# Getting Prices

Use this endpoint to check the price (in satoshis) that user will need to pay to use services offered by this API.

### `POST` price estimates

## Get Inscription Price (in satoshis)

<mark style="color:blue;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.ordinalsbot.com/price`

This endpoint will calculate all fees related to the operation and return the total as well as the breakdown.

**Price breakdown**

Here is a code example with the exact calculation used in pricing

```javascript
const discounts = []; // array of discounts applied to the order

// set at 10% at the moment but can be changed
const chainFeeRate = 0.1;

// the parameters that are discountable
// those are the values AFTER the discount
const {
  baseFee, // base fee charged by us, per item
  rareSatsFee, // fee for rare sats, per item
  collectionServiceFee, // optional fee for collections, per item
} = dicountParamters;

// the other components of the pricing, which are not discountable
const {
  chainFee, // chain fee in sats for the whole order
  count, // items count
  postage, // the postage per item
  price, // the price per item for a collection or launchpad
  additionalFee = 0, // zero by default unless specified, applies PER item,
  sizeFee, // normally 10% of chain fee but does not apply for direct orders
} = basePricing;

// the total additional fee that we will charge
const additionalFeeCharged = additionalFee * count;
// service fee component calculation
const serviceFee = (baseFee + rareSatsFee + collectionServiceFee + postage + price) * count + additionalFeeCharged + sizeFee;
// final amount, this is what the user has to pay!
const amount = serviceFee + chainFee;

// this is returned by the endpoint
const finalPricing = {
  ...basePricing,
  ...discountParameters,
  additionalFeeCharged,
  discounts,
  amount,
  serviceFee,
};
```

**Discount object**

If discounts are applied there will be an array of discount object in the `discounts` field

```typescript
{
  discount: number, // the value of the discount, either as sats or as a percent
  parameter: 'baseFee' | 'rareSatsFee' | 'collectionServiceFee', // which parameter is getting the discount
  type: 'fixed' | 'percentage', // if fixed, we directly deduct dicount from parameter, otherwise we deduct as a % from the parameter
  reason: string, // the reason for discount
}
```

#### Body Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="165">Name</th><th width="134">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>order<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>Object</td><td>The order request you would send to /order, /inscribe or any other priced endpoint. </td></tr><tr><td>type<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The type of your order, see all types in the table at <a href="/pages/94b6LcO0JMXYUm5p0e0M">Order Types</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK " %}

```json
{
    "chainFee": 18992,
    "baseFee": 9000,
    "rareSatsFee": 0,
    "additionalFee": 0,
    "additionalFeeCharged": 0,
    "postage": 546,
    "count": 2,
    "price": 0,
    "collectionServiceFee": 0,
    "discounts": [],
    "amount": 39983,
    "serviceFee": 20991
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

```json
// here is a sample payload you can POST to get a pricing
{
    "type": "bulk",
    "order": {
        "files": [
            {
                "url": "https://ordinalsbot-dev.s3.amazonaws.com/7b7b3b37-792b-4f29-bd37-7436fd461453",
                "size": 860,
                "name": "btc-skull-2.jpg",
                "type": "image/jpeg"
            },
                        {
                "url": "https://ordinalsbot-dev.s3.amazonaws.com/7b7b3b37-792b-4f29-bd37-7436fd461453",
                "size": 860,
                "name": "btc-skull-2.jpg",
                "type": "image/jpeg"
            }
        ],
        "lowPostage": true,
        "receiveAddress": "tb1qwejhagpav9rkrwpk55ul6pes6f89glpkpds487",
        "rareSats": "random",
        "compress": false,
        "fee": 16
    }
}
```

## Non Standard Transaction Fees

We use <https://slipstream.mara.com/> to submit any non-standard transactions (larger than 400kb mempool policy limit) to be included in the bitcoin blockchain.

{% hint style="warning" %}
This means you need to check for their minimum fees before submitting a managed order request that will require a non-standard transaction.

You are also bound by ToS of slipstream if you create a managed inscription order with any file larger than 400kb or batch inscription request that would lead to a transaction that is over the default bitcoin mempool policy limit.
{% endhint %}


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