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POST
/
market
/
buy
Buy listings
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.skinshark.gg/market/buy \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "items": [
    {
      "listingId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "maxPrice": "<string>",
      "listingRawId": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "tradeUrl": "<string>",
  "externalId": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "requestId": "<string>",
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "itemCount": 123,
    "totalPrice": 123,
    "createdAt": "<string>"
  },
  "error": {
    "code": 1500,
    "key": "INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE",
    "message": "Insufficient balance"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
api-key
string
header
required

Your raw API key. Generate, rotate, and revoke keys from the merchant dashboard. Keys can optionally be bound to one or more allowed source IPs — requests from any other IP are rejected with API_KEY_IP_DENIED.

Headers

​
On-Behalf-Of
string

Sub-user UUID or the merchant's externalId for that sub-user. Required for sub-user-context routes; rejected (via requireMerchant) on merchant-context routes.

Required string length: 1 - 128

Body

application/json
​
items
object[]
required
Required array length: 1 - 10 elements

Provide exactly one of listingId or listingRawId to identify the listing. Sending both (or neither) is a 422.

​
tradeUrl
string<uri>

Override the sub-user's primary Steam trade URL for this purchase. Optional.

​
externalId
string

Your own correlation id, echoed back on the Trade.

Maximum string length: 128

Response

Created.

​
requestId
string
required
​
success
boolean
required
​
data
object

Present when success: true. Shape varies per endpoint.

​
error
object