Create referral code

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Signature: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Timestamp: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "address": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "kickbackBps": 2500
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode"

payload = {
    "address": "<string>",
    "code": "<string>",
    "kickbackBps": 2500
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "X-Timestamp": "<api-key>",
    "X-Signature": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': '<api-key>',
    'X-Timestamp': '<api-key>',
    'X-Signature': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({address: '<string>', code: '<string>', kickbackBps: 2500})
};

fetch('https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'address' => '<string>',
    'code' => '<string>',
    'kickbackBps' => 2500
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>",
    "X-Signature: <api-key>",
    "X-Timestamp: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"address\": \"<string>\",\n  \"code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"kickbackBps\": 2500\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Timestamp", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Signature", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("X-Timestamp", "<api-key>")
  .header("X-Signature", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"address\": \"<string>\",\n  \"code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"kickbackBps\": 2500\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Timestamp"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Signature"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"address\": \"<string>\",\n  \"code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"kickbackBps\": 2500\n}"

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

{
  "status": "submitted"
}

{
  "status": "submitted"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "rate limited",
  "reason": "account_empty",
  "retryAfterMs": 850,
  "clientId": "my-order-42"
}

POST

affiliate

createCode

Create referral code

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Signature: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-Timestamp: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "address": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "kickbackBps": 2500
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode"

payload = {
    "address": "<string>",
    "code": "<string>",
    "kickbackBps": 2500
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "X-Timestamp": "<api-key>",
    "X-Signature": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': '<api-key>',
    'X-Timestamp': '<api-key>',
    'X-Signature': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({address: '<string>', code: '<string>', kickbackBps: 2500})
};

fetch('https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'address' => '<string>',
    'code' => '<string>',
    'kickbackBps' => 2500
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>",
    "X-Signature: <api-key>",
    "X-Timestamp: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"address\": \"<string>\",\n  \"code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"kickbackBps\": 2500\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Timestamp", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("X-Signature", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("X-Timestamp", "<api-key>")
  .header("X-Signature", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"address\": \"<string>\",\n  \"code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"kickbackBps\": 2500\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.arcus.xyz/v1/affiliate/createCode")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Timestamp"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Signature"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"address\": \"<string>\",\n  \"code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"kickbackBps\": 2500\n}"

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

{
  "status": "submitted"
}

{
  "status": "submitted"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "GEO_RESTRICTED"
}

{
  "error": "rate limited",
  "reason": "account_empty",
  "retryAfterMs": 850,
  "clientId": "my-order-42"
}

The response body shown here is a static example, not live data. After you click Send, your live result appears in a separate panel headed 200 OK. The panel under the status-code tabs is a fixed sample from the spec — its field values (fees, prices, sizes, IDs, timestamps) are placeholders. Use Send, or call the endpoint, for current values.

Creates a new referral code for the authenticated affiliate. Requires Ed25519 signature. The address in the body must match the API key’s master Ethereum address.

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

Hex-encoded Ed25519 public key (64 chars). The public key IS the API key — register it via POST /createApiKey. Required on every authenticated request, both read-only and signed.

X-Timestamp

string

header

required

Unix time in nanoseconds as a decimal string (e.g. "1713825891591000000"). Millisecond or second epochs are rejected with 401 Unauthorized. Must be within ±30,000 ms (MaxTimestampDriftMs, the drift window stays configured in milliseconds) of server wall-clock, or the request is rejected with 401 Unauthorized. Required on all mutating / credential-creating endpoints. This same value must appear as the ct field in the ordersign typed canonical payload (single-order endpoints) or in each element's ct field (batch endpoints).

X-Signature

string

header

required

Lowercase hex-encoded Ed25519 signature (128 chars).

Single-order endpoints (placeOrder, cancelOrder, modifyOrder, and other non-batch mutating routes) sign over the ordersign typed canonical payload — a compact, key-sorted JSON object built from parsed request fields using engine-native integer values:

placeOrder:   {"ad":"0x…","ai":N,[,"c":"…"],"ct":N,"g":N,"m":N,"op":1,"p":N,"q":N,"r":0|1,"s":N,"t":N,"v":1}
cancelOrder:  {"ad":"0x…","ai":N,[,"c":"…"],"ct":N,[,"id":"…"],"m":N,"op":2,"v":1}
modifyOrder:  {"ad":"0x…","ai":N,[,"c":"…"],"ct":N,"g":N,"id":"…","m":N,"op":3,"p":N,"q":N,"r":0|1,"s":N,"t":N,"v":1}

ct must equal the X-Timestamp header value. Keys in brackets are conditional (omitted when empty). op values: 1=place, 2=cancel, 3=modify. See the ordersign package for field definitions and reference signing code.

Other signed routes (e.g. createApiKey, tokens, userPreferences) still use the legacy scheme: signing_message = X-Timestamp + ACTION + canonicalJSON(body), where ACTION is the camelCase final path segment.

Batch endpoints (batchPlaceOrders, batchCancelOrders) do NOT use this header. They authenticate with per-element typed ordersign signatures embedded in the request body (see the global auth description and the per-field signature descriptions on OrderRequest / CancelOrderRequest).

Read endpoints are authenticated by ?address= (and optionally X-API-Key) only — no signature is required. The one exception is GET /v1/affiliate/inviteCodes, which returns bearer secrets and therefore requires the full header triple; with no body its signing message is X-Timestamp + ACTION. canonicalJSON(body) is the JSON body with object keys sorted lexicographically at every level and no whitespace; the server canonicalizes the received body before verifying, so only the bytes signed over must be canonical. Required on all mutating / credential-creating endpoints.

Body

application/json

address

string

required

Ethereum address of the affiliate (must match signer).

code

string

required

Referral code (uppercase A-Z, digits, _, -; 1-32 characters).

Required string length: 1 - 32

Pattern: ^[A-Z0-9_-]{1,32}$

kickbackBps

integer

required

Kickback to referee in basis points (0-5000). 0 means no kickback.

Required range: 0 <= x <= 5000

Response

Code created and confirmed by the matching engine (ack received within the server-side timeout). Functionally identical to 202 but signals the code is immediately visible to other endpoints.

status

enum<string>

required

Available options:

submitted

API documentation

Endpoints

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Changelog

Create referral code

Authorizations

Body

Response