What is an Intent Protocol?

What are Resource Locks?

How It Works

Concepts & Actors in the OIF System

LI.FI intent standardizes cross-chain workflows—enabling efficient, composable integration for engineers through unified intent expression, settlement, and verification.

LI.FI Intents

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Solana transaction example

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Complete guide to checking cross-chain transaction statuses using the LI.FI API

Transaction status tracking

Security and Audits

Overview of the LI.FI intent system. The system consists of three modular components (Input Settler, Output Settler, and validation network) that can be selected based on the desired intent structure.

Built with resource locks in mind, LI.FI intents support a variety of input settlement schemes. The Compact and Rhinestone both allow for first-fill flows and sponsored transactions, assuming the user has existing deposits.

Input Settlement

LI.FI intent enables on-chain competition and flexible order types, letting solvers optimize settlement and capture cross-chain opportunities.

Output Settlement

LI.FI intent lets you plug in custom validation and oracle layers, empowering you to choose the optimal trust and speed tradeoffs for your cross-chain use case.

Oracle systems

LI.FI is actively contributing to intent systems to advance intent adoption and cross-chain interopability through contributions to The Compact, Open Intents Framework (OIF), and feedback to ERC7683.

Open Intents & ERC7863 

LI.FI intent gives you open order flow and permissionless solving—direct access to cross-chain liquidity, fast settlement cycles, and flexible integration.

Solving LI.FI Intents

LI.FI intent delivers real-time order streams and on-chain discovery, ensuring you never miss a cross-chain fill and enabling proactive, data-driven solver strategies.

Collecting Orders

LI.FI intent enables efficient quoting and inventory management—broadcast liquidity and pricing, compete on your terms, and respond to market changes instantly.

Quoting Orders

LI.FI intent powers on-chain auctions and flexible order types, letting you compete for fills and optimize execution across cross-chain settlement.

Auctions

LI.FI intent standardizes settlement interfaces so you can focus on execution, not integration headaches—making EVM order filling fast and reliable.

Filling EVM Orders

LI.FI intent streamlines finalization and settlement, closing the loop on cross-chain orders and giving you confidence and control over the entire lifecycle.

Settling Orders

LI.FI intent supports Bitcoin orders. Filling Bitcoin orders is more complex than filling EVM orders. If you are interested in filling Bitcoin orders, reach out and we will assist you.

Filling BTC Orders

What is Bitcoin? What is a Bitcoin Block? What is a Bitcoin transaction? And how do LI.FI intent prove Bitcoin fulfillments? This page contains all the information required to understand how LI.FI intent can interact with BTC.

Bitcoin Primer

LI.FI intent uses secure, flexible resource locks to enable trust-minimized cross-chain flows and new ways to design intent-based protocols.

Resource Locks

Intent systems and cross-chain bridges use many specialized terms. This page explains arbiters, allocators, sponsors, locks, GMPs, settlers, and more.

Glossary

Overview

Rate Limits and API Authentication

Error Codes

Cross-chain and on-chain swap and bridging toolkit

LI.FI SDK overview

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Install LI.FI SDK

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Configure SDK

Seamlessly connecting every ecosystem for your needs

Configure SDK Providers

Prior to executing any swap or bridging, you need to request the best route from our smart routing API..

Request Routes/Quotes

We allow you to execute any on-chain or cross-chain swap and bridging transfer and a combination of both..

Execute Routes/Quotes

Request all available chains, bridges, and exchanges.

Chains and Tools

Request all available tokens and their balances, manage token approvals and more.

Token Management

Testing Integration

Migration guide for upgrading LI.FI SDK v2 to v3

Migrate from v2 to v3

Test and play around with customization options

LI.FI Widget Playground

Cross-chain and on-chain swap and bridging UI toolkit

LI.FI Widget Overview

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Customize your experience with our versatile variants

Select Widget Variants

Configure Widget

Customize the look and feel of the widget to match the design of your dApp and suit your needs

Customize Widget

Widget Events

Configure your widget for seamless wallet management

Wallet Management

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Internationalization

Integrate the widget with your Next.js, Remix or Nuxt application

Compatibility with Next.js, Remix, Nuxt, etc.

React Router Compatibility

API documentation for the widget components and hooks.

Widget API Reference

Migration guide for upgrading LI.FI Widget v2 to v3

FAQs

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API latency and optimization

Slippage and price impact

Route availability

Token support and availability

Additions and updates to the core LI.FI service

Core

Additions and updates to the LI.FI widget

Widget

Are you a bridge, DEX, aggregator, or solver looking to get added into LI.FI routing?

Getting Integrated by LI.FI

DEX/Aggregator/Solver integration requirements

For DEXs/Aggregators/Solvers

For Bridges

Get access to all DEXs, DEX aggregators on ~18 chains, and all the relevant bridges. LI.FI allows you to swap, bridge, and a combination of both within one transaction.

Navigating the LI.FI API

Learn about our rate limits and how to obtain and configure an API key.

If you want to learn more about how to use this endpoint please have a look at our [guide](https://docs.li.fi/more-integration-options/li.fi-api/requesting-supported-chains).

Get information about all currently supported chains

This endpoint can be used to fetch all tokens known to the LI.FI services. Both chainID and chain symbol can be provided.

Fetch all known tokens

This endpoint can be used to get more information about a token by its address or symbol and its chain.
If you want to learn more about how to use this endpoint please have a look at our [guide](https://docs.li.fi/more-integration-options/li.fi-api/getting-token-information).

