# Create Stake

<mark style="color:blue;">**`POST`**</mark> `https://api.sfox.com/v1`**`/staking/stake`**

Create a stake transaction.

Submitting a staking request will transfer the specified quantity of the specified asset from your trading wallet to your staking wallet. At that point the request will begin processing. Once processed you can view and manage this request via the staking transactions endpoint.

{% hint style="info" %}
A successful stake request will transfer funds from your `trading_wallet` to your `staking_wallet.`Your request quantity must be greater than the `min_stake_amount` required for the asset your are staking.
{% endhint %}

### Body Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="232">Parameter</th><th width="95">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><code>currency</code></strong> <mark style="color:red;">required</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The asset to stake e.g. <code>avax</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong><code>quantity</code></strong> <mark style="color:red;">required</mark></td><td>number</td><td>The amount of the <code>currency</code> to stake.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Response Body

<table><thead><tr><th width="153">Key</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong><code>id</code></strong></td><td>The sFOX-generated ID of this stake transaction.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Responses

<details>

<summary><mark style="color:green;">200</mark></summary>

```json
{
    "data": {
        "id":435
    }
}
```

</details>

### Example Request

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

```bash
curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
  --data '{ "currency": "avax",
            "quantity": 500 }'  \
  'https://api.sfox.com/v1/staking/stake'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');

axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://api.sfox.com/v1/staking/stake',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer <API_KEY>'
  },
  data: {
   currency: 'avax',
   quantity: 500
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response)
}).catch(err => {
  console.error(err)
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

data = requests.post(
  "https://api.sfox.com/v1/staking/stake",
  headers={
    "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>",
  },
  data={
    "currency": "avax",
    "quantity": 500
  }
)
print(data)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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