# Execute a Cross Chain Swap
This section explains the integration and usage of bridge protocols for cross-chain swapping functionalities.
### Step 1: **Check the Allowance of the Bridge on the Token Contract**
To initiate a swap, first determine if the Bridge has the necessary allowance to access the tokens. This can be done using the following API endpoint:
**API URL**: [`https://api.expand.network/fungibletoken/getuserallowance`](https://docs.expand.network/categories/fungible-tokens/erc20#getuserallowance)
***
**Sample Request:**
```url
https://api.expand.network/fungibletoken/getuserallowance?owner=0x6Fb447Ae94F5180254D436A693907a1f57696900&tokenAddress=0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2&spender=0xBA12222222228d8Ba445958a75a0704d566BF2C8
```
***
**Sample Response:**
```json
{
"status": 200,
"msg": "success",
"data": {
"allowance": "999000000000000000000"
}
}
```
### Step 2: Approve the Bridge from the Token Contract
If the allowance is less than the token amount to be swapped, the user must approve the Bridge contract from the token contract. \
This can be done using the following API endpoint:
**API URL**: [`https://api.expand.network/fungibletoken/approve`](https://docs.expand.network/categories/fungible-tokens/erc20#approve)
***
**Sample Request:**
```json
{
"from": "0x6Fb447Ae94F5180254D436A693907a1f57696900",
"tokenAddress":"0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2",
"amount": "1000000000000000000000",
"to": "0x6Fb447Ae94F5180254D436A693907a1f57696900",
"gas": "100000",
"chainId": "1"
}
```
***
**Sample Response:**
```json
{
"status": 200,
"msg": "success",
"data": {
"from": "0x6Fb447Ae94F5180254D436A693907a1f57696900",
"to": "0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2",
"value": "0",
"gas": "100000",
"data": "0x095ea7b3000000000000000000000000828b154032950c8ff7cf8085d841723db269605600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003635c9adc5dea00000"
}
}
```
### Step 3: Swap the tokens
After the successful approval, we can do the swap. User can swap the tokens on their preferred Bridge by changing the "[bridgeId](/ids/bridge-ids.md)" parameter.\
This can be done using the following API endpoint:
**API URL**: [`https://api.expand.network/bridge/swap`](https://docs.expand.network/categories/bridge/stargate#swap)
***
**Sample Request:**
```json
{
"bridgeId": "200",
"srcChainId": "1",
"dstChainId": "137",
"srcTokenSymbol": "WETH",
"dstTokenSymbol": "USDC",
"amountIn": "100000000000000",
"from": "0x6Fb447Ae94F5180254D436A693907a1f57696900",
"gas": "920000",
"to": "0x6Fb447Ae94F5180254D436A693907a1f57696900"
}
```
***
**Sample Response:**
```json
{
"status": 200,
"msg": "success",
"data": {
"from": "0x6Fb447Ae94F5180254D436A693907a1f57696900",
"to": "0xce16F69375520ab01377ce7B88f5BA8C48F8D666",
"value": "83660648338674",
"gas": "920000",
"data": 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}
}
```
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