Interactive Brokers Market Data API

Real-time and historical market data

OpenAPI Specification

interactive-brokers-market-data-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Interactive Brokers Web Accounts Market Data API
  description: The Interactive Brokers Web API is a RESTful API that provides programmatic access to IBKR trading, portfolio management, market data, and account information. The API consolidates the Client Portal Web API, Digital Account Management, and Flex Web Service into a unified interface. It supports OAuth 2.0 authentication and provides endpoints for order placement, portfolio monitoring, real-time and historical market data, and account management across global markets.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Interactive Brokers API Support
    url: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/campus/ibkr-api-page/ibkr-api-home/
servers:
- url: https://localhost:5000/v1/api
  description: Client Portal Gateway (Local)
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Market Data
  description: Real-time and historical market data
paths:
  /iserver/marketdata/snapshot:
    get:
      operationId: getMarketDataSnapshot
      summary: Get market data snapshot
      description: Returns a snapshot of market data for the specified contract IDs.
      tags:
      - Market Data
      parameters:
      - name: conids
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Comma-separated list of contract IDs
      - name: fields
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Comma-separated list of field IDs to return
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketDataSnapshot'
  /iserver/marketdata/history:
    get:
      operationId: getMarketDataHistory
      summary: Get historical market data
      description: Returns historical market data for the specified contract.
      tags:
      - Market Data
      parameters:
      - name: conid
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Contract identifier
      - name: period
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Time period (e.g., 1d, 1w, 1m, 1y)
      - name: bar
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Bar size (e.g., 1min, 5min, 1h, 1d)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalData'
components:
  schemas:
    HistoricalData:
      type: object
      properties:
        symbol:
          type: string
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              t:
                type: integer
                description: Timestamp
              o:
                type: number
                description: Open
              h:
                type: number
                description: High
              l:
                type: number
                description: Low
              c:
                type: number
                description: Close
              v:
                type: number
                description: Volume
    MarketDataSnapshot:
      type: object
      properties:
        conid:
          type: integer
        minTick:
          type: number
        BidPrice:
          type: string
        AskPrice:
          type: string
        LastPrice:
          type: string
        Volume:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/token
          scopes: {}
externalDocs:
  description: IBKR Web API Documentation
  url: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/campus/ibkr-api-page/webapi-doc/