MtGox/API/HTTP/v1

HTTP API version 1 methods

Multi Currency Ticker

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCUSD/public/ticker
https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCEUR/public/ticker

returns the current ticker for the selected currency :

{
"result":"success",
"return":
 {
 "high": {"value":"5.70653","value_int":"570653","display":"$5.70653","currency":"USD"},
 "low": {"value":"5.4145","value_int":"541450","display":"$5.41450","currency":"USD"},
 "avg": {"value":"5.561119626","value_int":"556112","display":"$5.56112","currency":"USD"},
 "vwap": {"value":"5.610480461","value_int":"561048","display":"$5.61048","currency":"USD"},
 "vol":
 {
  "value":"55829.58960346",
  "value_int":"5582958960346",
  "display":"55,829.58960346\u00a0BTC",
  "currency":"BTC"
 },
 "last_local":{"value":"5.5594","value_int":"555940","display":"$5.55940","currency":"USD"},
 "last_orig":{"value":"5.5594","value_int":"555940","display":"$5.55940","currency":"USD"},
 "last":{"value":"5.5594","value_int":"555940","display":"$5.55940","currency":"USD"},
 "buy":{"value":"5.53587","value_int":"553587","display":"$5.53587","currency":"USD"},
 "sell":{"value":"5.56031","value_int":"556031","display":"$5.56031","currency":"USD"}
 }

note : last_local include only the last trade in the selected currency, last_orig include data of the original last trade ( currency,price in currency . . . ),last can be a conversion of the last trde in another currency

Multi Currency depth

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCPLN/public/depth?raw

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCAUD/public/depth?raw

Multi currency trades

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCUSD/public/trades?raw

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCPLN/public/trades?raw

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCAUD/public/trades?raw

to get only the trades since a given trade id, you can add the parameter since=<trade_id>

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCUSD/public/trades?since=0

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCEUR/public/trades?since=1316312781670700

For multi currency,also returns the primary value,"Y" or "N", the primary currency is always the buyers currency

A trade can appear in more than one currency, to ignore duplicates, use only the trades having primary =Y

example of returned data :

{"date":1316312781,
"price":"3.5599",
"amount":"3.6900096",
"price_int":"355990",
"amount_int":"369000960",
"tid":"1316312781670700",
"price_currency":"EUR",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"bid",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit,mixed_currency"
}

Cancelled Trades

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCUSD/public/cancelledtrades

returns a list of all the cancelled trades this last month, list of trade ids in json format .

Full Depth

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCUSD/public/fulldepth

returns full depth

Private info

https://mtgox.com/api/1/generic/private/info

returns information about your account, funds, fees, API privileges, withdraw limits . . .

idKey

https://mtgox.com/api/1/generic/private/idkey

Returns the idKey used to subscribe to a user's private updates channel. The key is valid for 24 hours.

Your open orders

https://mtgox.com/api/1/generic/private/orders

returns information about your current open orders

Submit an order

https://mtgox.com/api/1/BTCUSD/private/order/add

parameters:

• type (bid|ask) (easier to remember: bid == buy, ask == sell)
• amount_int <amount as int>
• price_int <price as int> (can be omitted to place market order)

submits an order and returns info about success or error

Currency information

https://mtgox.com/api/1/generic/public/currency

pass parameter ?currency=<currency_symbol>

returns information about a currency ( number of decimals . . . )

HOTP key

https://mtgox.com/api/1/generic/public/hotp_gen

used to generate a new HOTP key ( useful for developers )

Examples

bitcoin_dealer (trading script)

python (django) : https://github.com/rokj/bitcoin_dealer