Market and instruments¶

Between multiple exchanges and segments, there are tens of thousands of different kinds of instruments that trade. Any application that facilitates trading needs to have a master list of these instruments.

The market API calls provide a consolidated, import-ready list of instruments available for trading.

type	endpoint
GET	/instruments	Retrieve the CSV dump of all tradable instruments
GET	/instruments/:exchange	Retrieve the CSV dump of instruments in the particular exchange

Retrieving full instrument list¶

Unlike the rest of the calls that return JSON, the instrument list API returns a gzipped CSV dump of instruments across all exchanges that can be imported into a database. The dump is generated once everyday and hence last_price is not real time.

curl "https://api.kite.trade/instruments"
    -H "X-Kite-Version: 3" \
    -H "Authorization: token api_key:access_token" \

instrument_token, exchange_token, tradingsymbol, name, last_price, expiry, strike, tick_size, lot_size, instrument_type, segment, exchange
408065,1594,INFY,INFOSYS,0,,,0.05,1,EQ,NSE,NSE
5720322,22345,NIFTY15DECFUT,,78.0,2015-12-31,,0.05,75,FUT,NFO-FUT,NFO
5720578,22346,NIFTY159500CE,,23.0,2015-12-31,9500,0.05,75,CE,NFO-OPT,NFO
645639,SILVER15DECFUT,,7800.0,2015-12-31,,1,1,FUT,MCX,MCX

Response columns¶

column
`instrument_token`string	Numerical identifier used for subscribing to live market quotes with the WebSocket API.
`exchange_token`string	The numerical identifier issued by the exchange representing the instrument.
`tradingsymbol`string	Exchange tradingsymbol of the instrument
`name`string	Name of the company (for equity instruments)
`last_price`float	Last traded market price
`expiry`string	Expiry date (for derivatives)
`strike`float	Strike (for options)
`tick_size`float	Value of a single price tick
`lot_size`int	Quantity of a single lot
`instrument_type`string	EQ, FUT, CE, PE
`segment`string	Segment the instrument belongs to
`exchange`string	Exchange

Warning

The instrument list API returns large amounts of data. It's best to request it once a day (ideally at around 08:30 AM) and store in a database at your end.

Retrieving full market quotes¶

type	endpoint
GET	/quote	Retrieve the CSV dump of all tradable instruments
GET	/quote/ohlc	Retrieve the CSV dump of instruments in the particular exchange
GET	/quote/ltp	Retrieve the CSV dump of instruments in the particular exchange

This API returns the complete market data snapshot of up to 250 instruments in one go. It includes the quantity, OHLC, and Open Interest fields, and the complete bid/ask market depth amongst others.

Instruments are identified by the exchange:tradingsymbol combination and are passed as values to the query parameter i which is repeated for every instrument. If there is no data available for a given key, the key will be absent from the response. The existence of all the instrument keys in the response map should be checked before to accessing them.

curl "https://api.kite.trade/quote?i=41729&i=NSE:INFY" \
     -H "X-Kite-Version: 3" \
     -H "Authorization: token api_key:access_token"

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "41729": {
      "instrument_token": 41729,
      "timestamp": "2018-01-12 10:31:54",
      "last_price": 278.75,
      "last_quantity": 8,
      "last_trade_time": "2018-01-12 10:31:54",
      "average_price": 279.04,
      "volume": 559981,
      "buy_quantity": 703982,
      "sell_quantity": 424423,
      "ohlc": {
        "open": 279.45,
        "high": 280.55,
        "low": 277.4,
        "close": 279.05
      },
      "net_change": 0,
      "open_interest": 0,
      "day_high_oi": 0,
      "day_low_oi": 0,
      "depth": {
        "buy": [
          {
            "price": 278.7,
            "quantity": 750,
            "orders": 1
          },
          {
            "price": 278.6,
            "quantity": 340,
            "orders": 3
          },
          {
            "price": 278.55,
            "quantity": 1880,
            "orders": 5
          },
          {
            "price": 278.5,
            "quantity": 2259,
            "orders": 10
          },
          {
            "price": 278.45,
            "quantity": 1456,
            "orders": 4
          }
        ],
        "sell": [
          {
            "price": 278.75,
            "quantity": 117,
            "orders": 5
          },
          {
            "price": 278.8,
            "quantity": 382,
            "orders": 2
          },
          {
            "price": 278.85,
            "quantity": 5,
            "orders": 1
          },
          {
            "price": 278.9,
            "quantity": 518,
            "orders": 2
          },
          {
            "price": 278.95,
            "quantity": 2663,
            "orders": 7
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "NSE:INFY": {
      "instrument_token": 408065,
      "timestamp": "2018-01-12 10:31:54",
      "last_price": 1075.1,
      "last_quantity": 14,
      "last_trade_time": "2018-01-12 10:31:53",
      "average_price": 1077.13,
      "volume": 1311662,
      "buy_quantity": 235801,
      "sell_quantity": 496803,
      ...
    }
  }
}

