# Mint

Use this endpoint to mint an existing rune as defined in <https://docs.ordinals.com/runes.html#minting>

{% hint style="info" %}

* Runes are available on **testnet only** until block height 840000.
* We allow the execution of `n` mints per order, dictated by the field `numberOfMints`
* `n` mints will create `n` transactions
* Minting transaction ids will appear in the order in the field `mintingTxs`
* For every mint transaction the counter `executedMints` will be incremented
  {% endhint %}

### `POST` a new rune mint order

## Mint Rune

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.ordinalsbot.com/runes/mint`

#### Request Body

<table><thead><tr><th width="174">Name</th><th width="106">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>rune<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>String</td><td>Rune name</td></tr><tr><td>receiveAddress<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>String</td><td>A single Bitcoin address to receive the rune balance for the whole order</td></tr><tr><td>fee<mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>Number</td><td>Miner fee that will be paid while inscribing the ordinals in sats/byte.</td></tr><tr><td>numberOfMints</td><td>Number</td><td>Number of times provided rune should be minted to receive address.<br>(default=1)</td></tr><tr><td>referral</td><td>String</td><td>Referral code to earn up to %15 of the order service fee.</td></tr><tr><td>additionalFee</td><td>Number</td><td><p>Amount of satoshis to charge extra for this order that will be added to "referral" account.</p><p>Needs to be used together with "referral" parameter.</p></td></tr><tr><td>postage</td><td>Number</td><td><p>Set custom postage for the order's asset: minimum 330 sats, maximum 10,000 sats.</p><p></p><p>(default=546)</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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

```json
{
    "charge": {
        "id": "0128d9cd-5821-4f2e-b042-9124f8027b0f",
        "description": "e3124086-4f86-4b73-be2b-f5bcceea7d0b",
        "desc_hash": false,
        "created_at": 1713286060,
        "status": "unpaid",
        "amount": 24200,
        "success_url": null,
        "hosted_checkout_url": "https://checkout.dev.opennode.com/0128d9cd-5821-4f2e-b042-9124f8027b0f",
        "order_id": null,
        "currency": "BTC",
        "source_fiat_value": 24200,
        "fiat_value": 15.03,
        "auto_settle": false,
        "notif_email": null,
        "address": "2NG1xF8STPUhwtaTJyKUdGMai8GXs5mK8sy",
        "metadata": {},
        "chain_invoice": {
            "address": "2NG1xF8STPUhwtaTJyKUdGMai8GXs5mK8sy"
        },
        "uri": "bitcoin:2NG1xF8STPUhwtaTJyKUdGMai8GXs5mK8sy?amount=0.000242&label=e3124086-4f86-4b73-be2b-f5bcceea7d0b&lightning=lntb242u1pnpa2avpp5jh0f855vgg2zakshfce6zua8q7jfj3dkejwak93d52073c7vjevqdp6v5enzv35xqurvtf5vcurvtf5vgmnxttzv5exyttxx43xxcm9v4snwepsvgcqzzsxqy8ayqsp5ug9pp67ed0tq3064vu8fjhghmwwvq7w3zwyjk5mnmqukgjxjayws9qyyssq8kgsw4d6drsy346kag3jsxlzmzlkqr0fnpp0gy6f27kj9nmss4wx40r9qrmafc64kexe8tat6lj94y39cezay8drg9qtw4qyx57mg9qq4nfknr",
        "ttl": 4320,
        "lightning_invoice": {
            "expires_at": 1713545260,
            "payreq": "lntb242u1pnpa2avpp5jh0f855vgg2zakshfce6zua8q7jfj3dkejwak93d52073c7vjevqdp6v5enzv35xqurvtf5vcurvtf5vgmnxttzv5exyttxx43xxcm9v4snwepsvgcqzzsxqy8ayqsp5ug9pp67ed0tq3064vu8fjhghmwwvq7w3zwyjk5mnmqukgjxjayws9qyyssq8kgsw4d6drsy346kag3jsxlzmzlkqr0fnpp0gy6f27kj9nmss4wx40r9qrmafc64kexe8tat6lj94y39cezay8drg9qtw4qyx57mg9qq4nfknr"
        }
    },
    "paylink": {
        "id": "66xxx16", // visit https://app.hel.io/pay/66xxx16 to pay
    },
    "rune": "BITCOIN•HAS•A•CAT",
    "receiveAddress": "tb1qwejhagpav9rkrwpk55ul6pes6f89glpkpds487",
    "fee": 10,
    "chainFee": 2000,
    "serviceFee": 22200,
    "baseFee": 12000,
    "rareSatsFee": 0,
    "postage": 546,
    "additionalFee": null,
    "numberOfMints": 1,
    "id": "e3124086-4f86-4b73-be2b-f5bcceea7d0b",
    "orderType": "rune-mint",
    "state": "waiting-payment",
    "createdAt": {
        ".sv": "timestamp"
    },
    "executedMints": 0,
    "mintingTxs": []
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="500: Internal Server Error " %}

```json
{
    status: 'error',
    error: 'error reason'
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400: Bad Request " %}

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

```json
// Here's a sample payload you can POST to create a rune mint order
{
    "rune": "MEGA•MEME•COIN",
    "fee": 8,
    "receiveAddress": "tb1pqwh3dxhg3k4szt9zm5kt8p0m97nl7k7zlmplehmr6alc4ut8xd5qams63p",
    "numberOfMints": 2,
}
```


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