Overview
dYdX is a decentralised perpetual futures exchange, and its API gives developers programmatic access to market data, order books, and — with authentication — order management and account information. Public endpoints expose live prices, historical candles, and funding rates without any key, making it easy to pull market data for analysis. Trading and account operations require API credentials linked to an Ethereum wallet rather than a traditional username and password.
Beginner Tip
dYdX operates on-chain, so understanding Ethereum wallets and signing is important before attempting authenticated calls. Start by exploring the public market data endpoints — they require no credentials and return well-structured JSON you can experiment with immediately.
Available Data
Example Response
{
"id": "bitcoin",
"symbol": "btc",
"current_price": 65432.1,
"market_cap": 1280000000000,
"price_change_24h": 1250.5,
"price_change_percentage_24h": 1.95,
"total_volume": 28500000000
} Field Reference
markets[ticker].ticker Trading pair identifier, e.g. BTC-USD, used as the market parameter in all other endpoints. markets[ticker].oraclePrice Current oracle price used by the protocol for margin calculations and liquidations. markets[ticker].priceChange24H Absolute price change in USD over the past 24 hours; divide by previous price for percentage. markets[ticker].volume24H Total notional trading volume in USD over the last 24 hours. markets[ticker].nextFundingRate Projected funding rate for the next funding period; positive means longs pay shorts, negative means shorts pay longs. Implementation Example
const url = "https://docs.dydx.exchange/";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); What Can You Build?
Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.
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Partially tested on Apr 5, 2026
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