RAMP',
    blockchainSymbol: 'POL',
    fiatCurrency: 'MXN',
    cryptoAmount: 123,
    fiatAmount: 123,
    premiumSpread: 123,
    forwardingDays: 123
  })
};

fetch('https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes', 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://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'tokenSymbol' => 'USDC',
    'transactionType' => 'ON_RAMP',
    'blockchainSymbol' => 'POL',
    'fiatCurrency' => 'MXN',
    'cryptoAmount' => 123,
    'fiatAmount' => 123,
    'premiumSpread' => 123,
    'forwardingDays' => 123
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "partner-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"tokenSymbol\": \"USDC\",\n  \"transactionType\": \"ON_RAMP\",\n  \"blockchainSymbol\": \"POL\",\n  \"fiatCurrency\": \"MXN\",\n  \"cryptoAmount\": 123,\n  \"fiatAmount\": 123,\n  \"premiumSpread\": 123,\n  \"forwardingDays\": 123\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("partner-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes")
  .header("partner-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"tokenSymbol\": \"USDC\",\n  \"transactionType\": \"ON_RAMP\",\n  \"blockchainSymbol\": \"POL\",\n  \"fiatCurrency\": \"MXN\",\n  \"cryptoAmount\": 123,\n  \"fiatAmount\": 123,\n  \"premiumSpread\": 123,\n  \"forwardingDays\": 123\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://staging-api.capa.fi/api/partner/v2/quotes")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["partner-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"tokenSymbol\": \"USDC\",\n  \"transactionType\": \"ON_RAMP\",\n  \"blockchainSymbol\": \"POL\",\n  \"fiatCurrency\": \"MXN\",\n  \"cryptoAmount\": 123,\n  \"fiatAmount\": 123,\n  \"premiumSpread\": 123,\n  \"forwardingDays\": 123\n}"

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

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "fiatAmount": 5000,
    "fiatCurrency": "MXN",
    "blockchainSymbol": "POL",
    "tokenSymbol": "USDC",
    "transactionType": "ON_RAMP",
    "cryptoAmount": 40,
    "rate": 57.01,
    "premiumSpread": 0.01,
    "flow": "REGULAR",
    "quoteId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "expiresAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "forwardingDays": 2,
    "effectiveForwardingDays": 4,
    "forwardingSettlementDate": "2026-03-14T03:25:27.495Z"
  }
}

Creates a locked quote with a guaranteed exchange rate. Pass the returned quoteId when creating a transaction to use this rate.

Field Relationships

cryptoAmount is required for OFF_RAMP transactions, fiatAmount is required for ON_RAMP.
country and rail are optional overrides for non-default currency/country combinations.
forwardingDays (0–4) is only supported for MXN OTC transactions (T+N settlement).

Important Notes

Quotes expire — check the expiresAt field and create the transaction before it lapses.
Pass the returned quoteId to Create On-Ramp, Create Off-Ramp, or Create Cross-Ramp.

Error Codes

Common Errors

HTTP Status	Code	Message
401	`UNAUTHORIZED`	”API Key is missing”
401	`UNAUTHORIZED`	”Invalid API Key format”
401	`UNAUTHORIZED`	”Invalid API Key”
403	`INVALID_PARTNER_FLOW`	”The partner has an invalid flow.”

Endpoint-Specific Errors

HTTP Status	Code	Message
400	`INVALID_USER_INPUT_ERROR`	”Invalid User Input”
400	`BAD_REQUEST`	”Fiat currency is disabled or does not exist”
400	`BAD_REQUEST`	”This blockchain and token combination is disabled or does not exist”
500	`INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR`	”Failed to create quote”

Authorizations

partner-api-key

string

header

required

API key for the affiliated partner performing the request.

Body

application/json

tokenSymbol

enum<string>

required

The token symbol

Available options:

USDC,

USDT

Example:

"USDC"

transactionType

enum<string>

required

Transaction type (ON_RAMP or OFF_RAMP)

Available options:

ON_RAMP,

OFF_RAMP,

CROSS_RAMP

Example:

"ON_RAMP"

blockchainSymbol

enum<string>

required

The blockchain symbol. BSC is only available for transactions over 50,000 MXN.

Available options:

POL,

SOL,

ETH,

BSC

Example:

"POL"

fiatCurrency

enum<string>

required

The fiat currency

Available options:

MXN,

DOP,

USD,

EUR

Example:

"MXN"

cryptoAmount

number

The amount of crypto (required for OFF_RAMP)

fiatAmount

number

The amount of fiat (required for ON_RAMP)

premiumSpread

number

Spread percentage to be applied to the exchange rate

country

enum<string>

The country where the transaction is being performed. Use it only when the currency is not default for the country.

Available options:

MX,

DO,

US,

AT,

BE,

BG,

HR,

CY,

CZ,

DK,

EE,

FI,

FR,

DE,

GR,

HU,

IE,

IT,

LV,

LT,

LU,

MT,

NL,

PL,

PT,

RO,

SK,

SI,

ES,

SE,

IS,

LI,

NO,

CH,

GB,

MC,

SM,

AD,

VA,

CN

rail

enum<string>

The payment rail for the transaction. Use it only when the rail is not default for the country.

Available options:

SPEI,

ACH,

WIRE,

SEPA,

SWIFT

forwardingDays

number

Number of T+N forwarding days for settlement (0-4). Only supported for MXN OTC transactions.

Response

Quote created successfully. Returns the locked quote with amounts, rate and expiration.

success

boolean

Example:

true

data

object

Show child attributes

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​Field Relationships

​Important Notes

​Error Codes

​Common Errors

​Endpoint-Specific Errors

Authorizations

Body

Response

Field Relationships

Important Notes

Error Codes

Common Errors

Endpoint-Specific Errors