Fetch information about a Token

This endpoint can be used to get information about the bridges and exchanges available trough our service.
At least one chain needs to be provided.
If one chain is provided, the response will return a list of bridges and supported connections via that bridge which includes the provided chain, and all dexes on that chain.
If two chains are provided, the response  will return a list of bridges that support transfers between the two chains and a list of dexes that support either one of the chains.

Get available bridges and exchanges

This endpoint gives information about all possible tranfers between chains.
Since the result can be very large it is required to filter by at least a chain, a token, a bridge, or an exchange.
Information about which chains and tokens are supported can be taken from the response of the /v1/chains endpoint.
Information about which bridges and exchanges are supported can be taken from the response of the /tools endpoint.
For chains both chainID or chain symbol can be provided. For tokens both token address or token symbol can be provided. 
It is always recommended to use chainID and token address for accuracy.

Returns all possible connections based on a from- or toChain.

This endpoint can be used to get the most recent gas prices for the supplied chainId.

Get gas price for the specified chainId

This endpoint can be used to get the most recent gas prices for the enabled chains in the server.

Get gas prices for enabled chains

Cross chain transfers might take a while to complete. Waiting on the transaction on the sending chain doesn't help here. For this reason we build a simple endpoint that let's you check the status of your transfer.
Important: The endpoint returns a `200` successful response even if the transaction can not be found. This behavior accounts for the case that the transaction hash is valid but the transaction has not been mined yet.
While non of the parameters `fromChain`, `toChain` and `bridge` are required, passing the `fromChain` parameter will speed up the request and is therefore encouraged.
If you want to learn more about how to use this endpoint please have a look at our [guide](https://docs.li.fi/more-integration-options/li.fi-api/checking-the-status-of-a-transaction).

Check the status of a cross chain transfer

This endpoint can be used to get transaction request for withdrawing integrator's collected fees the specified chain. If a list of token addresses is provided, the generated transaction will only withdraw the specified funds.
If there is no collected fees for the provided token's addresses, the `400` error will be thrown.
The endpoint returns a `IntegratorWithdrawalTransactionResponse` object which contains the transaction request.

Get transaction request for withdrawing collected integrator's fees by chain

This endpoint can be used to request all integrator's collected fees data by tokens for all supported chains.
The endpoint returns an `Integrator` object which contains the integrator id and an array of fee balances for all supported chains.

Get integrator's collected fees data for all supported chains

Calculates and returns the total received token amount per wallet address, per sending chain, within a specified time range, for a given receiving chain and receiving token. Only aggregates cross-chain transfers, meaning transfers with distinct sending and receiving chains.

Get the total amount of a token received on a specific chain, for cross-chain transfers.

This endpoint can be used to retrieve a list of transfers filtered by certain properties. Returns a maximum of 1000 transfers.

Get a list of filtered transfers

A paginated version of the `GET /v1/analytics/transfers endpoint`. This endpoint can be used to retrieve a list of transfers filtered by certain properties.

Get a paginated list of filtered transfers

This endpoint can be used to request a quote for a transfer of one token to another, cross chain or not.
The endpoint returns a `Step` object which contains information about the estimated result as well as a `transactionRequest` which can directly be sent to your wallet.
The estimated result can be found inside the `estimate`, containing the estimated `toAmount` of the requested `Token` and the `toAmountMin`, which is the guaranteed minimum value that the transfer will yield including slippage.
If you want to learn more about how to use this endpoint please have a look at our [guide](https://docs.li.fi/more-integration-options/li.fi-api/requesting-a-quote).
To learn more about our terminology please check our [article](https://docs.li.fi/overview/li.fi-terminology).
To learn about the differences between /quote and /advanced/routes endpoints please review our [guide](https://help.li.fi/hc/en-us/articles/23191616039835-Difference-between-the-quote-and-advanced-routes-endpoints).
NOTE: Solana ATA fees are returned as `feeCosts`  

Get a quote for a token transfer

This endpoint has been deprecated in favour of /quote/contractCalls.

Perform a contract call across blockchains (BETA)

This endpoint returns all possible routes including single and multistep txs.
In order to execute any transfer, you must first request possible `Routes`. From the result set a `Route` can be selected and executed by retrieving the transaction for every included `Step` using the `/advanced/stepTransaction` endpoint.
**Attention**: This request is more complex and intended to be used via our [JavaScript SDK](https://docs.li.fi/integrate-li.fi-js-sdk/install-li.fi-sdk).
More information about the differences between /quote and /advanced/routes endpoints can be found [here](https://help.li.fi/hc/en-us/articles/23191616039835-Difference-between-the-quote-and-advanced-routes-endpoints).
NOTE: Solana ATA fees are returned as `feeCosts`

Get a set of routes for a request that describes a transfer of tokens

This endpoint expects a full `Step` object which usually is retrieved by calling the `/routes` endpoint and selecting the most suitable `Route`. Afterwards the transaction for every required `Step` can be retrieved using this endpoint.
**Attention**: This request is more complex and intended to be used via our [JavaScript SDK](https://docs.li.fi/integrate-li.fi-js-sdk/install-li.fi-sdk).

Populate a step with transaction data

This endpoint allows to pass transaction call data. It will then parse the call data based on known and on-chain ABIs to provide a JSON overview of the internal transaction information.

Parse transaction call data (BETA)

Additions and updates to the LI.FI backend

Introduction

System Architecture

For Solvers

Knowledge Base

LI.FI Intents

What is an Intent Protocol?

What are Resource Locks?

How It Works

Concepts & Actors in the OIF System

Introduction

System Architecture

For Solvers

Knowledge Base

​What is an Intent Protocol?

​What are Resource Locks?

​How It Works

​Concepts & Actors in the OIF System

What is an Intent Protocol?

What are Resource Locks?

How It Works

Concepts & Actors in the OIF System