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Etrade Order API

Preview, place, change, and cancel equity and option orders

Etrade Order API is one of 3 APIs that Etrade publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Order. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.etrade.com/v1, https://apisb.etrade.com/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.etrade.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Oauth
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Etrade Order API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It uses HTTP oauth authentication (oauth1). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth1 — ETRADE uses OAuth 1.0a. Obtain a request token, redirect the customer for authorization, exchange for an access token, then sign each request with HMAC-SHA1.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Order 2

Preview, place, change, and cancel equity and option orders

POST
/accounts/{accountIdKey}/orders/preview
Preview order
previewOrder 1 param → 200
POST
/accounts/{accountIdKey}/orders/place
Place order
placeOrder 1 param → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

etrade-order-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Etrade publishes across the network.

Etrade Accounts API
Etrade Market API