Alpaca Blocked Symbols API

The Blocked Symbols API from Alpaca — 1 operation(s) for blocked symbols.

Operations 1

GET /v1/blocked-symbols Retrieve Blocked Symbols #

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Schemas & Data

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https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-order-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-position-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-option-contract-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-assets-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-create-order-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-trade-account-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-extended-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-creation-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-trade-update-event-v2-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-ipoevent-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-corporate-action-event-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-movers-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-fixed-income-latest-quotes-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-most-actives-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-fixed-income-latest-prices-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-stock-auctions-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-token-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-token-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-corporate-actions-resp-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

alpaca-blocked-symbols-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@alpaca.markets
    name: Alpaca Support
    url: https://alpaca.markets/support
  description: 'GIFT City (India)-only endpoints, served from a dedicated GIFT City extensions host (`ext-api`) and versioned separately from the Broker API.


    All endpoints require a customer OAuth2 `Authorization: Bearer` token.'
  termsOfService: https://alpaca.markets/disclosures
  title: GIFT City Extensions Blocked Symbols API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- description: Sandbox endpoint
  url: https://ext-api.giftcity.sandbox.in.alpaca.markets
- description: Production endpoint
  url: https://ext-api.giftcity.in.alpaca.markets
tags:
- name: Blocked Symbols
paths:
  /v1/blocked-symbols:
    get:
      description: 'Returns the list of symbols that are blocked from **buy** orders for India / GIFT City accounts. Sell orders for these symbols are still permitted. Requires a customer `Authorization: Bearer` token.


        The returned `blocked_symbols` array is sorted alphabetically and de-duplicated.'
      operationId: getBlockedSymbols
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                blocked_symbols:
                - AETH
                - ARKB
                - BETE
                - BETH
                - BITB
                - BTC
                - ETH
                - GBTC
                - IBIT
                - XRP
              schema:
                properties:
                  blocked_symbols:
                    description: Alphabetically sorted, de-duplicated list of ticker symbols blocked from buy orders.
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                required:
                - blocked_symbols
                type: object
          description: The list of symbols blocked from buy orders.
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                code: 40110000
                message: request is not authorized
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: 'The request is not authorized. Returned when the `Authorization: Bearer` token is missing, malformed, or invalid.

            '
        '503':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                message: service temporarily unavailable
              schema:
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                - message
                type: object
          description: 'The service is temporarily unavailable. Returned when the request cannot be served due to a transient server-side condition.

            '
      summary: Retrieve Blocked Symbols
      tags:
      - Blocked Symbols
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      properties:
        code:
          type: number
        message:
          type: string
      required:
      - code
      - message
      title: Error
      type: object
x-provenance:
  method: assembled
  note: Each page of the Alpaca docs API reference embeds an OpenAPI definition for its operation ("# OpenAPI definition" block in the page's markdown twin). This file merges those provider-published fragments verbatim (paths and components unioned, no content authored); no whole-file download for this region was found.
  sources:
  - https://docs.alpaca.markets/in-giftcity/reference/getblockedsymbols.md
  retrieved: '2026-11-05'