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Kraken Market Data API

Public market data (no authentication required)

Kraken Market 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 Market 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 15 operations across 15 paths, and defines 19 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.

15 operations 15 paths 19 schemas 15 GET

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 Market 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 15

Across 15 paths, the API surfaces 15 operations — 15 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Market Data 15

Public market data (no authentication required)

GET
/instruments
Kraken Get Instruments
getInstruments → 200
GET
/instruments/status
Kraken Get Instruments Status
getInstrumentsStatus → 200
GET
/tickers
Kraken Get Tickers
getTickers → 200
GET
/tickers/{symbol}
Kraken Get Ticker for Symbol
getTickerForSymbol 1 param → 200
GET
/orderbook
Kraken Get Order Book (Futures)
getOrderBookFutures 1 param → 200
GET
/history
Kraken Get Market History
getMarketHistory 2 params → 200
GET
/0/public/Time
Kraken Get Server Time
getServerTime → 200
GET
/0/public/SystemStatus
Kraken Get System Status
getSystemStatus → 200
GET
/0/public/Assets
Kraken Get Asset Info
getAssetInfo 2 params → 200
GET
/0/public/AssetPairs
Kraken Get Tradable Asset Pairs
getTradableAssetPairs 2 params → 200
GET
/0/public/Ticker
Kraken Get Ticker Information
getTickerInformation 1 param → 200
GET
/0/public/OHLC
Kraken Get OHLC Data
getOHLCData 3 params → 200
GET
/0/public/Depth
Kraken Get Order Book
getOrderBook 2 params → 200
GET
/0/public/Trades
Kraken Get Recent Trades
getRecentTrades 3 params → 200
GET
/0/public/Spread
Kraken Get Recent Spreads
getRecentSpreads 2 params → 200

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AssetPair (20 properties), Ticker (18 properties), Instrument (10 properties), Ticker_2 (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OrderBookResponse
AssetPair
object
20 properties
SystemStatusResponse
TickersResponse
RecentSpreadsResponse
InstrumentsResponse
Instrument
object
10 properties
OrderBook
object
2 properties
RecentTradesResponse
ServerTimeResponse
TickerResponse
BaseEnvelope_2
object
2 properties 1 required
Ticker_2
object
9 properties
AssetInfo
object
6 properties
Ticker
object
18 properties
BaseEnvelope
object
3 properties
AssetPairsResponse
AssetInfoResponse
OHLCResponse

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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