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ROI Calculator API

finance 2 credits / call v2026-04-22

Calculate ROI, annualized ROI, CAGR, and investment term from fixed dates.

One POST adds ROI 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/roi-calculator/run

Request body

Field Type Req.
original_investment float
returned_value float
investment_start_date date
investment_end_date date
precision int

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": "roi-calculator",
  "tool_version": "2026-04-22",
  "credits_used": 2,
  "result": { ... }
}

Try it

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/roi-calculator/run \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"original_investment":10000,"returned_value":12500,"investment_start_date":"2025-01-01","investment_end_date":"2026-01-01","precision":4}'
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/roi-calculator/run',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY'},
    json={'original_investment': 10000, 'returned_value': 12500, 'investment_start_date': '2025-01-01', 'investment_end_date': '2026-01-01', 'precision': 4},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())
const resp = await fetch(
  'https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/roi-calculator/run',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({"original_investment":10000,"returned_value":12500,"investment_start_date":"2025-01-01","investment_end_date":"2026-01-01","precision":4}),
  }
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/roi-calculator/run');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY',
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'original_investment' => 10000,
    'returned_value' => 12500,
    'investment_start_date' => '2025-01-01',
    'investment_end_date' => '2026-01-01',
    'precision' => 4
]),
]);
$resp = curl_exec($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/roi-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 = {
  'original_investment' => 10000,
  'returned_value' => 12500,
  'investment_start_date' => '2025-01-01',
  'investment_end_date' => '2026-01-01',
  'precision' => 4
}.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{}{
    "original_investment": 10000,
    "returned_value": 12500,
    "investment_start_date": "2025-01-01",
    "investment_end_date": "2026-01-01",
    "precision": 4,
  })
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/roi-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/roi-calculator/run"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"original_investment\":10000,\"returned_value\":12500,\"investment_start_date\":\"2025-01-01\",\"investment_end_date\":\"2026-01-01\",\"precision\":4}"))
    .build();

var resp = client.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(resp.body());
how-to call roi-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: . See the Request body table above for the full schema.
  3. POST to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/roi-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 ROI Calculator API do?+

Calculate ROI, annualized ROI, CAGR, and investment term from fixed dates. Use it to add this utility without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and documentation.

How much does one call to ROI Calculator cost?+

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

What parameters does the ROI Calculator API require?+

Required fields: (none). Full schema at /v1/openapi.json.

Is the ROI 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 ROI Calculator API?+

Yes. Connect to https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp over the Model Context Protocol. The agent discovers `roi-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 (roi-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=="roi-calculator")'
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