# trade_preimage

The trade_preimage method returns the approximate fee amounts that are paid per the whole swap. Depending on the parameters, the function returns different results:

If the swap_method is buy or sell, then the result will include the taker_fee and the fee_to_send_taker_fee. The taker_fee amount is paid from the base coin balance if the swap_method is sell, else it is paid from the rel coin balance;
If the max field is true, then the result will include the volume.

Note

This method can be used instead of max_taker_vol, if the max field is true and the swap_method is buy or sell. Use the resulting volume as an argument of the buy or sell requests.

Important

Use the trade_preimage request with max = true and swap_method = "setprice" arguments to approximate the fee amounts only. Do not use the resulting volume as an argument of the setprice.

# Arguments

Structure	Type	Description
base	string	the base currency of the request
rel	string	the rel currency of the request
swap_method	string	the name of the method whose preimage is requested. Possible values: `buy`, `sell`, `setprice`
price	numeric string or rational	the price in `rel` the user is willing to pay per one unit of the `base` coin
volume	numeric string or rational (optional)	the amount the user is willing to trade; ignored if `max = true` and `swap_method = setprice`, otherwise, it must be set
max	bool (optional)	whether to return the maximum available volume for `setprice` method; must not be set or `false` if `swap_method` is `buy` or `sell`

# Result

Structure	Type	Description
result	object	an object containing the relevant information
result.base_coin_fee	object (`ExtendedFeeInfo`)	the approximate miner fee is paid per the whole swap concerning the `base` coin
result.rel_coin_fee	object (`ExtendedFeeInfo`)	the approximate miner fee is paid per the whole swap concerning the `rel` coin
result.volume	string (numeric, optional)	the max available volume that can be traded (in decimal representation); empty if the `max` argument is missing or false
result.volume_rat	rational (optional)	the max available volume that can be traded (in rational representation); empty if the `max` argument is missing or false
result.volume_fraction	fraction (optional)	the max available volume that can be traded (in fraction representation); empty if the `max` argument is missing or false
result.taker_fee	object (optional, `ExtendedFeeInfo`)	the dex fee to be paid by Taker; empty if `swap_method` is `setprice`
result.fee_to_send_taker_fee	object (optional, `ExtendedFeeInfo`)	the approximate miner fee is paid to send the dex fee; empty if `swap_method` is `setprice`
result.total_fees	array of `ExtendedFeeInfo` objects	each element is a sum of fees required to be paid from user's balance of corresponding `ExtendedFeeInfo.coin`; the elements are unique by coin

Where the ExtendedFeeInfo has

Structure	Type	Description
coin	string	the fee is paid from the user's balance of this coin. This coin name may differ from the `base` or `rel` coins. For example, ERC20 fees are paid by ETH (gas)
amount	string (numeric)	fee amount (in decimal representation)
amount_rat	rational	fee amount (in rational representation)
amount_fraction	fraction	fee amount (in fraction representation)
paid_from_trading_vol	boolean	If `true`, fees are deducted from the payment amount for the spend/refund UTXO HTLC transaction. If `false`, fees are not deducted from the traded volume. This is where an additional miner fee is needed to broadcast a swap transaction and/or where gas paid (e.g in ETH for an ERC20 trade) - in this case, user requires a sufficient current ETH balance to cover the fees before they can initiate the swap.

# ⚠️ Error types

# NotSufficientBalance

The available balance of the coin is not sufficient to start the swap.

Structure	Type	Description
coin	string	the name of the coin which balance is not sufficient
available	string (numeric)	the balance available for swap, including the amount locked by other swaps
required	string (numeric)	the amount required to start the swap. This amount is necessary but may not be sufficient
locked_by_swaps	string (numeric, optional)	the amount locked by other swaps

# NotSufficientBaseCoinBalance

The available balance of the base coin is not sufficient to pay transaction fees.

For example, ERC20 fees are paid by ETH (gas), and this error type is returned if the ETH coin balance is not sufficient to start the swap.

Structure	Type	Description
coin	string	the name of the base coin which balance is not sufficient
available	string (numeric)	the balance available for swap, including the amount locked by other swaps
required	string (numeric)	the amount required to start the swap. This amount is necessary but may not be sufficient
locked_by_swaps	string (numeric, optional)	the amount is locked by other swaps

# VolumeTooLow

The specified volume is too low. Required at least threshold.

Note

If the coin field returned in Response is the same as the rel argument in Request, then the base volume threshold can be calculated as follows: base_coin_threshold = rel_vol_threshold / price

Structure	Type	Description
coin	string	either `base` or `rel` coin specified in Request
volume	string (numeric)	the amount the user was willing to trade in `coin`
threshold	string (numeric)	the `volume` has not to be less than this amount

# NoSuchCoin

The specified coin was not found or is not activated yet.

