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Buy-Into Quote Creation

Quote creation is a request for a quote of a collection of currency pairs. What is returned is a valid quote with rates ready to be booked within provided expiration intervals.

Table - Quote Creation

Resource Template	`/quotes`
Http Method	POST
Description	Request for a quote of a collection of currency pairs. Return will be a valid quote with rates ready to be booked within provided expiration interval. At least one 'itemToQuote' should be submitted. There is a limit of 25 currency pairs per request. If more are submitted, the request will be rejected with a 400 status. Unique currency pairs should be submitted, if duplication is detected, the request will be rejected with 400 status. 'isAmountSettlement' is an optional parameter. If not provided , quoted amount considered to be in Trade currency (default value set to false).
Input	`{ "customerId":"<customerId>", "partnerReference", "<partner generated reference>", "itemsToQuote":[ {"amount": <amount in cents, integer value>,"isAmountSettlement":<true/false>, specifies if a provided amount is in trade (default) or settlement currency, "settlementCurrency":"<currencyCode>","tradeCurrency":"<currencyCode>"}]}`
Output	{"id":"<quoteId>","customerId":"<customerId>", "partnerReference", "<partner generated reference>", "expirationIntervalInSec":"<expirationInterval,integer value>", "status" : "<quoteStatus>", "createdOn":"<timestamp>", "lastUpdatedOn" : "<timestamp>","quotedItems":[{ "tradeAmount":<amount, in cents, integer value>, "settlementAmount":<amount, in cents, integer value>, "settlementCurrency":"<currencyCode>", "tradeCurrency":"<currencyCode>", "isDirectRate":<true/false> specifies if a provided rate is direct (multiplied by trade amount should provide settlement amount, or indirect - multiplied by settlement amount should provide trade amount, "rate":"<rate value, float as string>","rateInverted": "<rate inverted value, float as string>", "decimalsDirect":"<number of decimals for a direct rate, integer value> - could be used for presentation purpose", "decimalsIndirect":"<number of decimals for Indirect rate, integer value> - could be used for presentation purpose"}]}
Output (errors)	`400 Bad Request - if any of the input parameters is not valid`