Error of Input Exception for some orders while placing orders

public static string Placezerodhaorder(string MyAPIKey, string accesstoken, string Exchange,
string TradingSymbol,
string TransactionType,
string Quantity,
string price = null,
string Product = null,
string OrderType = null,
string Validity = null,
string DisclosedQuantity = null,
string TriggerPrice = null,
string SquareOffValue = null,
string StoplossValue = null,
string TrailingStoploss = null,
string Variety = Constants.VARIETY_REGULAR,
string Tag = ""
)
{


try
{
var client = new HttpClient();
var pairs = new List>


{
new KeyValuePair("exchange", Exchange),
new KeyValuePair("tradingsymbol", TradingSymbol),
new KeyValuePair("transaction_type", TransactionType),
new KeyValuePair("quantity", Quantity.ToString()),
new KeyValuePair("price",price.ToString()),
new KeyValuePair("product", Product),
new KeyValuePair("order_type", OrderType),
new KeyValuePair("validity", Validity),
new KeyValuePair("disclosed_quantity", DisclosedQuantity.ToString()),
new KeyValuePair("trigger_price", TriggerPrice.ToString()),
new KeyValuePair("squareoff", SquareOffValue.ToString()),
new KeyValuePair("stoploss", StoplossValue.ToString()),
new KeyValuePair("trailing_stoploss", TrailingStoploss.ToString()),
new KeyValuePair("variety", Variety),
new KeyValuePair("tag", Tag)
};


var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(pairs);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "token " + MyAPIKey + ":" + accesstoken);
var responsess = client.PostAsync("https://api.kite.trade/orders/" + Variety, content).Result;

if (responsess.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var ss = responsess.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
return ss;
}
else
{
var ss = responsess.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
return ss;
}

}
catch (WebException ex)
{
return ex.Message;
}

}


This is code snippet... Price is throwing the exception. I am passing all the required variable to this function.

Thank you Rakesh, Any Idea, why this error has come up now. We have been using this code since 1.5 years and sent out more than 10K orders in the last year using the same.

Hi, Now we are facing the same issue again today as above. For two days the orders went perfectly fine but the same orders with the same parameters are going sometimes and are being rejected sometimes with the error " {"status":"error","message":"Limit price should be greater than zero.","data":null,"error_type":"InputException"} ".

We are placing orders from Visual Studio: dotnet C#. While placing same orders from python, postman the orders are going fine.

Anyone facing a similar issue or would know why this would be happening?

Hi Sujith,

We tried placing orders using two different libraries:

1. Rest Sharp: The following is the code made by postman:

var client = new RestClient("https://api.kite.trade/orders/regular");
client.Timeout = -1;
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "token XXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX");
request.AddHeader("ijqjp8eqygba1rw2", "t");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.AddParameter("tradingsymbol", "BHEL");
request.AddParameter("exchange", "NSE");
request.AddParameter("transaction_type", "SELL");
request.AddParameter("order_type", "LIMIT");
request.AddParameter("quantity", "1");
request.AddParameter("product", "MIS");
request.AddParameter("price", "62");
request.AddParameter("validity", "DAY");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);



2. Using http Client:
string responseFromServer = string.Empty;
var tt = "tradingsymbol=" + TradingSymbol + "&exchange=" + Exchange + "&transaction_type=" + TransactionType + "&order_type=" + OrderType + "&quantity=" + Quantity + "&product=" + Product + "&price=" + Price + "&trigger_price=" + TriggerPrice + "&disclosed_quantity=" + DisclosedQuantity + "&validity=" + Validity + "&tag=" + Tag + "&squareoff=" + SquareOffValue + "&stoploss=" + StoplossValue + "&trailing_stoploss=" + TrailingStoploss + "&variety=" + Variety;

var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(pairs);
ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls12 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls;
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://api.kite.trade/orders/" + Variety);
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
// Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(tt);
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "token " + MyAPIKey + ":" + accesstoken);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;

// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
// Write the data to the request stream.
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
// Close the Stream object.
dataStream.Close();

// Get the response.
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
// Display the status.
Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);

// Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
// The using block ensures the stream is automatically closed.
using (dataStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
// Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
// Read the content.
responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
// Display the content.
Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);
}

// Close the response.
response.Close();
return responseFromServer;
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
return ex.Message;
}



Both these methods were working yesterday and on Friday, they have been working since the last 1.5 years. But today again: the same codes work sometimes and the other times they are giving the same error of "Limit price being zero".

Can you private message the api_key and client id?

Really appreciate your support.