Structure	Type	Description
coin	string	either `base` or `rel` coin specified in Request

# CoinIsWalletOnly

The specified coin is wallet only and cannot be participated in the swap.

Structure	Type	Description
coin	string	either `base` or `rel` coin specified in Request

# BaseEqualRel

The coin is wallet only and cannot be participated in the swap.

Structure	Type	Description
(none)

# InvalidParam

Incorrect use of the param parameter in Request.

Structure	Type	Description
param	string	the name of the parameter in Request
reason	string	the reason why the parameter is used incorrectly

# PriceTooLow

The specified price is too low.

Structure	Type	Description
price	string (numeric)	the price in `rel` the user was willing to receive per one unit of the `base` coin
threshold	string (numeric)	the `price` has not to be less than this amount

# Transport

The request was failed due to a network error.

Structure	Type	Description
(none)	string	the transport error description

# InternalError

The request was failed due to a AtomicDEX API internal error.

Structure	Type	Description
(none)	string	the internal error description

# 📌 Examples

# Command (setprice)

curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7783" --data "{\"mmrpc\":\"2.0\",\"userpass\":\"$userpass\",\"method\":\"trade_preimage\",\"params\":{\"base\":\"BTC\",\"rel\":\"RICK\",\"price\":\"1\",\"volume\":\"0.1\",\"swap_method\":\"setprice\"},\"id\":0}"

# Response

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "base_coin_fee": {
      "coin": "KMD",
      "amount": "0.00001",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "numer": "1",
        "denom": "100000"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000 ] ] ],
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "rel_coin_fee": {
      "coin": "DGB",
      "amount": "0.00030782",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "numer": "15391",
        "denom": "50000000"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 15391 ] ], [ 1, [ 50000000 ] ] ],
      "paid_from_trading_vol": true
    },
    "volume": "1138.46868712",
    "volume_fraction": {
      "numer": "14230858589",
      "denom": "12500000"
    },
    "volume_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1345956701, 3 ] ], [ 1, [ 12500000 ] ] ],
    "total_fees": [
      {
        "coin": "KMD",
        "amount": "0.00001",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "numer": "1",
          "denom": "100000"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0.00001",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "numer": "1",
          "denom": "100000"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000 ] ] ]
      },
      {
        "coin": "DGB",
        "amount": "0.00030782",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "numer": "15391",
          "denom": "50000000"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 15391 ] ], [ 1, [ 50000000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "numer": "0",
          "denom": "1"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 0, [] ], [ 1, [ 1 ] ] ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "id": 0
}

# Command (buy)

curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7783" --data "{\"mmrpc\":\"2.0\",\"userpass\":\"$userpass\",\"method\":\"trade_preimage\",\"params\":{\"base\":\"BTC\",\"rel\":\"RICK\",\"price\":\"1\",\"volume\":\"0.1\",\"swap_method\":\"buy\"},\"id\":0}"

# Response

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "base_coin_fee": {
      "amount": "0.00042049",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "100000000",
        "numer": "42049"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 42049 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "BTC",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": true
    },
    "rel_coin_fee": {
      "amount": "0.0001",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "10000",
        "numer": "1"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 10000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "RICK",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "taker_fee": {
      "amount": "0.00012870012870012872",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "7770",
        "numer": "1"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 7770 ] ] ],
      "coin": "RICK",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "fee_to_send_taker_fee": {
      "amount": "0.0001",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "10000",
        "numer": "1"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 10000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "RICK",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "total_fees": [
      {
        "coin": "RICK",
        "amount": "0.001307001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "numer": "50777",
          "denom": "38850000"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 50777 ] ], [ 1, [ 38850000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0.001307001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287001287",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "numer": "50777",
          "denom": "38850000"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 1, [ 50777 ] ], [ 1, [ 38850000 ] ] ]
      },
      {
        "coin": "tBTC",
        "amount": "0.00042049",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "denom": "100000000",
          "numer": "42049"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 42049 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "numer": "0",
          "denom": "1"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 0, [] ], [ 1, [ 1 ] ] ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "id": 0
}

# Command (sell, max)

curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7783" --data "{\"mmrpc\":\"2.0\",\"userpass\":\"$userpass\",\"method\":\"trade_preimage\",\"params\":{\"base\":\"BTC\",\"rel\":\"RICK\",\"price\":\"1\",\"volume\":\"2.21363478\",\"swap_method\":\"sell\"},\"id\":0}"

