Shapeshift Gas API
The Gas API from Shapeshift — 2 operation(s) for gas.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: '@shapeshiftoss/ethereum-api Gas API'
version: 10.0.0
license:
name: MIT
contact: {}
servers:
- url: https://api.ethereum.shapeshift.com
description: ethereum unchained API
tags:
- name: Gas
paths:
/api/v1/gas/estimate:
post:
operationId: EstimateGas
responses:
'200':
description: estimated gas cost
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/GasEstimate'
examples:
Example 1:
value:
gasLimit: '26540'
'422':
description: Validation Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
'500':
description: Internal Server Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
description: Estimate gas cost of a transaction
tags:
- Gas
security: []
parameters: []
requestBody:
description: transaction data to estimate gas cost
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EstimateGasBody'
description: transaction data to estimate gas cost
example:
data: 0x
from: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
to: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
value: '1337'
summary: Estimate gas
x-summary-source: derived
/api/v1/gas/fees:
get:
operationId: GetGasFees
responses:
'200':
description: current fees specified in wei
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/GasFees'
examples:
Example 1:
value:
baseFeePerGas: '77654025212'
slow:
gasPrice: '77109280451'
maxFeePerGas: '77744243213'
maxPriorityFeePerGas: '90218001'
average:
gasPrice: '78637140239'
maxFeePerGas: '79158075213'
maxPriorityFeePerGas: '1504050001'
fast:
gasPrice: '85079071846'
maxFeePerGas: '89883761218'
maxPriorityFeePerGas: '12229736006'
'500':
description: Internal Server Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
description: 'Get the current recommended gas fees to use in a transaction
* For EIP-1559 transactions, use `maxFeePerGas` and `maxPriorityFeePerGas`
* For Legacy transactions, use `gasPrice`'
tags:
- Gas
security: []
parameters: []
summary: Get gas fees
x-summary-source: derived
components:
schemas:
GasFees:
description: 'Contains info about current recommended fees to use in a transaction.
Estimates for slow, average and fast confirmation speeds provided as well.'
properties:
baseFeePerGas:
type: string
slow:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Fees'
average:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Fees'
fast:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Fees'
required:
- slow
- average
- fast
type: object
additionalProperties: false
InternalServerError:
description: Contains info about a 500 Internal Server Error response
properties:
message:
type: string
required:
- message
type: object
additionalProperties: false
ValidationError:
description: Contains info about a 422 Validation Error response
properties:
message:
type: string
enum:
- Validation failed
details:
properties: {}
additionalProperties: {}
type: object
required:
- message
- details
type: object
additionalProperties: false
Fees:
description: Contains info about legacy and/or EIP-1559 fees
properties:
gasPrice:
type: string
maxFeePerGas:
type: string
maxPriorityFeePerGas:
type: string
required:
- gasPrice
type: object
additionalProperties: false
GasEstimate:
description: Contains info about estimated gas cost of a transaction
properties:
gasLimit:
type: string
required:
- gasLimit
type: object
additionalProperties: false
EstimateGasBody:
description: Contains the transaction data to estimate gas cost
properties:
data:
type: string
from:
type: string
to:
type: string
value:
type: string
required:
- data
- from
- to
- value
type: object
additionalProperties: false