Retrieve an Order Book
GET/order_books:selling_asset_type
The order book endpoint provides an order book’s bids and asks and can be used in streaming mode. When filtering for a specific order book, you must use use all six of these arguments: base_asset_type, base_asset_issuer, base_asset_code, counter_asset_type, counter_asset_issuer, and counter_asset_code. If the base or counter asset is XLM, you only need to indicate the asset type as native and do not need to designate the code or the issuer.
Request
Path Parameters
Possible values: [native
, credit_alphanum4
, credit_alphanum12
]
The type for the selling asset. Either native, credit_alphanum4, or credit_alphanum12.
Query Parameters
The Stellar address of the selling asset’s issuer.
The code for the selling asset.
Possible values: [native
, credit_alphanum4
, credit_alphanum12
]
The type for the buying asset. Either native, credit_alphanum4, or credit_alphanum12.
The Stellar address of the buying asset’s issuer.
The code for the buying asset.
The maximum number of records returned. The limit can range from 1 to 200 - an upper limit that is hardcoded in Horizon for performance reasons. If this argument isn’t designated, it defaults to 10.
Responses
- 200
Success
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
- RetrieveAnOrderBook
Schema
- Array [
- ]
- Array [
- ]
bids object[]
price_r object
asks object[]
price_r object
base object
counter object
Possible values: Value must match regular expression G[A-Z0-9]{55}
{
"bids": [
{
"price_r": {
"n": 0,
"d": 0
},
"price": "string",
"amount": "string"
}
],
"asks": [
{
"price_r": {
"n": 0,
"d": 0
},
"price": "string",
"amount": "string"
}
],
"base": {
"asset_type": "string"
},
"counter": {
"asset_type": "string",
"asset_code": "string",
"asset_issuer": "string"
}
}
{
"bids": [
{
"price_r": {
"n": 10000000,
"d": 139999999
},
"price": "0.0714286",
"amount": "24.9999990"
},
{
"price_r": {
"n": 1,
"d": 14
},
"price": "0.0714286",
"amount": "188.0000000"
},
{
"price_r": {
"n": 1,
"d": 15
},
"price": "0.0666667",
"amount": "230.3200000"
},
{
"price_r": {
"n": 1,
"d": 16
},
"price": "0.0625000",
"amount": "50.0000000"
}
],
"asks": [
{
"price_r": {
"n": 5000000,
"d": 62500001
},
"price": "0.0800000",
"amount": "4.9400001"
},
{
"price_r": {
"n": 10000000,
"d": 125000001
},
"price": "0.0800000",
"amount": "2516.5154327"
},
{
"price_r": {
"n": 2,
"d": 25
},
"price": "0.0800000",
"amount": "3125.0000000"
},
{
"price_r": {
"n": 4,
"d": 49
},
"price": "0.0816327",
"amount": "4593.7500000"
}
],
"base": {
"asset_type": "native"
},
"counter": {
"asset_type": "credit_alphanum4",
"asset_code": "BB1",
"asset_issuer": "GD5J6HLF5666X4AZLTFTXLY46J5SW7EXRKBLEYPJP33S33MXZGV6CWFN"
}
}