Ticker (Level 1)

CHANNEL
wss://ws.kraken.com
ticker

Ticker information on currency pair.

Subscription Request

Request Schema

MESSAGE BODY

event string required

Value: subscribe

pair array of strings required

Example: ["BTC/USD", "MATIC/GBP"]

The currency pairs for this request.

subscription object

name string required

Value: ticker

reqid string

Optional client originated request identifier sent as acknowledgment in the response.

Example

{
  "event": "subscribe",
  "pair": [
    "XBT/EUR"
  ],
  "subscription": {
    "name": "ticker"
  }
}

Subscription Snapshot and Update Response

Response Schema

MESSAGE BODY

array [

[0] channel_id integer deprecated

Deprecated Usage: Use 'channel_name' and 'pair'.

Channel identifier.

[1] ticker object

a array [

Best Ask

[0] price string

Best ask price.

[1] whole_lot_volume integer

Whole lot volume.

[2] decimal string

Lot volume

]

b array [

Best Bid

[0] price string

Best bid price.

[1] whole_lot_volume integer

Whole lot volume.

[2] decimal string

Lot volume

]

c array [

Close

[0] price string

Price.

[1] lot_volume string

Lot volume

]

v array [

Volume

[0] today string

Value today.

[1] last_24h string

Value over last 24 hours

]

p array [

Volume Weighted Average Price

[0] today string

Value today.

[1] last_24h string

Value over last 24 hours

]

t array [

Number of trades

[0] today integer

Value today.

[1] last_24h integer

Value over last 24 hours

]

l array [

Low price

[0] today string

Value today.

[1] last_24h string

Value over last 24 hours

]

h array [

High price

[0] today string

Value today.

[1] last_24h string

Value over last 24 hours

]

o array [

Open Price

[0] today string

Value today.

[1] last_24h string

Value over last 24 hours

]

[2] pair string

Example: "BTC/USD"

The symbol of the currency pair.

[3] channel_name string

Value: ticker

The name of the channel.

]

Example

[
  0,
  {
    "a": [
      "5525.40000",
      1,
      "1.000"
    ],
    "b": [
      "5525.10000",
      1,
      "1.000"
    ],
    "c": [
      "5525.10000",
      "0.00398963"
    ],
    "h": [
      "5783.00000",
      "5783.00000"
    ],
    "l": [
      "5505.00000",
      "5505.00000"
    ],
    "o": [
      "5760.70000",
      "5763.40000"
    ],
    "p": [
      "5631.44067",
      "5653.78939"
    ],
    "t": [
      11493,
      16267
    ],
    "v": [
      "2634.11501494",
      "3591.17907851"
    ]
  },
  "ticker",
  "XBT/USD"
]