Quote API

Your quote just a click away.

Overview

By digitizing the quoting process, Dataport is providing it's customers with direct access to it's quote APIs. No longer would they need to rely on email and endure waiting times to receive quotes for products like DIA, Ethernet and IP Transit. Now, quotes are instantly accessible on demand.

The API facilitates seamless integration between systems, allowing customers to effortlessly obtain Dataport quotes, which can be conveniently referenced when placing orders with their account managers.

Key features

  • In order to generate quotes, customer has to provide locations. The Quote API will use geo mapping to verify if the location is within the Liquid network footprint. The location can be in any of the following formats:

    • Geographic address - Use street, city, country fields to specify the address.

    • Longitude and Latitude - Use geocoding to specify the location.

    • Site ID, Name - If the location is a Liquid Datacenter (Internet POP, Sea cable landing center etc), then you can use the SiteID. Use the geographic location API to retrieve details of the all Liquid sites supported by the API's.

  • It provides the closest quotes if exact quote is not available.

  • It can be accessed by Liquid customers only.

Sign Up And API Access

  • Click on the API's in the below API section to go through it's respective documentation.

  • In order to access and test how the API's real-time request and responses will be, please register and sign in to the Developer portal and then navigate to Quote API/Geographic API.

  • A pre-requisite to access Quote API, contact the account manager to get a subscription key which has to be sent with the headers while using the API.
    The header name should be : Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key.
    The header value should be : subscription key shared by account manager.

APIs

Feature 1

Quote API

Get Dataport quotes for services based on contract term, bandwidth and location.

Feature 2

Geographic API

Get details on Liquid's internet presence throughout Africa.