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Kraken Transfers API

Wallet, margin, and subaccount transfers

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

Tagged areas include Transfers. 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 1 schema. 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 1 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 Transfers 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.

Transfers 2

Wallet, margin, and subaccount transfers

POST
/transfer
Kraken Transfer Funds (Futures)
transferFutures body → 200
POST
/withdrawal
Kraken Withdrawal (Futures)
withdrawalFutures body → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is BaseEnvelope (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BaseEnvelope
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kraken-transfers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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