Create order

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "order_type": "limit",
  "pair_id": "USD/NGN",
  "quantity": "100.00",
  "side": "buy",
  "client_order_id": "<string>",
  "idempotency_key": "<string>",
  "price": "1650.00",
  "time_in_force": "GTC"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders"

payload = {
    "order_type": "limit",
    "pair_id": "USD/NGN",
    "quantity": "100.00",
    "side": "buy",
    "client_order_id": "<string>",
    "idempotency_key": "<string>",
    "price": "1650.00",
    "time_in_force": "GTC"
}
headers = {
    "Idempotency-Key": "<idempotency-key>",
    "X-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Idempotency-Key': '<idempotency-key>',
    'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    order_type: 'limit',
    pair_id: 'USD/NGN',
    quantity: '100.00',
    side: 'buy',
    client_order_id: '<string>',
    idempotency_key: '<string>',
    price: '1650.00',
    time_in_force: 'GTC'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'order_type' => 'limit',
    'pair_id' => 'USD/NGN',
    'quantity' => '100.00',
    'side' => 'buy',
    'client_order_id' => '<string>',
    'idempotency_key' => '<string>',
    'price' => '1650.00',
    'time_in_force' => 'GTC'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>",
    "X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"order_type\": \"limit\",\n  \"pair_id\": \"USD/NGN\",\n  \"quantity\": \"100.00\",\n  \"side\": \"buy\",\n  \"client_order_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"idempotency_key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"price\": \"1650.00\",\n  \"time_in_force\": \"GTC\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders")
  .header("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
  .header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"order_type\": \"limit\",\n  \"pair_id\": \"USD/NGN\",\n  \"quantity\": \"100.00\",\n  \"side\": \"buy\",\n  \"client_order_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"idempotency_key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"price\": \"1650.00\",\n  \"time_in_force\": \"GTC\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Idempotency-Key"] = '<idempotency-key>'
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"order_type\": \"limit\",\n  \"pair_id\": \"USD/NGN\",\n  \"quantity\": \"100.00\",\n  \"side\": \"buy\",\n  \"client_order_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"idempotency_key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"price\": \"1650.00\",\n  \"time_in_force\": \"GTC\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "created_at": "2026-05-24T12:00:00Z",
    "order_id": "0197f1f0-0000-7000-8000-000000000001",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "status": "success"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_FAILED",
    "message": "invalid request parameters"
  },
  "status": "error"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "missing X-Api-Key header"
  },
  "status": "error"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "request is not allowed"
  },
  "status": "error"
}

POST

partner

exchange

orders

Create order

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "order_type": "limit",
  "pair_id": "USD/NGN",
  "quantity": "100.00",
  "side": "buy",
  "client_order_id": "<string>",
  "idempotency_key": "<string>",
  "price": "1650.00",
  "time_in_force": "GTC"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders"

payload = {
    "order_type": "limit",
    "pair_id": "USD/NGN",
    "quantity": "100.00",
    "side": "buy",
    "client_order_id": "<string>",
    "idempotency_key": "<string>",
    "price": "1650.00",
    "time_in_force": "GTC"
}
headers = {
    "Idempotency-Key": "<idempotency-key>",
    "X-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Idempotency-Key': '<idempotency-key>',
    'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    order_type: 'limit',
    pair_id: 'USD/NGN',
    quantity: '100.00',
    side: 'buy',
    client_order_id: '<string>',
    idempotency_key: '<string>',
    price: '1650.00',
    time_in_force: 'GTC'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'order_type' => 'limit',
    'pair_id' => 'USD/NGN',
    'quantity' => '100.00',
    'side' => 'buy',
    'client_order_id' => '<string>',
    'idempotency_key' => '<string>',
    'price' => '1650.00',
    'time_in_force' => 'GTC'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key: <idempotency-key>",
    "X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"order_type\": \"limit\",\n  \"pair_id\": \"USD/NGN\",\n  \"quantity\": \"100.00\",\n  \"side\": \"buy\",\n  \"client_order_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"idempotency_key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"price\": \"1650.00\",\n  \"time_in_force\": \"GTC\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders")
  .header("Idempotency-Key", "<idempotency-key>")
  .header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"order_type\": \"limit\",\n  \"pair_id\": \"USD/NGN\",\n  \"quantity\": \"100.00\",\n  \"side\": \"buy\",\n  \"client_order_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"idempotency_key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"price\": \"1650.00\",\n  \"time_in_force\": \"GTC\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.stabyl.com/v1/partner/exchange/orders")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Idempotency-Key"] = '<idempotency-key>'
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"order_type\": \"limit\",\n  \"pair_id\": \"USD/NGN\",\n  \"quantity\": \"100.00\",\n  \"side\": \"buy\",\n  \"client_order_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"idempotency_key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"price\": \"1650.00\",\n  \"time_in_force\": \"GTC\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "created_at": "2026-05-24T12:00:00Z",
    "order_id": "0197f1f0-0000-7000-8000-000000000001",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "status": "success"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_FAILED",
    "message": "invalid request parameters"
  },
  "status": "error"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "missing X-Api-Key header"
  },
  "status": "error"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "request is not allowed"
  },
  "status": "error"
}

Order writes are asynchronous. Store the Idempotency-Key before sending the request, reuse it for retries after uncertain responses, and read the order resource for the final state.

Authorizations

X-Api-Key

string

header

default:sb_test_your_key

required

API credential. Withdrawal quote and submit operations additionally require the documented Ed25519 timestamp, nonce, and signature headers.

Headers

Idempotency-Key

string

required

Unique key for this exact write intent. Store it before sending the request and reuse it for retries after timeouts or transient errors.

Body

application/json

Order intent to submit. Amounts are decimal strings; validate pair, precision, minimums, and balances before sending.

Order intent for creating a limit or market order. Amounts are decimal strings.

order_type

string

required

Order type: "limit" or "market"

Example:

"limit"

pair_id

string

required

Trading pair identifier

Example:

"USD/NGN"

quantity

string

required

Order quantity in base currency

Example:

"100.00"

side

string

required

Order side: "buy" or "sell"

Example:

"buy"

client_order_id

string | null

Client-provided order identifier

Maximum string length: 128

idempotency_key

string | null

Idempotency key to prevent duplicate orders

price

string | null

Price per unit. Required for limit orders; ignored for market orders.

Example:

"1650.00"

time_in_force

string | null

Time in force: "GTC", "IOC", "FOK", "POST_ONLY". Ignored for market orders, which always use IOC.

Example:

"GTC"

Response

Order created

data

object

required

Result returned after an order create request is accepted for processing.

Show child attributes

status

enum<string>

required

Available options:

success

API Keys

Exchange

Wallets

Webhooks

Simulation

Create order

Authorizations

Headers

Body

Response