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# Crear una cotización de conversión

POST https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions
Content-Type: application/json

Crea una cotización con tipo de cambio fijo (estado `awaiting_confirmation`, válida 1 hora) para convertir balance entre GTQ y USD. Envía **uno solo de los dos montos**: `source_amount_in_cents` si sabes cuánto quieres convertir, o `destination_amount_in_cents` si sabes cuánto quieres recibir — la dirección se infiere del monto que envíes. Confírmala con `POST /currency_conversions/{id}/confirm`. Requiere movimiento de dinero habilitado.

Reference: https://docs.recurrente.com/referencia-api/api-reference/currency-conversions/create-currency-conversion

## Authentication

- `X-SECRET-KEY` header (required) — Tu clave secreta de API. Una llave de cuenta (`sk_live_...`, `sk_test_...`) opera sobre su propia cuenta y, con `X-ACCOUNT-ID`, sobre sus cuentas conectadas. La llave también fija el ambiente: una `sk_test_` solo lista y resuelve objetos de prueba (`live_mode: false`) y una `sk_live_` solo objetos reales. Un ID del otro ambiente responde `404` (`401` en `/customers`). Una llave de organización (`sk_org_live_...`, `sk_org_test_...`) alcanza todas las cuentas de una organización y solo sirve para leer: saldos, movimientos y reportes. Para operar sobre una cuenta debe nombrarla con `X-ACCOUNT-ID`; omitirlo en una lectura devuelve todas las cuentas de la organización. Cualquier otro endpoint responde `403` con `code: organization_key_unsupported`.

## Request

### Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` (string, optional) — Clave de idempotencia para reintentos seguros de operaciones críticas, especialmente las que mueven dinero o cambian estado operativo. Reintentar con la misma clave y el mismo cuerpo devuelve la respuesta original (header `Idempotency-Replayed: true`); reusarla con parámetros distintos devuelve 409.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `source_currency` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `GTQ`, `USD`
- `destination_currency` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `GTQ`, `USD`
- `source_amount_in_cents` (integer, optional) — Envía este monto si sabes cuánto quieres convertir del balance de origen (exact-in)
- `destination_amount_in_cents` (integer, optional) — O envía solo este monto si sabes cuánto quieres recibir en la moneda destino (exact-out)

## Response

### 201

Cotización creada

- `id` (string, optional)
- `status` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `awaiting_confirmation`, `pending`, `processed`, `reverted`
- `source_currency` (string, optional)
- `source_amount_in_cents` (integer, optional)
- `destination_currency` (string, optional)
- `destination_amount_in_cents` (integer, optional)
- `exchange_rate` (double, optional)
- `expires_at` (datetime, optional, nullable)
- `created_at` (datetime, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "source_currency": "GTQ",
  "destination_currency": "GTQ"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "cu_ab12cd34",
  "status": "awaiting_confirmation",
  "source_currency": "USD",
  "source_amount_in_cents": 10000,
  "destination_currency": "GTQ",
  "destination_amount_in_cents": 75000,
  "exchange_rate": 7.5,
  "expires_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions"

payload = {
    "source_currency": "GTQ",
    "destination_currency": "GTQ"
}
headers = {
    "X-SECRET-KEY": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-SECRET-KEY': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"source_currency":"GTQ","destination_currency":"GTQ"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"source_currency\": \"GTQ\",\n  \"destination_currency\": \"GTQ\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("X-SECRET-KEY", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-SECRET-KEY"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"source_currency\": \"GTQ\",\n  \"destination_currency\": \"GTQ\"\n}"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions")
  .header("X-SECRET-KEY", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"source_currency\": \"GTQ\",\n  \"destination_currency\": \"GTQ\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions', [
  'body' => '{
  "source_currency": "GTQ",
  "destination_currency": "GTQ"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-SECRET-KEY' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-SECRET-KEY", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"source_currency\": \"GTQ\",\n  \"destination_currency\": \"GTQ\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-SECRET-KEY": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "source_currency": "GTQ",
  "destination_currency": "GTQ"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.recurrente.com/api/currency_conversions")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```