Frequently asked questions(FAQs)

Imran

Basic ¶

• 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/
  
• Developers console: https://developers.kite.trade/login
  
• Installation : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4384/client-installation-issue#latest
  
• Kite Connect subscription : Rs. 500
  
• Historical data subscription : Free (included in base Kite Connect subscription)
  
• Renew subscription : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/10474/how-to-renew-expired-subscription-of-kite-connect
  
• 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
  
• Market depth close update timings : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/10397/closing-price-update
  
• APIs Rate limit : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2760/no-of-request-to-api
  
• About sandbox environment: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/11129/any-sandbox-setup-to-test-websocket#latest
  

Login Flow ¶

• regarding authentication using tokens(Token is invalid or has expired) - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3224/session-expired#latest
  
• login automation - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/14212/#Comment_14212
  
• Error "The user is not enabled on the app. " : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7632/error-the-user-is-not-enabled-on-the-app
  
• Change the zerodha client id associated with my kite connect app : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/10730/can-i-change-the-zerodha-client-id-associated-with-my-app
  
• Daily Access Token Flush Time: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/20193/#Comment_20193
  
• Websocket session flush timings : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/41282/#Comment_41282
  
• "`api_key` should be minimum 6 characters in length." : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7747/error-message-api-key-should-be-minimum-6-characters-in-length
  
• Simultaneous login sessions : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7220/simultaneous-sessions-will-stop-working-across-kite-apps
  

WebSocket queries ¶

• Websocket Documentation - https://kite.trade/docs/connect/v3/changelog/#websocket
  
• Websocket general queries : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4725/zerodha-kite-3-api-queries#latest
  
• on tick frequency - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/1291/frequency-of-ticks
  
• more on frequency - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4631/websocket-subscription#latest
  
• rate limits - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2760/no-of-request-to-api#latest
  
• Pre-market data - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/6462/preopen-data
  
• not receiving ticks for all the instruments : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/6632/not-getting-prices-from-every-tick
  
• Order update not in sequence : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/8469/order-updates-not-coming-in-sequence
  
• On order update for required order status : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/23960/#Comment_23960
  
• 403 Forbidden error on connection : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7815/connection-closed-1006-connection-was-closed-uncleanly-websocket-connection-upgrade-failed-403-for
  
• "You can subscribe up to 3000 instruments/shares in a single WebSocket connection, and for single API key you can have 3 WebSocket connection, so you can stream maximum of 9000 shares for a API key. because all WebSockets will be independent of each other, there will be no cross-connection."
  
• ERR_DISALLOWED_URL_SCHEME : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/36016/#Comment_36016
  
• Calculate change in the OI: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/8203/change-in-open-interest-oi-change
  
• Websocket session flush timings : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/41282/#Comment_41282
  
• Generate candle data: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2604/convert-ticks-to-candle
  

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)
  
• Format of Weekly options instruments : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/5574/change-in-format-of-weekly-options-instruments
  

Holdings ¶

• Publisher CDSL auth Holdings : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/35660/#Comment_35660
  
• Holdings LTP not updating in real time : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/10757/holdings-function-not-sending-latest-price
  

Historical data ¶

• Couldn't fetch historical data (insufficient permission) : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3379/insufficient-permission-for-that-call-while-retrieving-historical-information
  
• Downloading Historical data: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/15933/#Comment_15933
  
• Random missing candles in Historical data : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/39411/#Comment_39411
  
• Historical data availability : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3490/query-on-avfailability-of-historical-minute-candle-data-and-corporate-actions
  
• Regarding historical data weekly and monthly data, storage structure and holiday 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/ Historical data avaibility period : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7756/python-client-is-failing-to-get-continuous-historical-data-for-instrument#latest
  
• Queries regarding live fetching/polling of Historical Data APIs : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3828/last-minute-historical-data
  
• 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
  
• Insufficient Permission issue after newly subscribing to Historical data APIs: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/3379/insufficient-permission-for-that-call-while-retrieving-historical-information
  
• Error: 'kiteconnect.exceptions.InputException: invalid token, while fetching historical data: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/9732/historical-data-api-not-working
  
• Historical data throwing 504 Timeout - https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/33464/#Comment_33464
  
• Continuous data current, next and far month working : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/37524/#Comment_37524
  
• Corporate adjustment start date: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/11287/apparently-tatamotors-data-not-adjusted-for-split-in-2003#latest
  
• Historical data showing after market candles : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7321/historical-data-throwing-very-strange-candles
  
• Kite chart chartIQ formula: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/13014/calculation-of-rsi#latest
  

Positions ¶

• Understand Day and Net positions: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/9851/incorrect-data-from-kite-positions-api
  
• 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
  
• Convert position : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/9835/confusion-in-covert-position#latest
  
• Position M2M : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/11717/no-m2m-realised-or-m2m-unrealised-data#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
  
• Order APIs Rate limit : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/2760/no-of-request-to-api
  
• Order placement and modification limit from the day/minute period : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/9012/is-order-modification-a-part-of-the-2000-mis-orders-day#latest
  
• Order cannot be modified as it is being processed. Try later : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7489/kiteconnect-exceptions-inputexception-order-cannot-be-modified-as-it-is-being-processed-try-later
  
• Exit Cover Order properly: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/9682/kite-exit-order-variety-order-id-is-not-working-for-cover-orders
  
• Square off a trade : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/7853/api-for-squaring-off-the-trade-exit-position
  
• Alternate for BO order : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/9689/bo-order-temporarily-unavailable
  
• Freak trades calculation : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/35964/#Comment_35964
  
• Multiple tags on order placement : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/42461/#Comment_42461
  

Publisher¶

• Set stoploss percentage for regular orders using Publisher JS plugin : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/36030/#Comment_36030
  

GTT orders¶

• Postback and websocket order update for GTT orders trigger : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/11367/gtt-order#latest
  

Order margins¶

• Order margin URL fields explanation : https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/4787/instruments-margin-api
  
• Order margin calculation at the user end: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/comment/26960/#Comment_26960
  

Rate limits¶

• API rate limit documentation: https://kite.trade/docs/connect/v3/exceptions/#api-rate-limit
  
• Throttling Period for Bad requests: https://kite.trade/forum/discussion/11971/api-rate-limits
  

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"