API Kraken

Kraken

 

Overview

WebSockets API offers real-time market data updates. WebSockets is a bidirectional protocol offering fastest real-time data, helping you build real-time applications. The public message types presented below do not require authentication. Private-data messages messages can be subscribed on a separate authenticated endpoint.

 

Kraken offers a REST API too with Public market data and Private user data (which requires an authentication).

 

Configuration

 

Private API requires to get create an API from your Kraken account.

Kraken allows Test environment on WebSocket protocol, enable Beta property from Kraken Property to use this beta feature.

APIs supported

 

• WebSockets Public API: connects to a public WebSocket server.
• WebSockets Private API: connects to a private WebSocket server and requires an API Key and API Secret to Authenticate against server.
• REST Public API: connects to a public REST server.
• REST Private API: connects to a public REST server and requires an API Key and API Secret to Authenticate against server.

 

 

Kraken Examples

How Connect to Public WebSocket Server

oClient := TsgcWebSocketClient.Create(nil);
oKraken := TsgcWSAPI_Kraken.Create(nil);
oKraken.Client := oClient;
oClient.Active := True;

How Connect to Private WebSocket Server

oClient := TsgcWebSocketClient.Create(nil);
oKraken := TsgcWSAPI_Kraken.Create(nil);
oKraken.Kraken.ApiKey := 'your api key';
oKraken.Kraken.ApiSecret := 'your api secret';
oKraken.Client := oClient;
oClient.Active := True;

How Get Ticker from REST API

oClient := TsgcWebSocketClient.Create(nil);
oKraken := TsgcWSAPI_Kraken.Create(nil);
oKraken.Client := oClient;
ShowMessage(oKraken.GetTicker(['XBTUSD']));

How Get Account Balance from REST API

oClient := TsgcWebSocketClient.Create(nil);
oKraken := TsgcWSAPI_Kraken.Create(nil);
oKraken.Kraken.ApiKey := 'your api key';
oKraken.Kraken.ApiSecret := 'your api secret';
oKraken.Client := oClient;
ShowMessage(oKraken.GetAccountBalance());