5 files changed, 61 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/packages/instant/src/components/buy_button.tsx b/packages/instant/src/components/buy_button.tsx
index e65e62e47..93bd8e635 100644
--- a/packages/instant/src/components/buy_button.tsx
+++ b/packages/instant/src/components/buy_button.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import { AssetBuyer, AssetBuyerError, BuyQuote } from '@0x/asset-buyer';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE, WEB_3_WRAPPER_TRANSACTION_FAILED_ERROR_MSG_PREFIX } from '../constants';
+import { WEB_3_WRAPPER_TRANSACTION_FAILED_ERROR_MSG_PREFIX } from '../constants';
 import { ColorOption } from '../style/theme';
 import { ZeroExInstantError } from '../types';
 import { getBestAddress } from '../util/address';
 import { balanceUtil } from '../util/balance';
+import { gasPriceEstimator } from '../util/gas_price_estimator';
 import { util } from '../util/util';
 import { web3Wrapper } from '../util/web3_wrapper';
 
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ export class BuyButton extends React.Component<BuyButtonProps> {
         }
 
         let txHash: string | undefined;
+        const gasPrice = await gasPriceEstimator.getFastAmountInWeiAsync();
         try {
-            const gasPrice = DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE;
-            txHash = await assetBuyer.executeBuyQuoteAsync(buyQuote, { gasPrice, takerAddress });
+            txHash = await assetBuyer.executeBuyQuoteAsync(buyQuote, { takerAddress, gasPrice });
         } catch (e) {
             if (e instanceof Error) {
                 if (e.message === AssetBuyerError.SignatureRequestDenied) {
diff --git a/packages/instant/src/components/zero_ex_instant.tsx b/packages/instant/src/components/zero_ex_instant.tsx
index 19a2d6b9b..d54dfc153 100644
--- a/packages/instant/src/components/zero_ex_instant.tsx
+++ b/packages/instant/src/components/zero_ex_instant.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { AssetMetaData, Network } from '../types';
 import { assetUtils } from '../util/asset';
 import { BigNumberInput } from '../util/big_number_input';
 import { errorFlasher } from '../util/error_flasher';
+import { gasPriceEstimator } from '../util/gas_price_estimator';
 import { getProvider } from '../util/provider';
 import { web3Wrapper } from '../util/web3_wrapper';
 
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ export class ZeroExInstant extends React.Component<ZeroExInstantProps> {
     public componentDidMount(): void {
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-floating-promises
         asyncData.fetchAndDispatchToStore(this._store);
+
+        // warm up the gas price estimator cache just in case we can't
+        // grab the gas price estimate when submitting the transaction
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-floating-promises
+        gasPriceEstimator.getFastAmountInWeiAsync();
+
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-floating-promises
         this._flashErrorIfWrongNetwork();
     }
diff --git a/packages/instant/src/constants.ts b/packages/instant/src/constants.ts
index 47cb2eaeb..424f35ecb 100644
--- a/packages/instant/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/instant/src/constants.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ export const DEFAULT_ZERO_EX_CONTAINER_SELECTOR = '#zeroExInstantContainer';
 export const WEB_3_WRAPPER_TRANSACTION_FAILED_ERROR_MSG_PREFIX = 'Transaction failed';
 export const GWEI_IN_WEI = new BigNumber(1000000000);
 export const DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE = GWEI_IN_WEI.mul(6);
+export const ETH_GAS_STATION_API_BASE_URL = 'https://ethgasstation.info';
+export const COINBASE_API_BASE_URL = 'https://api.coinbase.com/v2';
diff --git a/packages/instant/src/util/coinbase_api.ts b/packages/instant/src/util/coinbase_api.ts
index 080421f98..faac8d82d 100644
--- a/packages/instant/src/util/coinbase_api.ts
+++ b/packages/instant/src/util/coinbase_api.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { BigNumber } from '@0x/utils';
+import { BigNumber, fetchAsync } from '@0x/utils';
+
+import { COINBASE_API_BASE_URL } from '../constants';
 
-const baseEndpoint = 'https://api.coinbase.com/v2';
 export const coinbaseApi = {
     getEthUsdPrice: async (): Promise<BigNumber> => {
-        const res = await fetch(`${baseEndpoint}/prices/ETH-USD/buy`);
+        const res = await fetchAsync(`${COINBASE_API_BASE_URL}/prices/ETH-USD/buy`);
         const resJson = await res.json();
         return new BigNumber(resJson.data.amount);
     },
diff --git a/packages/instant/src/util/gas_price_estimator.ts b/packages/instant/src/util/gas_price_estimator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..336c4a3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/instant/src/util/gas_price_estimator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { BigNumber, fetchAsync } from '@0x/utils';
+
+import { DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE, ETH_GAS_STATION_API_BASE_URL, GWEI_IN_WEI } from '../constants';
+
+interface EthGasStationResult {
+    average: number;
+    fastestWait: number;
+    fastWait: number;
+    fast: number;
+    safeLowWait: number;
+    blockNum: number;
+    avgWait: number;
+    block_time: number;
+    speed: number;
+    fastest: number;
+    safeLow: number;
+}
+
+const fetchFastAmountInWeiAsync = async () => {
+    const res = await fetchAsync(`${ETH_GAS_STATION_API_BASE_URL}/json/ethgasAPI.json`);
+    const gasInfo = (await res.json()) as EthGasStationResult;
+    // Eth Gas Station result is gwei * 10
+    const gasPriceInGwei = new BigNumber(gasInfo.fast / 10);
+    return gasPriceInGwei.mul(GWEI_IN_WEI);
+};
+
+export class GasPriceEstimator {
+    private _lastFetched?: BigNumber;
+    public async getFastAmountInWeiAsync(): Promise<BigNumber> {
+        let fetchedAmount: BigNumber | undefined;
+        try {
+            fetchedAmount = await fetchFastAmountInWeiAsync();
+        } catch {
+            fetchedAmount = undefined;
+        }
+
+        if (fetchedAmount) {
+            this._lastFetched = fetchedAmount;
+        }
+
+        return fetchedAmount || this._lastFetched || DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE;
+    }
+}
+export const gasPriceEstimator = new GasPriceEstimator();