Quote a FAFSA checklist call (free)

Free pre-flight. Validates the input and returns the exact credit hold a real call would take at this account's price, without billing anything. An invalid input is still a 200: the body carries valid:false and the validation errors.

post/v1/tools/fafsa/quote

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.counselorai.app
  • URL: https://api.counselorai.app/v1/tools/fafsa/quote
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Request body

studentNamestring

The student this is about. Used in the output text.

grade'9' | '10' | '11' | '12' | 'transfer'

How far out the family is. 12 means act now.

dependency'dependent' | 'independent' | 'unsure'

Dependency drives whose income is reported. unsure is a valid answer and changes the checklist.

income'under30' | '30to60' | '60to100' | 'over100' | 'unknown'

Household income band. Drives whether Pell is in play.

specialsstring[]

Situations that change the filing rules: divorced or separated parents, a stepparent, a sibling also in college, undocumented status, foster care, housing instability, disability, a mid-year income change.

schoolsstring

Schools on the list, if known. Deadlines differ by school.

timelinestring

Where they are in the cycle.

notesstring

Anything else that should shape the output.

Response

Quote

toolstring
validboolean
estimated_creditsinteger
estimated_usdnumber
max_credits_heldinteger
max_credits_supportedboolean
credit_balanceinteger
sufficientboolean
price_multipliernumber

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.