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Alpaca Clock API

The Clock API from Alpaca — 2 operation(s) for clock.

Alpaca Clock API is one of 23 APIs that Alpaca publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Clock. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://broker-api.sandbox.alpaca.markets, https://broker-api.alpaca.markets.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.alpaca.markets/v2
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Alpaca Clock API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Clock 2
GET
/v1/clock
Query market clock
queryMarketClock → 200
GET
/v2/clock
Get Market Clock info
getClock → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Clock (4 properties), Clock_2 (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Clock_2
object
4 properties
Clock
object
Represents the current market time and open/close events.
4 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

alpaca-clock-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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