Get Websockets Token

An authentication token must be requested via this REST API endpoint in order to connect to and authenticate with our Websockets API. The token should be used within 15 minutes of creation, but it does not expire once a successful Websockets connection and private subscription has been made and is maintained.

API Key Permissions Required: WebSocket interface - On

POST /private/GetWebSocketsToken

Get Websockets Token

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.kraken.com/0/private/GetWebSocketsToken \
  --header 'API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'API-Sign: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "nonce": 1695828436
}
'

200

{
  "error": [],
  "result": {
    "token": "1Dwc4lzSwNWOAwkMdqhssNNFhs1ed606d1WcF3XfEMw",
    "expires": 900
  }
}

Authorizations

API-Key · string · header · required

The "API-Key" header should contain your API key.

API-Sign · string · header · required

Authenticated requests should be signed with the "API-Sign" header, using a signature generated with your private key, nonce, encoded payload, and URI path.

Body

application/json

nonce · integer<int64> · required

Nonce used in construction of API-Sign header

Response

200 - application/json

Websockets token retrieved.

result · object

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error · string[]

Kraken API error