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GET /v1/cost

Material cost

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api.oanor.com/metalweight-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/metalweight-api/v1/cost" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/metalweight-api/v1/cost", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/metalweight-api/v1/cost");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/metalweight-api/v1/cost",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "note": "total cost = total weight (kg) × price per kg. Prices in pounds/tonne are converted to per-kg.",
        "shape": "round_bar",
        "material": "steel",
        "quantity": 1,
        "total_cost": 30.8269,
        "price_per_kg": 2,
        "cost_per_piece": 30.8269,
        "total_weight_kg": 15.4134
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-04T01:59:10.045Z",
        "request_id": "c586b4ef-9af4-4592-b5b7-54079f31283c"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Material cost from weight & price",
    "success": true
}