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Kraken Earn API

Staking and yield allocation endpoints

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

Tagged areas include Earn. 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 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 10 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.

6 operations 6 paths 10 schemas 6 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 Earn 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 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Earn 6

Staking and yield allocation endpoints

POST
/0/private/Earn/Allocate
Kraken Allocate Earn Funds
allocateEarnFunds body → 200
POST
/0/private/Earn/Deallocate
Kraken Deallocate Earn Funds
deallocateEarnFunds body → 200
POST
/0/private/Earn/AllocateStatus
Kraken Get Earn Allocate Status
getEarnAllocateStatus body → 200
POST
/0/private/Earn/DeallocateStatus
Kraken Get Earn Deallocate Status
getEarnDeallocateStatus body → 200
POST
/0/private/Earn/Strategies
Kraken List Earn Strategies
listEarnStrategies body → 200
POST
/0/private/Earn/Allocations
Kraken List Earn Allocations
listEarnAllocations body → 200

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are EarnStrategy (12 properties), BaseEnvelope (2 properties), NoncedRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

EarnStatusResponse
EarnStrategy
object
12 properties
EarnStrategiesResponse
BaseEnvelope
object
2 properties 1 required
EarnSimpleResponse
EarnStrategiesRequest
EarnAllocateRequest
EarnStrategyScopedRequest
NoncedRequest
object
All private requests include an incrementing nonce. Optionally an OTP for two-factor-protected keys.
2 properties 1 required
EarnAllocationsResponse

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kraken-earn-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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