Get fee rates
GET/api/market/fees
Network fee rates in sat/vB for a purchase: bitcoind's estimates for 6, 3 and 1 blocks, else mempool.space's; cached 30 seconds. minimum is the lowest fee_rate purchase/prepare accepts.
Example request #
curl 'https://raresats.net/api/market/fees'const response = await fetch('https://raresats.net/api/market/fees');
const data = await response.json();import requests
data = requests.get("https://raresats.net/api/market/fees").json()Response 200 #
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
slow | number | About 6 blocks, sat/vB. |
normal | number | About 3 blocks, sat/vB. |
fast | number | Next block, sat/vB. |
minimum | number | The lowest rate a purchase may use, sat/vB (never below 1). |
source | string | Where the estimates came from. One of: bitcoind, mempool.space. |
{"slow": 2, "normal": 4, "fast": 8, "minimum": 1, "source": "bitcoind"}Errors #
{error, code}; see Errors for every code.
| Status | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 503 | fees_unavailable | No fee estimate is available. |
{"error": "no fee estimate is available", "code": "fees_unavailable"}Pass one of these (or any rate from minimum to 5000) as fee_rate to Prepare a purchase. A rate below minimum is refused with 422 fee_rate_too_low; minimum is never below 1 sat/vB, which some nodes require to relay.