# Response

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "base_coin_fee": {
      "amount": "0.00042049",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "100000000",
        "numer": "42049"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 42049 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "BTC",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "rel_coin_fee": {
      "coin": "RICK",
      "amount": "0.00001",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "numer": "1",
        "denom": "100000"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000 ] ] ],
      "paid_from_trading_vol": true
    },
    "taker_fee": {
      "amount": "0.0028489508108108107",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "1850000000",
        "numer": "5270559"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 5270559 ] ], [ 1, [ 1850000000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "BTC",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "fee_to_send_taker_fee": {
      "amount": "0.00033219",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "100000000",
        "numer": "33219"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 33219 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "BTC",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "total_fees": [
      {
        "coin": "RICK",
        "amount": "0.00001",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "numer": "1",
          "denom": "100000"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 1 ] ], [ 1, [ 100000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "numer": "0",
          "denom": "1"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 0, [] ], [ 1, [ 1 ] ] ]
      },
      {
        "coin": "BTC",
        "amount": "0.0036016308108108106",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "denom": "1850000000",
          "numer": "6663017"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 6663017 ] ], [ 1, [ 1850000000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0.0036016308108108106",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "denom": "1850000000",
          "numer": "6663017"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 1, [ 6663017 ] ], [ 1, [ 1850000000 ] ] ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "id": 0
}

# Command (ERC20 and QRC20)

curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7783" --data "{\"mmrpc\":\"2.0\",\"userpass\":\"$userpass\",\"method\":\"trade_preimage\",\"params\":{\"base\":\"BAT\",\"rel\":\"QC\",\"price\":\"1\",\"volume\":\"2.21363478\",\"swap_method\":\"setprice\"},\"id\":0}"

# Response

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "base_coin_fee": {
      "amount": "0.0045",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "2000",
        "numer": "9"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 9 ] ], [ 1, [ 2000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "ETH",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "rel_coin_fee": {
      "amount": "0.00325",
      "amount_fraction": {
        "denom": "4000",
        "numer": "13"
      },
      "amount_rat": [ [ 0, [ 13 ] ], [ 1, [ 4000 ] ] ],
      "coin": "QTUM",
      "paid_from_trading_vol": false
    },
    "total_fees": [
      {
        "amount": "0.003",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "denom": "1000",
          "numer": "3"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 1, [ 3 ] ], [ 1, [ 1000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0.003",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "denom": "1000",
          "numer": "3"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 1, [ 3 ] ], [ 1, [ 1000 ] ] ],
        "coin": "ETH"
      },
      {
        "amount": "0.00325",
        "amount_fraction": {
          "denom": "4000",
          "numer": "13"
        },
        "amount_rat": [ [ 0, [ 13 ] ], [ 1, [ 4000 ] ] ],
        "required_balance": "0.00325",
        "required_balance_fraction": {
          "denom": "4000",
          "numer": "13"
        },
        "required_balance_rat": [ [ 0, [ 13 ] ], [ 1, [ 4000 ] ] ],
        "coin": "QTUM"
      }
    ]
  },
  "id": 0
}

# Response (NotSufficientBalance error)

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "error": "Not enough BTC for swap: available 0.000015, required at least 0.10012, locked by swaps None",
  "error_path": "maker_swap",
  "error_trace": "maker_swap:1540] maker_swap:1641]",
  "error_type": "NotSufficientBalance",
  "error_data": {
    "coin":"BTC",
    "available":"0.000015",
    "required":"0.10012",
    "locked_by_swaps":"0"
  },
  "id": 0
}

# Response (VolumeTooLow error)

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "error":"The volume 0.00001 of the RICK coin less than minimum transaction amount 0.0001",
  "error_path": "maker_swap",
  "error_trace": "maker_swap:1599]",
  "error_type": "VolumeTooLow",
  "error_data": {
    "coin": "RICK",
    "volume": "0.00001",
    "threshold": "0.0001"
  },
  "id": 0
}

# Response (Transport error)

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "error": "Transport error: JsonRpcError { client_info: 'coin: tBTC', request: JsonRpcRequest { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: '31', method: 'blockchain.estimatefee', params: [Number(1), String('ECONOMICAL')] }, error: Transport('rpc_clients:1237] rpc_clients:1239] ['rpc_clients:2047] common:1385] future timed out']') }",
  "error_path": "taker_swap.utxo_common",
  "error_trace": "taker_swap:1599] utxo_common:1990] utxo_common:166]",
  "error_type": "Transport",
  "error_data": "JsonRpcError { client_info: 'coin: tBTC', request: JsonRpcRequest { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: '31', method: 'blockchain.estimatefee', params: [Number(1), String('ECONOMICAL')] }, error: Transport('rpc_clients:1237] rpc_clients:1239] ['rpc_clients:2047] common:1385] future timed out']') }",
  "id": 0
}

# Response (incorrect use of "max" error)

{
  "mmrpc": "2.0",
  "error": "Incorrect use of the 'max' parameter: 'max' cannot be used with 'sell' or 'buy' method",
  "error_path": "taker_swap",
  "error_trace": "taker_swap:1602]",
  "error_type": "InvalidParam",
  "error_data": {
    "param": "max",
    "reason": "'max' cannot be used with 'sell' or 'buy' method"
  },
  "id": 0
}

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