---
title: "Get actual Blockchain fee"
method: GET
path: "/v3/xrp/fee"
tags: ["Ripple (XRP) - Tatum API"]
---

# Get actual Blockchain fee

`GET /v3/xrp/fee`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.tatum.io`
- URL: `https://api.tatum.io/v3/xrp/fee`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

/v3/xrp/fee

#### 5 credits per API call.

  

Get XRP Blockchain fee. Standard fee for the transaction is available in the drops.base\_fee section and is 10 XRP drops by default. When there is a heavy traffic on the blockchain, fees are increasing according to current traffic.

## Response `200`

OK

- XrpFee
  - `current_ledger_size` string: Number of transactions provisionally included in the in-progress ledger.
  - `current_queue_size` string: Number of transactions currently queued for the next ledger.
  - `drops` object: Various information about the transaction cost (the Fee field of a transaction), in drops of XRP.
    - `base_fee` string: The transaction cost required for a reference transaction to be included in a ledger under minimum load, represented in drops of XRP.
    - `median_fee` string: An approximation of the median transaction cost among transactions included in the previous validated ledger, represented in drops of XRP.
    - `minimum_fee` string: The minimum transaction cost for a reference transaction to be queued for a later ledger, represented in drops of XRP. If greater than base_fee, the transaction queue is full.
    - `open_ledger_fee` string: The minimum transaction cost that a reference transaction must pay to be included in the current open ledger, represented in drops of XRP.
  - `expected_ledger_size` string: The approximate number of transactions expected to be included in the current ledger. This is based on the number of transactions in the previous ledger.
  - `ledger_current_index` number: The Ledger Index of the current open ledger these stats describe.
  - `levels` object: Various information about the transaction cost, in fee levels. The ratio in fee levels applies to any transaction relative to the minimum cost of that particular transaction.
    - `median_level` string: The median transaction cost among transactions in the previous validated ledger, represented in fee levels.
    - `minimum_level` string: The minimum transaction cost required to be queued for a future ledger, represented in fee levels.
    - `open_ledger_level` string: The minimum transaction cost required to be included in the current open ledger, represented in fee levels.
    - `reference_level` string: The equivalent of the minimum transaction cost, represented in fee levels.
  - `max_queue_size` string: The maximum number of transactions that the transaction queue can currently hold.

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized. Not valid or inactive subscription key present in the HTTP Header.
- `403`: Forbidden. The request is authenticated, but it is not possible to required perform operation due to logical error or invalid permissions.
- `500`: Internal server error. There was an error on the server during the processing of the request.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/tatum/apis/blockchain.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/tatum/apis/blockchain/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/tatum/apis/blockchain/revisions/f9623a85f420?raw)