FOREX.com

FOREX.com Pricing API

Real-time tick history and OHLC bar history

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Operations 7

GET /market/{marketId}/tickhistory Get recent tick price history #
GET /market/{marketId}/tickhistorybetween Get tick history between two timestamps #
GET /market/{marketId}/tickhistoryafter Get tick history after a timestamp #
GET /market/{marketId}/tickhistorybefore Get tick history before a timestamp #
GET /market/{marketId}/barhistory Get OHLC bar history #
GET /market/{marketId}/barhistorybetween Get OHLC bar history between two timestamps #
GET /market/{marketId}/barhistorybefore Get OHLC bar history before a timestamp #

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OpenAPI Specification

forex-com-pricing-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FOREX.com REST Account Pricing API
  description: The FOREX.com REST API, hosted at ciapi.cityindex.com/TradingAPI, enables algorithmic traders to authenticate sessions, retrieve real-time and historical price data, execute buy/sell orders across 80+ forex and CFD markets, and manage account balances, positions, and order history programmatically. Authentication uses a session-based header credential obtained from the /session endpoint. A separate FIX API is available for institutional clients.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: FOREX.com API Support
    url: https://www.forex.com/en/help-and-support/
    email: support.en@forex.com
  termsOfService: https://www.forex.com/en-us/help-and-support/pricing-and-fees/
  x-api-id: forex-com-trading-api
  x-logo:
    url: https://www.forex.com/favicon.ico
servers:
- url: https://ciapi.cityindex.com/TradingAPI
  description: FOREX.com REST API Base URL
security:
- SessionAuth: []
  UserNameAuth: []
tags:
- name: Pricing
  description: Real-time tick history and OHLC bar history
paths:
  /market/{marketId}/tickhistory:
    get:
      operationId: getTickHistory
      summary: Get recent tick price history
      description: Retrieve recent tick price history for a given market. Returns bid, ask, and mid prices for the most recent ticks. Maximum 4,000 records per request.
      tags:
      - Pricing
      parameters:
      - name: marketId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Market ID for the instrument
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 400616380
      - name: PriceTicks
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of price ticks to return (max 4000)
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 4000
          default: 1
        example: 100
      - name: priceType
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Price type to return
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MID
          - BID
          - ASK
          default: MID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tick price history retrieved
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TickHistoryResponse'
  /market/{marketId}/tickhistorybetween:
    get:
      operationId: getTickHistoryBetween
      summary: Get tick history between two timestamps
      description: Retrieve tick price history for a market between two UTC timestamps.
      tags:
      - Pricing
      parameters:
      - name: marketId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Market ID for the instrument
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: fromTimeStampUTC
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Start timestamp in UTC (Unix epoch milliseconds)
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: toTimestampUTC
        in: query
        required: true
        description: End timestamp in UTC (Unix epoch milliseconds)
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: priceType
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Price type to return
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MID
          - BID
          - ASK
          default: MID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tick price history between timestamps
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TickHistoryResponse'
  /market/{marketId}/tickhistoryafter:
    get:
      operationId: getTickHistoryAfter
      summary: Get tick history after a timestamp
      description: Retrieve a number of tick price records after a given UTC timestamp.
      tags:
      - Pricing
      parameters:
      - name: marketId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Market ID for the instrument
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: maxResults
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Maximum number of results to return (max 4000)
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 4000
      - name: fromTimeStampUTC
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Start timestamp in UTC (Unix epoch milliseconds)
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: priceType
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Price type to return
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MID
          - BID
          - ASK
          default: MID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tick price history after timestamp
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TickHistoryResponse'
  /market/{marketId}/tickhistorybefore:
    get:
      operationId: getTickHistoryBefore
      summary: Get tick history before a timestamp
      description: Retrieve a number of tick price records before a given UTC timestamp.
      tags:
      - Pricing
      parameters:
      - name: marketId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Market ID for the instrument
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: maxResults
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Maximum number of results to return (max 4000)
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 4000
      - name: toTimeStampUTC
        in: query
        required: true
        description: End timestamp in UTC (Unix epoch milliseconds)
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: priceType
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Price type to return
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MID
          - BID
          - ASK
          default: MID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Tick price history before timestamp
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TickHistoryResponse'
  /market/{marketId}/barhistory:
    get:
      operationId: getBarHistory
      summary: Get OHLC bar history
      description: Retrieve open, high, low, close (OHLC) price bar history for a market. Supports MINUTE, HOUR, and DAY intervals with configurable span.
      tags:
      - Pricing
      parameters:
      - name: marketId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Market ID for the instrument
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: interval
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Bar interval type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MINUTE
          - HOUR
          - DAY
      - name: span
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Interval span (e.g. 1 for 1-hour bars, 15 for 15-minute bars)
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: PriceBars
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of price bars to return (max 4000)
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 4000
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OHLC bar history retrieved
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BarHistoryResponse'
  /market/{marketId}/barhistorybetween:
    get:
      operationId: getBarHistoryBetween
      summary: Get OHLC bar history between two timestamps
      description: Retrieve OHLC price bars for a market between two UTC timestamps.
      tags:
      - Pricing
      parameters:
      - name: marketId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Market ID for the instrument
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: interval
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Bar interval type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MINUTE
          - HOUR
          - DAY
      - name: span
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Interval span
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: fromTimeStampUTC
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Start timestamp in UTC (Unix epoch milliseconds)
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: toTimestampUTC
        in: query
        required: true
        description: End timestamp in UTC (Unix epoch milliseconds)
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OHLC bar history between timestamps
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BarHistoryResponse'
  /market/{marketId}/barhistorybefore:
    get:
      operationId: getBarHistoryBefore
      summary: Get OHLC bar history before a timestamp
      description: Retrieve a number of OHLC bar records before a given UTC timestamp.
      tags:
      - Pricing
      parameters:
      - name: marketId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Market ID for the instrument
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: interval
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Bar interval type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - MINUTE
          - HOUR
          - DAY
      - name: span
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Interval span
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: maxResults
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Maximum number of results to return (max 4000)
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 4000
      - name: toTimeStampUTC
        in: query
        required: true
        description: End timestamp in UTC (Unix epoch milliseconds)
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OHLC bar history before timestamp
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BarHistoryResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    BarHistoryResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        PriceBars:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceBar'
    PriceBar:
      type: object
      properties:
        BarDate:
          type: string
          description: Bar date in /Date(milliseconds)/ format
        Open:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Opening price
        High:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: High price
        Low:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Low price
        Close:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Closing price
        Volume:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Volume (if available)
    TickHistoryResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        PriceTicks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceTick'
    PriceTick:
      type: object
      properties:
        Price:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Tick price value
        TickDate:
          type: string
          description: Tick date in /Date(milliseconds)/ format
  securitySchemes:
    SessionAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Session
      description: Session ID obtained from POST /session
    UserNameAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: UserName
      description: FOREX.com account username
externalDocs:
  description: FOREX.com API Trading Documentation
  url: https://www.forex.com/en/trading-tools/api-trading/