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Kraken Account Data API

Private endpoints returning account-scoped data

Kraken Account Data API is one of 24 APIs that Kraken publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Account Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 12 operations across 12 paths, and defines 28 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 3.0.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://futures.kraken.com/derivatives/api/v3, https://demo-futures.kraken.com/derivatives/api/v3, https://colo-london.vip.futures.kraken.com/derivatives/api/v3.

12 operations 12 paths 28 schemas 12 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
3.0.0
Base URL
https://api.kraken.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Kraken Account Data API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as APIKey (futures_signature).

  • futures_signature — Kraken Futures signs requests with two headers: APIKey (public key) and Authent (base64 HMAC-SHA512 over postData + nonce + endpointPath using the SHA-256 hash…

Paths & Operations 12

Across 12 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 12 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Account Data 12

Private endpoints returning account-scoped data

POST
/0/private/Balance
Kraken Get Account Balance
getAccountBalance body → 200
POST
/0/private/BalanceEx
Kraken Get Extended Balance
getExtendedBalance body → 200
POST
/0/private/TradeBalance
Kraken Get Trade Balance
getTradeBalance body → 200
POST
/0/private/OpenOrders
Kraken Get Open Orders
getOpenOrders body → 200
POST
/0/private/ClosedOrders
Kraken Get Closed Orders
getClosedOrders body → 200
POST
/0/private/QueryOrders
Kraken Query Orders Info
queryOrdersInfo body → 200
POST
/0/private/TradesHistory
Kraken Get Trades History
getTradesHistory body → 200
POST
/0/private/QueryTrades
Kraken Query Trades Info
queryTradesInfo body → 200
POST
/0/private/OpenPositions
Kraken Get Open Positions
getOpenPositions body → 200
POST
/0/private/Ledgers
Kraken Get Ledgers Info
getLedgersInfo body → 200
POST
/0/private/QueryLedgers
Kraken Query Ledgers
queryLedgers body → 200
POST
/0/private/TradeVolume
Kraken Get Trade Volume
getTradeVolume body → 200

Schemas 28

The contract defines 28 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are OrderInfo (18 properties), Position (17 properties), TradeInfo (13 properties), LedgerEntry (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OpenOrdersRequest
QueryOrdersResponse
OrderInfo
object
18 properties
OpenOrdersResponse
ClosedOrdersRequest
LedgersRequest
NoncedRequest
object
All private requests include an incrementing nonce. Optionally an OTP for two-factor-protected keys.
2 properties 1 required
OpenPositionsRequest
QueryLedgersRequest
LedgerEntry
object
9 properties
ClosedOrdersResponse
QueryOrdersRequest
LedgersResponse
TradesHistoryRequest
QueryLedgersResponse
TradeBalanceRequest
OpenPositionsResponse
TradeBalanceResponse
TradeVolumeResponse
QueryTradesResponse
TradesHistoryResponse
Position
object
17 properties
BaseEnvelope
object
2 properties 1 required
BalanceExResponse
QueryTradesRequest
TradeVolumeRequest
BalanceResponse
TradeInfo
object
13 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kraken-account-data-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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