How to place a regular bid for an item

You can submit a bid for a user by using the following URL and specifying the required parameters.

**Please note that this method is not to be used for Live Bidding, Phone Bids, or Buy-It-Now purchases.

 

 Method URL
 POST  https://api.fairwarningsoftware.com/v1.1.1/bid/[item-id]

 

Request
{
        "user_id": <user_id>,
        "bid_amount": <bid_amount>
}

 

 Field  Type Description
user_id int The ID of the user placing the bid
bid_amount decimal The amount of the bid the user is placing

 

If successful, a success response will be returned.  If not, an error will be returned instead.

 Status Response
 200 {
        "success": <success>
}
401  {"error":"The API keys provided are invalid."}
403  {"error":"API keys are missing."}
500  {"error": <custom error>}

 

 Field  Type Description
success bool Whether or not the request was successful