Response attributes¶

attribute
`last_price`float	Last traded market price
`volume`int	Volume traded today
`buy_quantity`int	Total quantity of buy orders
`sell_quantity`int	Total quantity of sell orders
`open_interest`float	Total number of outstanding contracts held by market participants exchange-wide (only F&O)
`last_quantity`int	Last traded quantity
`last_time`null, string	Time of last trade
`ohlc.open`float	Price at market opening
`ohlc.high`float	Highest price today
`ohlc.low`float	Lowest price today
`ohlc.close`float	Closing price of the instrument from the last trading day
`depth.buy[].price`float	Price at which the depth stands
`depth.buy[].orders`int	Number of open BUY (bid) orders at the price
`depth.buy[].quantity`int	Net quantity from the pending orders
`depth.sell[].price`float	Price at which the depth stands
`depth.sell[].orders`int	Number of open SELL (ask) orders at the price
`depth.sell[].quantity`int	Net quantity from the pending orders

Retrieving OHLC quotes¶

This API returns the OHLC + LTP snapshots of up to 250 instruments in one go.

Instruments are identified by the exchange:tradingsymbol combination and are passed as values to the query parameter i which is repeated for every instrument. If there is no data available for a given key, the key will be absent from the response. The existence of all the instrument keys in the response map should be checked before to accessing them.

curl "https://api.kite.trade/quote/ohlc?i=NSE:INFY&i=BSE:SENSEX&i=NSE:NIFTY+50"
    -H "X-Kite-Version: 3" \
    -H "Authorization: token api_key:access_token"

{
    "status": "success",
    "data": {
        "BSE:SENSEX": {
            "instrument_token": 265,
            "last_price": 31606.48,
            "ohlc": {
                "open": 31713.5,
                "high": 31713.5,
                "low": 31586.53,
                "close": 31809.55
            }
        },
        "NSE:INFY": {
            "instrument_token": 408065,
            "last_price": 890.9,
            "ohlc": {
                "open": 900,
                "high": 900.3,
                "low": 890,
                "close": 901.9
            }
        },
        "NSE:NIFTY 50": {
            "instrument_token": 256265,
            "last_price": 9893.4,
            "ohlc": {
                "open": 9899.25,
                "high": 9911.9,
                "low": 9882.55,
                "close": 9952.2
            }
        }
    }
}

Response attributes¶

attribute
`instrument_token`uint32	The numerical identifier issued by the exchange representing the instrument.
`last_price`float	Last traded market price
`ohlc.open`float	Price at market opening
`ohlc.high`float	Highest price today
`ohlc.low`float	Lowest price today
`ohlc.close`float	Closing price of the instrument from the last trading day

Note

Always check for the existence of a particular key you've requested (eg: NSE:INFY) in the response. If there's no data for the particular instrument or if it has expired, the key will be missing from the response.

Retrieving LTPs quotes¶

This API returns the LTPs of up to 250 instruments in one go.

Instruments are identified by the exchange:tradingsymbol combination and are passed as values to the query parameter i which is repeated for every instrument. If there is no data available for a given key, the key will be absent from the response. The existence of all the instrument keys in the response map should be checked before to accessing them.

curl "https://api.kite.trade/quote/ltp?i=NSE:INFY&i=BSE:SENSEX&i=NSE:NIFTY+50"
    -H "X-Kite-Version: 3" \
    -H "Authorization: token api_key:access_token"

{
    "status": "success",
    "data": {
        "BSE:SENSEX": {
            "instrument_token": 265,
            "last_price": 31606.48
        },
        "NSE:INFY": {
            "instrument_token": 408065,
            "last_price": 890.9
        },
        "NSE:NIFTY 50": {
            "instrument_token": 256265,
            "last_price": 9893.4
        }
    }
}

Response attributes¶

attribute
`instrument_token`uint32	The numerical identifier issued by the exchange representing the instrument.
`last_price`float	Last traded market price

Note

Always check for the existence of a particular key you've requested (eg: NSE:INFY) in the response. If there's no data for the particular instrument or if it has expired, the key will be absent from the response.