Check Fees
You can check the current fees being used to forward transactions below.
get
https://blockchainapi.org
/api/btc?method=check_fees
Check our Bitcoin fees
The following block shows an example of the request URL:
Example code
PHP
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<?php
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$api_base = "https://blockchainapi.org/api/btc";
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$curl = curl_init();
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curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
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CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,
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CURLOPT_URL => $api_base . "?method=check_fees"
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));
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$response = curl_exec($curl);
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$http_status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
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curl_close($curl);
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if ($http_status_code == 200) {
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$decoded = json_decode($response, true);
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$minersFee = $decoded['success']['miners_fee']; // In BTC
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$transactionFee = $decoded['success']['estimated_transaction_fee']; // In BTC
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$lastUpdated = $decoded['success']['lastUpdated'];
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} else {
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echo "Failed to get fees";
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}
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?>
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