---
title: "Creates a new Request for storage"
method: POST
path: "/storage/request/{cid}"
tags: ["Marketplace"]
---

# Creates a new Request for storage

`POST /storage/request/{cid}`

## Path parameters

- `cid` string, required — Content Identifier as specified at https://github.com/multiformats/cid

## Request body

- StorageRequestCreation
  - `duration` string, required — The duration of the request in seconds as hexadecimal string
  - `reward` string, required — The maximum amount of tokens paid per second per slot to hosts the client is willing to pay
  - `nodes` number — Minimal number of nodes the content should be stored on
  - `tolerance` number — Additional number of nodes on top of the `nodes` property that can be lost before pronouncing the content lost

## Response `200`

Returns the Request ID as hexadecimal string

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid or missing Request ID
- `404` — Request ID not found
- `503` — Purchasing is unavailable

## Changes

- **2023-03-15** `dfe487dfc0e2` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/logos-storage/apis/logos-storage-api/changes/storage/request/:cid/post.md)

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