# Mint an NFT

### Overview 

Minting an NFT to a collection is simple, only a **CID** from IPFS is required, however you may also batch your mints in sets of 10 if they use the same CID.

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://hedera-serverless-consensus.vercel.app/api/nft/:token_id/mint`

Mint an NFT to a collection, you may only mint in batches of 10, up to the limit of the collection.

#### Path Parameters

| Name                                        | Type   | Description                     |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------- |
| token\_id<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | token\_id of the nft collection |

#### Headers

| Name                                        | Type   | Description                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| x-api-key<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | The **API\_SECRET\_KEY** from the client's environment variables. |

#### Request Body

| Name                                  | Type   | Description                                                 |
| ------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| cid<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | IPFS CID that has been generated through the metadata route |
| amount                                | int    | Default to 1, maximum batch mint of 10.                     |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK Token has been minted into collection" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401: Unauthorized Header Auth Missing/invalid" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="422: Unprocessable Entity Missing CID from body" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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