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Car Lease Calculator API

finance 2 credits / call v2026-04-22

Estimate monthly auto lease payment from cap cost, residual value, money factor, tax, and fees.

One POST adds Car Lease Calculator to your app, site, workflow, or agent — formula, validation, edge cases, and docs already handled.

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Endpoint

POST · 2cr
POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run

Request body

Field Type Req.
vehicle_price float
residual_value float
residual_mode
percent | amount
str
money_factor float
lease_term int
down_payment float
tax_rate float
fees float

Cost & access

  • 2 credits per successful call — failed calls refund.
  • Starts on: Starter or higher.
  • Max payload: 65536 bytes.
  • Privacy mode: hash_only
  • Available on: starter, pro, business, scale

Response envelope

{
  "request_id": "01K...",
  "tool": "car-lease-calculator",
  "tool_version": "2026-04-22",
  "credits_used": 2,
  "result": { ... }
}

Try it

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percent | amount

Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"vehicle_price":42000,"residual_value":58,"residual_mode":"percent","money_factor":0.00185,"lease_term":36,"down_payment":3000,"tax_rate":7.5,"fees":895}'
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY'},
    json={'vehicle_price': 42000, 'residual_value': 58, 'residual_mode': 'percent', 'money_factor': 0.00185, 'lease_term': 36, 'down_payment': 3000, 'tax_rate': 7.5, 'fees': 895},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())
const resp = await fetch(
  'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({"vehicle_price":42000,"residual_value":58,"residual_mode":"percent","money_factor":0.00185,"lease_term":36,"down_payment":3000,"tax_rate":7.5,"fees":895}),
  }
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'vehicle_price' => 42000,
    'residual_value' => 58,
    'residual_mode' => 'percent',
    'money_factor' => 0.00185,
    'lease_term' => 36,
    'down_payment' => 3000,
    'tax_rate' => 7.5,
    'fees' => 895
]),
]);
$resp = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print_r(json_decode($resp, true));
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = (uri.scheme == 'https')

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['Authorization'] = 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY'
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = {
  'vehicle_price' => 42000,
  'residual_value' => 58,
  'residual_mode' => 'percent',
  'money_factor' => 0.00185,
  'lease_term' => 36,
  'down_payment' => 3000,
  'tax_rate' => 7.5,
  'fees' => 895
}.to_json

resp = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(resp.body).inspect
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "encoding/json"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
    "vehicle_price": 42000,
    "residual_value": 58,
    "residual_mode": "percent",
    "money_factor": 0.00185,
    "lease_term": 36,
    "down_payment": 3000,
    "tax_rate": 7.5,
    "fees": 895,
  })
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run", bytes.NewReader(body))
  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY")
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

  resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  if err != nil { panic(err) }
  defer resp.Body.Close()
  out, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  fmt.Println(string(out))
}
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"vehicle_price\":42000,\"residual_value\":58,\"residual_mode\":\"percent\",\"money_factor\":0.00185,\"lease_term\":36,\"down_payment\":3000,\"tax_rate\":7.5,\"fees\":895}"))
    .build();

var resp = client.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(resp.body());
how-to call car-lease-calculator
  1. Get an API key
    Get an API key. Choose the Starter plan or higher to receive a bearer token with access to this endpoint.
  2. Assemble the JSON body
    Required fields: vehicle_price, residual_value, . See the Request body table above for the full schema.
  3. POST to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/car-lease-calculator/run
    Headers: Authorization: Bearer <key> and Content-Type: application/json. Copy-paste snippets in 7 languages are under Code examples.
  4. Parse the response
    Envelope: {request_id, tool, tool_version, credits_used, result}. The typed output lives in result.
faq frequently asked
What does the Car Lease Calculator API do?+

Estimate monthly auto lease payment from cap cost, residual value, money factor, tax, and fees. Use it to add this utility without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and documentation.

How much does one call to Car Lease Calculator cost?+

2 credits per successful call. Failed calls (validation errors, 5xx) don't bill.

What parameters does the Car Lease Calculator API require?+

Required fields: vehicle_price, residual_value. Full schema at /v1/openapi.json.

Is the Car Lease Calculator API deterministic?+

Yes — same input, same output, forever. Tool version 2026-04-22; output shape is stable within a major version.

Can an AI agent call the Car Lease Calculator API?+

Yes. Connect to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp over the Model Context Protocol. The agent discovers `car-lease-calculator` with its JSON Schema automatically, so the model can plan while MiniWebtool handles the exact tool result.

What format does the API return?+

JSON with a stable envelope: `{request_id, tool, tool_version, credits_used, result}`. Errors are RFC 7807 `application/problem+json`.

mcp use from an AI agent

Every endpoint on this site is also exposed via the Model Context Protocol at https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp. Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-capable agent can discover this tool (car-lease-calculator) and its JSON Schema automatically — no client codegen.

# List tools the agent can call
curl -s https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}' \
 | jq '.result.tools[] | select(.name=="car-lease-calculator")'
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