Send a message in a request for quote

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.partfinder.dev/v1/rfq/{id}/messages \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "body": "Hi Tom,\n\nThank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?\n\nBest regards,\nJane Smith\nAcme Corp"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.partfinder.dev/v1/rfq/{id}/messages"

payload = { "body": "Hi Tom,

Thank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?

Best regards,
Jane Smith
Acme Corp" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    body: JSON.stringify('Hi Tom,\n\nThank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?\n\nBest regards,\nJane Smith\nAcme Corp')
  })
};

fetch('https://api.partfinder.dev/v1/rfq/{id}/messages', 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.partfinder.dev/v1/rfq/{id}/messages",
  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([
    'body' => 'Hi Tom,

Thank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?

Best regards,
Jane Smith
Acme Corp'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.partfinder.dev/v1/rfq/{id}/messages"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"body\": \"Hi Tom,\\n\\nThank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?\\n\\nBest regards,\\nJane Smith\\nAcme Corp\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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.partfinder.dev/v1/rfq/{id}/messages")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"body\": \"Hi Tom,\\n\\nThank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?\\n\\nBest regards,\\nJane Smith\\nAcme Corp\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.partfinder.dev/v1/rfq/{id}/messages")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"body\": \"Hi Tom,\\n\\nThank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?\\n\\nBest regards,\\nJane Smith\\nAcme Corp\"\n}"

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

{
  "as_of": "2026-10-07T09:20:44.903Z",
  "summary": "Sent to sales@supplier.example in the same thread. Replies appear on GET /v1/rfq/5b0f3c1e-8a2d-4f6b-9c7e-1d2a3b4c5d6e.",
  "notice": "Informational only. Risk scores, stock levels, lead times and alternate-part suggestions may be incomplete, delayed or inaccurate. Independently verify before making procurement, engineering, compliance, safety or sourcing decisions.",
  "rfq": {
    "id": "5b0f3c1e-8a2d-4f6b-9c7e-1d2a3b4c5d6e",
    "status": "replied",
    "supplier": {
      "email": "sales@supplier.example",
      "name": "Example Supplier",
      "contact_name": "Tom Lee"
    },
    "requester": {
      "company": "Acme Corp",
      "contact_name": "Jane Smith",
      "title": "Procurement Manager"
    },
    "parts": [
      {
        "mpn": "TPS54331DR",
        "manufacturer": "Texas Instruments",
        "quantity": 500
      }
    ],
    "needed_by": "2026-11-30",
    "notify_email": null,
    "created_at": "2026-10-05T16:02:09.913Z",
    "first_reply_at": "2026-10-06T14:27:40.551Z",
    "follow_up_count": 1,
    "replies_received": 1,
    "quotes_received": 1,
    "messages": [
      {
        "id": "9e4d2c7a-1b3f-4a5e-8d6c-0f1e2d3c4b5a",
        "direction": "outbound",
        "subject": "Request for quote: TPS54331DR, 500 units, needed by 30 November 2026",
        "body": "Hi Tom,\n\nMy name is Jane Smith, Procurement Manager at Acme Corp. We're looking for 500 units of the Texas Instruments TPS54331DR and need them delivered by 30 November 2026. Could you send your best unit price, availability and lead time, along with any minimum order quantity and how long the quote is valid?\n\nThank you,\n\nJane Smith\nAcme Corp",
        "sent_at": "2026-10-05T16:02:11.307Z",
        "attachments": [],
        "reply_kind": null,
        "quote": null
      },
      {
        "id": "2c8b6e1f-7d3a-4e9b-a1c5-6f0d2e4b8a73",
        "direction": "inbound",
        "subject": "Re: Request for quote: TPS54331DR, 500 units, needed by 30 November 2026",
        "body": "Hi Jane,\n\nWe can offer TPS54331DR at $1.85 each for 500 units, 6 weeks lead time, MOQ 250. Quote valid for 30 days.\n\nBest regards,\nTom Lee\nExample Supplier",
        "sent_at": "2026-10-06T14:27:40.551Z",
        "attachments": [],
        "reply_kind": "quote",
        "quote": {
          "unit_price": {
            "value": 1.85,
            "words": "$1.85 each",
            "reason": null
          },
          "currency": {
            "value": null,
            "words": "$1.85 each",
            "reason": "The reply gives \"$\" without saying which dollar."
          },
          "quantity": {
            "value": 500,
            "words": "500 units",
            "reason": null
          },
          "lead_time_days": {
            "value": 42,
            "words": "6 weeks",
            "reason": null
          },
          "moq": {
            "value": 250,
            "words": "MOQ 250",
            "reason": null
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "7a1e9d3c-5b2f-4c8a-9e6d-3f1b0c2a4d58",
        "direction": "outbound",
        "subject": "Re: Request for quote: TPS54331DR, 500 units, needed by 30 November 2026",
        "body": "Hi Tom,\n\nThank you. Can you ship to Singapore, and does the price hold for 1,000 units?\n\nBest regards,\nJane Smith\nAcme Corp",
        "sent_at": "2026-10-07T09:20:44.512Z",
        "attachments": [],
        "reply_kind": null,
        "quote": null
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "error": "credits_exhausted",
  "summary": "Your organization's credits for this month are used up, so this request was not run. Upgrade your plan in the PartFinder console at https://console.partfinder.dev/settings/billing, then try again.",
  "reason": "This request needs 1 credit and 0 are left.",
  "billing_url": "https://console.partfinder.dev/settings/billing"
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

{
  "error": "authentication_required",
  "summary": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "billing_url": "<string>",
  "did_you_mean": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}