CryptoCompare Futures API

Futures market data across integrated derivatives venues.

Operations 2

GET /futures/v1/latest/tick Get Futures Latest Tick #
GET /futures/v1/historical/days Get Futures Historical Daily OHLCV #

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OpenAPI Specification

cryptocompare-futures-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CoinDesk Data API (CCData) Futures API
  description: The CoinDesk Data API (formerly CCData / CryptoCompare data-api) is the modern, institutional-grade replacement for the legacy min-api.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: CoinDesk Data Support
    url: https://developers.coindesk.com/support
    email: data@cryptocompare.com
  termsOfService: https://data.coindesk.com/terms
  license:
    name: CoinDesk Data API Terms
    url: https://data.coindesk.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://data-api.cryptocompare.com
  description: Production Server
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
- apiKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Futures
  description: Futures market data across integrated derivatives venues.
paths:
  /futures/v1/latest/tick:
    get:
      operationId: getFuturesLatestTick
      summary: Get Futures Latest Tick
      description: Returns the latest tick for futures instruments on a derivatives market.
      tags:
      - Futures
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MarketParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/InstrumentsParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Futures tick envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FuturesTickResponse'
  /futures/v1/historical/days:
    get:
      operationId: getFuturesHistoricalDaily
      summary: Get Futures Historical Daily OHLCV
      description: Returns daily OHLCV for a futures instrument.
      tags:
      - Futures
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MarketParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/InstrumentParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LimitParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ToTsParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Daily futures OHLCV envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalOHLCVResponse'
components:
  parameters:
    MarketParam:
      name: market
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Spot or derivatives market (e.g. coinbase, kraken, binance, bitstamp, ccix).
      schema:
        type: string
    InstrumentsParam:
      name: instruments
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Comma-separated instrument identifiers (e.g. BTC-USD,ETH-USD).
      schema:
        type: string
    LimitParam:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: Number of data points to return.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 30
        maximum: 2000
    ToTsParam:
      name: to_ts
      in: query
      description: Upper bound timestamp in seconds.
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
    InstrumentParam:
      name: instrument
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Single instrument identifier (e.g. BTC-USD).
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    HistoricalOHLCVRow:
      type: object
      properties:
        UNIT:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MINUTE
          - HOUR
          - DAY
        TIMESTAMP:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        TYPE:
          type: string
        MARKET:
          type: string
        INSTRUMENT:
          type: string
        MAPPED_INSTRUMENT:
          type: string
        BASE:
          type: string
        QUOTE:
          type: string
        OPEN:
          type: number
        HIGH:
          type: number
        LOW:
          type: number
        CLOSE:
          type: number
        FIRST_TRADE_TIMESTAMP:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        LAST_TRADE_TIMESTAMP:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        FIRST_TRADE_PRICE:
          type: number
        HIGH_TRADE_PRICE:
          type: number
        LOW_TRADE_PRICE:
          type: number
        LAST_TRADE_PRICE:
          type: number
        VOLUME:
          type: number
        QUOTE_VOLUME:
          type: number
        VOLUME_BUY:
          type: number
        QUOTE_VOLUME_BUY:
          type: number
        VOLUME_SELL:
          type: number
        QUOTE_VOLUME_SELL:
          type: number
        TOTAL_TRADES:
          type: integer
        TOTAL_TRADES_BUY:
          type: integer
        TOTAL_TRADES_SELL:
          type: integer
        TOTAL_TRADES_UNKNOWN:
          type: integer
    FuturesTickResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Data:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    HistoricalOHLCVResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalOHLCVRow'
        Err:
          type: object
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_key
      in: query
      description: API key supplied as the api_key query parameter.
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: 'API key supplied as `Authorization: Apikey {apiKey}`.'
externalDocs:
  description: CoinDesk Data API Documentation
  url: https://developers.coindesk.com/documentation/data-api/introduction