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NOWPayments Estimates API

Price estimation and minimum amounts

NOWPayments Estimates API is one of 10 APIs that NOWPayments publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Estimates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.nowpayments.io/v1, https://api.sandbox.nowpayments.io/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.nowpayments.io/v1
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

NOWPayments Estimates API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (ApiKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — NOWPayments API key obtained from your merchant dashboard
  • BearerAuth — JWT token obtained from the /auth endpoint (required for mass payout operations)

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Estimates 2

Price estimation and minimum amounts

GET
/estimate
Get estimated price
getEstimatePrice 3 params → 200400401
GET
/min-amount
Get minimum payment amount
getMinimumPaymentAmount 2 params → 200400401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EstimateResponse (4 properties), MinAmountResponse (3 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

EstimateResponse
object
4 properties
MinAmountResponse
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

now-payments-estimates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NOWPayments publishes across the network.

NOWPayments Mass Payouts API
NOWPayments Recurring Payments API
NOWPayments Custody API
NOWPayments Authentication API
NOWPayments Currencies API
NOWPayments Invoices API
NOWPayments Payments API
NOWPayments Payouts API
NOWPayments Status API