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Backpack Trades API

Public trade data.

Backpack Trades API is one of 15 APIs that Backpack publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Trades. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a changelog, a JSON-LD context, an AsyncAPI specification, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.backpack.exchange.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.backpack.exchange
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

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.

Trades 2

Public trade data.

GET
/api/v1/trades
Get recent trades.
get_recent_trades 2 params → 200400500
GET
/api/v1/trades/history
Get historical trades.
get_historical_trades 3 params → 200400500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Trade (6 properties), ApiErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ApiErrorResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
Trade
object
6 properties 5 required
ApiErrorCode
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

backpack-trades-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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