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Kalshi account API

The account API from Kalshi — 2 operation(s) for account.

Kalshi account API is one of 21 APIs that Kalshi publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 3.19.0.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: https://external-api.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2, https://api.elections.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2, https://external-api.demo.kalshi.co/trade-api/v2, https://demo-api.kalshi.co/trade-api/v2.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
3.19.0
Base URL
https://api.elections.kalshi.com/trade-api/v2
Authentication
API Key, API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Kalshi account API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as KALSHI-ACCESS-KEY (kalshiAccessKey). An API key is passed in the header as KALSHI-ACCESS-SIGNATURE (kalshiAccessSignature). An API key is passed in the header as KALSHI-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP (kalshiAccessTimestamp).

  • kalshiAccessKey — Your API key ID
  • kalshiAccessSignature — RSA-PSS signature of the request
  • kalshiAccessTimestamp — Request timestamp in milliseconds

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.

account 2
GET
/account/limits
Get Account API Limits
GetAccountApiLimits → 200401500
GET
/account/endpoint_costs
List Non-Default Endpoint Costs
GetAccountEndpointCosts → 200500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EndpointTokenCost (3 properties), GetAccountApiLimitsResponse (3 properties), BucketLimit (2 properties), GetAccountEndpointCostsResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GetAccountEndpointCostsResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
GetAccountApiLimitsResponse
object
3 properties 3 required
BucketLimit
object
Token-bucket budget for one rate-limit bucket. Each request deducts tokens equal to its endpoint cost; the bucket refills at refillrate tokens per second up to…
2 properties 2 required
EndpointTokenCost
object
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kalshi-account-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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