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Kraken Subaccounts API

Subaccount creation and inter-account transfers

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

Tagged areas include Subaccounts. 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 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 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.

2 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 2 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 Subaccounts 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 2

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

Subaccounts 2

Subaccount creation and inter-account transfers

POST
/0/private/CreateSubaccount
Kraken Create Subaccount
createSubaccount body → 200
POST
/0/private/AccountTransfer
Kraken Account Transfer
accountTransfer body → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are NoncedRequest (2 properties), BaseEnvelope (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CreateSubaccountResponse
AccountTransferRequest
BaseEnvelope
object
2 properties 1 required
AccountTransferResponse
CreateSubaccountRequest
NoncedRequest
object
All private requests include an incrementing nonce. Optionally an OTP for two-factor-protected keys.
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kraken-subaccounts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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