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Create a quote

A quote is a commitment from an account servicing entity to deliver a particular amount to a payee when sending a particular amount from a payer. Once an authorized client obtains the requisite grant from the payer’s authorization server, the client can create a quote resource against the payer’s wallet address. The quote indicates how much it will cost the payer to proceed with the transaction.

Before you begin

We recommend creating a wallet account on Rafiki.Money, a test wallet provider that’s part of the Interledger testnet. Creating an account allows you to test your client against the Open Payments APIs by using an ILP-enabled wallet funded with play money.

Create a quote with an incomingAmount

This code snippet allows a client to create a quote with an incomingAmount when it is specified in the INCOMING_PAYMENT_URL.

Additional configuration

Add "type": "module" to package.json

Add the following to tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES2022",
    "module": "ES2022"
  }
}

Get started

Import dependencies

import { createAuthenticatedClient } from "@interledger/open-payments";

Initialize Open Payments client

const client = await createAuthenticatedClient({
  walletAddressUrl: WALLET_ADDRESS,
  privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY_PATH,
  keyId: KEY_ID,
});

Create quote

const quote = await client.quote.create(
  {
    url: new URL(WALLET_ADDRESS).origin,
    accessToken: QUOTE_ACCESS_TOKEN,
  },
  {
    method: "ilp",
    walletAddress: WALLET_ADDRESS,
    receiver: INCOMING_PAYMENT_URL,
  },
);

Output

console.log("QUOTE_URL =", quote.id);

Run tsx path/to/directory/index.ts.

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Create a quote with a debit amount

This code snippet allows a client to create a quote with a debitAmount, which specifies the amount that will be deducted from the payer’s wallet.

Additional configuration

Add "type": "module" to package.json

Add the following to tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES2022",
    "module": "ES2022"
  }
}

Get started

Import dependencies

import { createAuthenticatedClient } from "@interledger/open-payments";

Initialize Open Payments client

const client = await createAuthenticatedClient({
  walletAddressUrl: WALLET_ADDRESS,
  privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY_PATH,
  keyId: KEY_ID,
});

Get wallet address information

const walletAddress = await client.walletAddress.get({
  url: WALLET_ADDRESS,
});

Create quote with debit amount

const quote = await client.quote.create(
  {
    url: new URL(WALLET_ADDRESS).origin,
    accessToken: QUOTE_ACCESS_TOKEN,
  },
  {
    method: "ilp",
    walletAddress: WALLET_ADDRESS,
    receiver: INCOMING_PAYMENT_URL,
    debitAmount: {
      value: "500",
      assetCode: walletAddress.assetCode,
      assetScale: walletAddress.assetScale,
    },
  },
);

Output

console.log("QUOTE_URL =", quote.id);

Run tsx path/to/directory/index.ts.

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Create a quote with a receive amount

This code snippet allows a client to create a quote with a receiveAmount, which specifies the amount that the payee’s wallet will receive.

Additional configuration

Add "type": "module" to package.json

Add the following to tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES2022",
    "module": "ES2022"
  }
}

Get started

Import dependencies

import { createAuthenticatedClient } from "@interledger/open-payments";

Initialize Open Payments client

const client = await createAuthenticatedClient({
  walletAddressUrl: WALLET_ADDRESS,
  privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY_PATH,
  keyId: KEY_ID,
});

Get wallet address information

const walletAddress = await client.walletAddress.get({
  url: WALLET_ADDRESS,
});

Create quote with receive amount

const quote = await client.quote.create(
  {
    url: new URL(WALLET_ADDRESS).origin,
    accessToken: QUOTE_ACCESS_TOKEN,
  },
  {
    method: "ilp",
    walletAddress: WALLET_ADDRESS,
    receiver: INCOMING_PAYMENT_URL,
    receiveAmount: {
      value: "500",
      assetCode: walletAddress.assetCode,
      assetScale: walletAddress.assetScale,
    },
  },
);

Output

console.log("QUOTE_URL =", quote.id);

Run tsx path/to/directory/index.ts.

View full source

References