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Alpaca Positions API

Open positions and liquidation.

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Alpaca Positions API is one of 16 APIs that Alpaca publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://api.alpaca.markets/v2, https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2, https://data.alpaca.markets, https://broker-api.alpaca.markets/v1.

4 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.alpaca.markets/v2
Authentication
API Key, API Key, HTTP Basic
Contact
Alpaca
License
API documentation - Alpaca Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Alpaca Positions API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as APCA-API-KEY-ID (apcaKey). An API key is passed in the header as APCA-API-SECRET-KEY (apcaSecret). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (brokerBasic). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apcaKey — Alpaca API key ID. Paired with APCA-API-SECRET-KEY.
  • apcaSecret — Alpaca API secret key. Paired with APCA-API-KEY-ID.
  • brokerBasic — Broker API HTTP Basic auth using your Broker API key as username and secret as password.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Positions 4

Open positions and liquidation.

GET
/positions
List open positions
listPositions → 200
DELETE
/positions
Close all positions
closeAllPositions → 207
GET
/positions/{symbol_or_asset_id}
Get an open position
getPosition 1 param → 200
DELETE
/positions/{symbol_or_asset_id}
Close a position
closePosition 1 param → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Position (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Position
object
An open position.
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

alpaca-markets-positions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
alpaca-markets:alpaca-markets-positions-api
Base URL
https://api.alpaca.markets/v2
Docs
https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/getaccount-1
Provider
Alpaca
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