Frequently asked questions(FAQs)

Imran

Getting started: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/1994/a-curated-list-of-things-related-to-kite-connect-api#latest
Documentation: https://kite.trade/docs/connect/v3/
Installation: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4384/client-installation-issue#latest
Pricing

• Kite Connect subscription - Rs. 2000
  
• Historical data subscription - Rs. 2000 (requires base Kite Connect subscription)
  

Why so costly:  https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2549/pricing
What is postback URL and redirect URL: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/319/redirect-and-postback-url
Alternative to Kite Connect (algo without coding): https://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha/bulletin-latest-at-zerodha/introducing-streak-algo-trade-without-coding
Basic automation query : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/26714/#Comment_26714
Daily Access Token Flush Time: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/20193/#Comment_20193
APIs Rate limit : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2760/no-of-request-to-api
WebSocket queries:

1. Websocket Documentation - https://kite.trade/docs/connect/v3/changelog/#websocket
   
2. Websocket general queries : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4725/zerodha-kite-3-api-queries#latest
   
3. on tick frequency - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/1291/frequency-of-ticks
   
4. more on frequency - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4631/websocket-subscription#latest
   
5. rate limits - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2760/no-of-request-to-api#latest
   
6. not receiving ticks for all the instruments : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/6632/not-getting-prices-from-every-tick
   
7. "You can subscribe up to 3000 instruments/shares in a single WebSocket connection, and for one user you can have 3 WebSocket connection, so you can stream maximum of 9000 shares for one user. because all WebSockets will be independent of each other, there will be no cross-connection."
   

Download all instrument tokens:

• Documentation regarding market quotes and instrument token - https://kite.trade/docs/connect/v3/market-quotes/#instruments
  
• Download all instrument dump from - https://api.kite.trade/instruments (for latest instrument token download a fresh copy of it before every trading session)
  

Historical data:

• Couldn't fetch historical data (insufficient permission) : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7658/historical-data#latest
  
• Downloading Historical data: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/15933/#Comment_15933
  
• Historical data availability: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3490/query-on-availability-of-historical-minute-candle-data-and-corporate-actions
  
• Regarding historical data weekly and monthly data, storage structure and holdiay handling: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7585/getting-weekly-and-monthly-data-ohlc-candles-by-using-historical-data-api
  
• Limitations for fetching historical data for the all candle intervals: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7756/python-client-is-failing-to-get-continuous-historical-data-for-instrument#latest
  
• Intraday candle does not match with the candle data that is fetched for the full day : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7798/historical-data-candles-inaccurate-for-small-periods#latest
  

Margins/Funds

what does co upper and co lower in margin api list mean? : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4345/what-is-co-upper-and-co-lower-in-margin-api-list
Convert ticks to candle latest:

• https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2604/convert-ticks-to-candle#latest
  
• https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/17072/#Comment_17072
  
• https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/16604/#Comment_16604
  

Authentication:

• regarding authentication using tokens - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3224/session-expired#latest
  
• login automation - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/14306/#Comment_14306
  

Technical indicators:
https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/1907/new-python-library-for-technical-indicators#latest

Positions:
Exit position https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3330/how-to-square-off-all-positions#latest
Positions P&L updation/P&L wrong in positions API https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3166/getposition-is-not-having-updated-value#latest

Order placement:
Order placement retry mechanism/order placement failed response but was triggered. https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/6865/why-order-failed-in-api-but-actually-trigered

pykiteconnect:

• Performing any computation inside on_ticks method in Websocket- kiteconnect.ticker:Connection error: 1006 - connection was closed uncleanly (None) : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7399/kiteconnect-ticker-connection-error-1006-connection-was-closed-uncleanly-none
  
• ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kiteconnect' for Windows O.S- https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/25734
  
• TypeError: Excel doesn't support timezones in datetimes - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/6848/excel-does-not-support-datetimes-with-timezones
  
• KiteTicker Getting error.ReactorNotRestartable() for anaconda setup - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/25800/#Comment_25800
  
• Subscribe/Un-subscribe instrument tokens in Websocket real time-https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/25402/#Comment_25402
  
• Skip trading holiday and weekend's for historical data APIs: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/26516/#Comment_26516
  
• ReadTimeoutError for python client : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/5510/readtimeouterror-just-after-the-market-start
  
• Tag and Tags in order postback : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/26519/#Comment_26519
  
• Option chain : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/26525/#Comment_26525
  
• Unable to install Twisted(kiteconnect dependencies) on Python 3.8 while installing Kite connect Python client : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/26535/#Comment_26535
  
• Websocket connection loss effect on "on_order_update(ws, data) and other websocket methods: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/26587/#Comment_26587
  

Basic rule: Kite Connect is purely an execution platform. Zerodha doesn't provide support or solution for writing any kind of strategy.
This is outside the scope of Kite Connect. "But we can post our queries on the forum and eventually someone will help it"