OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: FOREX.com REST Account Session 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: Session
description: Authentication and session management
paths:
/session:
post:
operationId: createSession
summary: Create a session (authenticate)
description: Authenticate with FOREX.com using username, password, and AppKey. Returns a Session ID used as a header credential for all subsequent requests. The AppKey must be obtained by contacting support.en@forex.com (allow up to 3 business days for activation).
tags:
- Session
security: []
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionRequest'
example:
UserName: myusername
Password: mypassword
AppKey: my-app-key
AppVersion: '1'
AppComments: ''
responses:
'200':
description: Session created successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionResponse'
example:
Session: abc123-session-id-xyz
StatusCode: 1
components:
schemas:
SessionRequest:
type: object
required:
- UserName
- Password
- AppKey
properties:
UserName:
type: string
description: FOREX.com account username
Password:
type: string
description: FOREX.com account password
format: password
AppKey:
type: string
description: Application key obtained from FOREX.com support
AppVersion:
type: string
description: Application version identifier
default: '1'
AppComments:
type: string
description: Optional application comments
default: ''
SessionResponse:
type: object
properties:
Session:
type: string
description: Session ID to use as header credential for subsequent requests
StatusCode:
type: integer
description: Status code (1 = success)
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/