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POST
/
communications
/
rfqs
Create RFQ
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.elections.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2/communications/rfqs \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE: <api-key>' \
  --header 'KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "market_ticker": "<string>",
  "rest_remainder": true,
  "contracts": 123,
  "contracts_fp": "10.00",
  "target_cost_centi_cents": 123,
  "target_cost_dollars": "0.5600",
  "replace_existing": false,
  "subtrader_id": "<string>",
  "subaccount": 123
}
'
{
  "id": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY
string
header
required

Your API key ID

​
KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE
string
header
required

RSA-PSS signature of the request

​
KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP
string
header
required

Request timestamp in milliseconds

Body

application/json
​
market_ticker
string
required

The ticker of the market for which to create an RFQ

​
rest_remainder
boolean
required

Whether to rest the remainder of the RFQ after execution

​
contracts
integer

The number of contracts for the RFQ. Whole contracts only. Contracts may be provided via contracts or contracts_fp; if both provided they must match.

​
contracts_fp
string | null

String representation of the number of contracts for the RFQ (whole contracts only). Contracts may be provided via contracts or contracts_fp; if both provided they must match.

Example:

"10.00"

​
target_cost_centi_cents
integer<int64>
deprecated

DEPRECATED: The target cost for the RFQ in centi-cents. Use target_cost_dollars instead.

​
target_cost_dollars
string

The target cost for the RFQ in dollars

Example:

"0.5600"

​
replace_existing
boolean
default:false

Whether to delete existing RFQs as part of this RFQ's creation

​
subtrader_id
string

The subtrader to create the RFQ for (FCM members only)

​
subaccount
integer

The subaccount number to create the RFQ for (direct members only; 0 for primary, 1-32 for subaccounts)

Response

RFQ created successfully

​
id
string
required

The ID of the newly created RFQ