Market data API

Market data API is accessible through HTTPS and parameters are passed using GET-requests. All responses are encoded in JSON.

Currently the APIs are cached for 30 seconds and all service calls are monitored for excessive load so please don’t query more often than once every 1 minute.

Tick:

https://api.btcmarkets.net/market/BTC/AUD/tick

sample response:

{"bestBid":13700000000,"bestAsk":14000000000,"lastPrice":14000000000,"currency":"AUD","instrument":"BTC","timestamp":1378878117}

Orderbook:

https://api.btcmarkets.net/market/BTC/AUD/orderbook

sample response:

{"currency":"AUD","instrument":"BTC","timestamp":1378941290,"asks":[[14000000000,20000000],[14100000000,10000000],[14200000000,20000000],[14600000000,10000000],[15900000000,50000000],[16000000000,10000000],"bids":[[13700000000,20000000],[12500000000,20000000],[12000010000,100000000],[12000000000,1000000]]}

Trades:

https://api.btcmarkets.net/market/BTC/AUD/trades

sample response:

[{"tid":4432702312,"amount":10000000,"price":14000000000,"date":1378878093},{"tid":59861212129,"amount":1000000,"price":12500000000,"date":1377840783}]

since is an optional parameter for trades (get trades since the trade id). For instance:

https://api.btcmarkets.net/market/BTC/AUD/trades?since=59868345231