Instant Sell

You can sell your crypto for fiat which gets instantly paid to bank accounts. To do this, Make a POST request to the following endpoint.

https://api.localramp.co/v1/transaction/sell/initiate

Please find below the request body for the endpoint.

Field	Data Type	Description
tx_ext_reference	String	Required - your unique reference for the transaction
email	String	Required - e.g "[e-mail]"
from_currency	String	Required - e.g "BTC"
to_currency	String	Required e.g "NGN", "GHS"
country_code	String	Required e.g "NG", "GH"
from_amount	String	Optionally Required - amount of from_currency to be sold e.g "0.235". Required if to_amount is not provided.
to_amount	String	Optionally Required - amount of to_currency to be received e.g "2000.56". Required if from_amount is not provided.
destination_type	String	Required - "bank_account" or "mobile_money"
account_number	String	Optionally Required - required for destination_type of bank_account e.g "012345678"
bank_code	String	Optionally Required - required for destination_type of bank_account. Check Get Supported Banks e.g "012"
phone_number	String	Optionally Required - required for destination_type of mobile_money e.g "[phone]"
phone_network	String	Optionally Required - required for destination_type of mobile_money. Check Get Supported Payment Methods e.g "mobile_money_mtn"

With the following header

x-auth-token: <SECRET_KEY>

If the API call is successful, LocalRamp returns the following response:

{
    "status": "success",
    "data": {
        "tx_ext_reference": "youReference",
        "reference": "SELL_hDUkDSE36MHkds79",
        "account_name": "RAJI JOHNSON",
        "bank_name": "UNITED BANK"
    }
}

Store the tx_ext_reference returned which would be used to verify the transaction.

If this request fails (including 5xx errors), always verify that the transaction has not been created before giving any value. Use tx_ext_reference