HTX website screenshot

HTX

HTX (formerly Huobi Global) is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2013 that offers spot trading, futures and derivatives, margin trading, trading bots, copy trading, and earn/staking products across BTC, ETH, XRP and 600+ digital assets. HTX exposes a public developer platform (HTX Open Platform) with a REST API and a WebSocket streaming API covering market data, account and wallet management, sub-user administration, spot and conditional order placement, and cross/isolated margin lending. Requests are authenticated with an AccessKey and an HMAC-SHA256 (Signature Version 2) request signature. Official client SDKs are published under the HuobiRDCenter GitHub organization for Java, Python, Go, C++ and C#, with separate contract/futures variants. HTX was surfaced as a portfolio company of Hongshan (formerly Sequoia Capital China).

HTX publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Technology, Cryptocurrency, Crypto Exchange, and Trading.

HTX’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, signup flow, changelog, authentication, and 13 more developer resources.

33.8/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
2 APIs
CompanyTechnologyCryptocurrencyCrypto ExchangeTradingDigital AssetsBlockchainFinancial ServicesMarket DataWebSocket

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 33.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

HTX Spot REST API

The HTX Spot REST API provides HTTP access to reference data (system status, symbols, currencies, chains), market data (klines, tickers, depth, trades, 24h summaries), account a...

HTX WebSocket API

The HTX WebSocket API provides a two-way real-time channel for subscribing to market data (klines, market depth, trade detail, best bid/offer) and to authenticated account and o...

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Htx Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Htx Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Htx Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: htx
name: HTX
description: HTX (formerly Huobi Global) is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2013 that offers spot trading, futures and
  derivatives, margin trading, trading bots, copy trading, and earn/staking products across BTC, ETH, XRP and 600+ digital
  assets. HTX exposes a public developer platform (HTX Open Platform) with a REST API and a WebSocket streaming API covering
  market data, account and wallet management, sub-user administration, spot and conditional order placement, and cross/isolated
  margin lending. Requests are authenticated with an AccessKey and an HMAC-SHA256 (Signature Version 2) request signature.
  Official client SDKs are published under the HuobiRDCenter GitHub organization for Java, Python, Go, C++ and C#, with separate
  contract/futures variants. HTX was surfaced as a portfolio company of Hongshan (formerly Sequoia Capital China).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/htx/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.htx.com/favicon.ico
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- hongshan
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Technology
- Cryptocurrency
- Crypto Exchange
- Trading
- Digital Assets
- Blockchain
- Financial Services
- Market Data
- WebSocket
apis:
- aid: htx:htx-spot-api
  name: HTX Spot REST API
  humanURL: https://www.htx.com/en-us/opend/newApiPages/
  baseURL: https://api.huobi.pro
  tags:
  - Market Data
  - Account
  - Wallet
  - Orders
  - Trading
  - Margin
  - Sub-user
  properties:
  - url: https://www.htx.com/en-us/opend/newApiPages/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://huobiapi.github.io/docs/spot/v1/en/
    type: APIReference
  description: The HTX Spot REST API provides HTTP access to reference data (system status, symbols, currencies, chains),
    market data (klines, tickers, depth, trades, 24h summaries), account and balance information, wallet deposits/withdrawals,
    sub-user management, spot and conditional order placement and querying, and cross/isolated margin lending. Base hosts
    are api.huobi.pro and the AWS-optimized api-aws.huobi.pro. Authentication uses AccessKeyId plus an HMAC-SHA256 Signature
    Version 2 request signature.
- aid: htx:htx-websocket-api
  name: HTX WebSocket API
  humanURL: https://www.htx.com/en-us/opend/newApiPages/
  baseURL: https://api.huobi.pro
  tags:
  - WebSocket
  - Market Data
  - Streaming
  - Account
  - Orders
  properties:
  - url: https://www.htx.com/en-us/opend/newApiPages/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://huobiapi.github.io/docs/spot/v1/en/
    type: APIReference
  description: The HTX WebSocket API provides a two-way real-time channel for subscribing to market data (klines, market depth,
    trade detail, best bid/offer) and to authenticated account and order update topics. Public market data streams over wss://api.huobi.pro/ws
    and authenticated account/order streams over wss://api.huobi.pro/ws/v2, with heartbeat and rate-limit controls.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://htx.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.htx.com/en-us/opend/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.htx.com/en-us/opend/newApiPages/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://huobiapi.github.io/docs/spot/v1/en/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.htx.com/support/360000203002
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/HuobiRDCenter
- type: Support
  url: https://www.htx.com/support/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.htx.com/support/360000298561/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.htx.com/en-us/about/privacy/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.htx.com/en-us/register/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/htx-changelog.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/htx-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/htx-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/htx-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/htx-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/htx-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/htx-lifecycle.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/htx-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/htx-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/htx-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence