SiftingIO

SiftingIO Forex API

Historical OHLC bars for FX pairs.

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GET /v1/hist/forex/{pair}/bars Historical forex OHLC bars (gzip required) #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SiftingIO Market Data Forex API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'REST data-plane for the SiftingIO market data API: live prices,

    SEC fundamentals (filings, XBRL financials, ratios, insiders, ownership),

    historical OHLCV bars, market calendars, DEX wallet portfolios, and the

    US economic calendar.'
  license:
    name: MIT
    identifier: MIT
  contact:
    name: SiftingIO
    url: https://sifting.io/docs
servers:
- url: https://api.sifting.io
  description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyHeader: []
- ApiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Forex
  description: Historical OHLC bars for FX pairs.
paths:
  /v1/hist/forex/{pair}/bars:
    get:
      tags:
      - Forex
      operationId: getForexBars
      summary: Historical forex OHLC bars (gzip required)
      description: 'Requires `Accept-Encoding: gzip`. `v` is a per-bar tick count where

        the upstream reports one, else 0. When `start` predates upstream

        coverage the API returns `422` with code `data_unavailable` and an

        `earliest` field carrying the first date it can serve.'
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptEncodingGzip'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Pair'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BarStartRequired'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BarEnd'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BarInterval'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BarOrder'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Cursor'
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1000
          maximum: 2000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OHLC bars.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BarsResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '406':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GzipRequired'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DataUnavailable'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  parameters:
    BarStartRequired:
      name: start
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Inclusive lower bound (YYYY-MM-DD or RFC3339). Required.
      schema:
        type: string
    BarInterval:
      name: interval
      in: query
      description: 'Bar interval. Default 1m. All `/v1/hist/*` routes accept the same set: intraday (1m–1h), plus `1d` (UTC calendar day), `1w` (Monday-aligned), and `1mo` (calendar month). Coarser bars are aggregated from 1-minute history; a `1d`/`1w`/`1mo` bar opens at midnight UTC of the period start.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - 1m
        - 5m
        - 15m
        - 30m
        - 1h
        - 1d
        - 1w
        - 1mo
        default: 1m
    BarOrder:
      name: order
      in: query
      description: 'Sort direction by time. `asc` (default) returns oldest→newest. `desc` returns newest→oldest and anchors the first page at the most recent bar, so fetching the latest N costs one request instead of paging the whole window. Supported on commodities and forex only; other historical routes are ascending-only.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - asc
        - desc
        default: asc
    BarEnd:
      name: end
      in: query
      description: Inclusive upper bound. Default now.
      schema:
        type: string
    Cursor:
      name: cursor
      in: query
      description: Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's `meta.next_cursor`.
      schema:
        type: string
    AcceptEncodingGzip:
      name: Accept-Encoding
      in: header
      required: true
      description: Must include `gzip`; this endpoint returns 406 otherwise.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - gzip
    Pair:
      name: pair
      in: path
      required: true
      description: DEX pair (TOKEN0-TOKEN1) or FX pair (e.g. EURUSD).
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit exceeded.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
          schema:
            type: integer
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    DataUnavailable:
      description: No upstream has data for the requested window.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request parameters.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    GzipRequired:
      description: 'This endpoint requires `Accept-Encoding: gzip`.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Bar:
      type: object
      properties:
        t:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: Bar open time, Unix epoch ms.
        o:
          type: number
        h:
          type: number
        l:
          type: number
        c:
          type: number
        v:
          type: number
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code, e.g. `unknown_ticker`.
        message:
          type: string
        retry_after:
          type: number
          description: Present on rate-limit errors.
      additionalProperties: true
    BarsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bar'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BarsMeta'
    BarsMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        as_of:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        next_cursor:
          type: string
        symbol:
          type: string
        interval:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key