Ans.- API Stands for application programming interface, APIs let your product or service communicate with other products and services without having to know how they are implemented. For example, imagine a ticket distributing agency. The ticket distributor could give its customers a cloud app that lets agent check availability with the distributor. This App could be expensive to develop and require long development time and ongoing maintenance.

Ans.- Trading APIs allows to integrate your own trading system (Mobile app, web trading platforms, Your Algo strategies, excel sheets, third party strategy platforms, etc) with 63 moons powered Broker trading engines.

1. This collection of APIs would help in user authentication flow which include:
• Login
• Logout
• Registered/Change MPIN
• Set/Change password.
• Send /Verify OTP
• Register/Delete/Verify TOTP
• Get User Details
2. Order: This section provided to information of API calls to do the order management
• Place/Modify/Cancel Order
• Place /Modify/Cancel Cover Order
• Place /Modify/Cancel Bracket Order
• Place /Cancel Multileg-spread Order.
• Place /Modify/Cancel/Pause/Resume EQ SIP Order
• Cancel /Square All orders.
• Order Book /Order history
• GTD Order Book /Order history
• Equity SIP /Multileg order book
• Brokerage and charges Page
• Get order margin info.
3. Portfolio This section provided to information of API calls to fetch open position and holding detail of user as uploaded by member in System.
• Conversion
• Position Conversion Inquiry
• Holdings
4. Market: This set of calls allows the user to fetch the market related information, Scrip wise/Sector wise News, Events, Corporate Actions & IPO.
5. eDIS: This section would allow to fetch the complete information on EDIS requests made.
6. Margin Pledge: Margin Pledge is a process in which users can pledge their stocks to the broker in return for a collateral margin that can be utilized for trading.
7. IPO: This section provides the API calls to fetch the complete information about current, upcoming, and closed IPOs.
8. Scrip info: This section provides the API calls to fetch the Scrip details and security information.
9. Balances: This section provides the API calls to get the information on Fund Balances.
10. Fund:This section provides API calls to add funds, withdraw funds, get the Funds transaction related information like Bank details, UPI Details, purchase power, etc
11. Message: This section provides API calls to fetch the details of various Messages flashed in the system.
12. Price Feed: The Price Feed API allows to get price feed from broadcast server.
13. Real time streaming: This streaming feature is only meant for receiving real-time “Order & Trade responses”. All other features (order placement, order modification, portfolio details, etc.) need to be implemented using their respective APIs covered in the previous sections.

Ans.-There are four types of API available.
1. B2C API for retail traders
2. Dealer APIs for sub-brokers/ dealers
3. Connector APIs for FinTechs wanting to connect with 63 moons powered Brokerages
4. Developer APIs for building mobile & web trading applications.

Ans.- The following order types are available.

1. Market Order
2. Limit Order
3. Stop Loss Limit Order
4. Stop Loss Market Order
5. Bracket Order
6. Cover Order
7. GTD Order
8. Equity SIP Order

Ans.- One need to go on brokers site and register himself, after registration one can Get API Token or Key. This API key Will help to get connect API Facility with his Setup. To understand API Response, parameter, and errors one can download API document, get familiar with API.

Ans.- An API key is a unique identifier used to authenticate a user or application to access an API. It is created by ODIN System and must be included in every API request to authorize access to protected resources.

Ans.- API Session is dependent on the validity provided by the Brokerage firm with maximum limit of 1 trading day.

Ans.- Yes. Market Feed API is available with B2C, Dealer & Developer API

Ans.- All REST APIs are request-response based. We also provide order/trader response messages on socket. All real-time streaming data like market feed are available on sockets in real time.

Ans.- Yes, API is available for Place orders and get order status.

Ans.- You can download segment wise scrip master file from the URL provided in the API document.

Ans.- Coming soon

Ans.- You Don’t require any specific hardware to run API, Basic internet and hardware configuration is enough.

Ans.- The API document has the sample request and response structures which can act as User guide.

Ans.- You can test API by using Postman Collection available in API Document

Ans.- The errors with respect to the use of APIs, sending wrong parameters, API key, user credentials etc. are mentioned in the API document. If you are facing issues connecting to the API themselves or have stopped receiving responses from APIs which were working earlier. Follow below steps for troubleshooting.

• Check if you have Working internet connection on the machine from which APIs are being called.
• Check the Proxy settings in the machine.
• Verify if the API endpoints entered in your program/software/code have changed for any reason.
• Verify that none of the API parameters are being sent incorrectly.
• Verify API method (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) are being used properly.
• In case all the above are proper please Contact Broker to more troubleshooting.

Ans.- Any person with trading domain knowledge and basic coding skills in Python, JavaScript (NodeJS) can start using APIs. People with advanced skills in C# or Java can write fairly complex systems and Front ends using the APIs.

Ans.- It is REST API and can be consumed in any programming languages.

Ans.- eDIS and pledging of holdings is available in the Developer APIs. It is not available in B2C and Dealer APIs.

Ans.- Yes, API allow to modify orders.

Ans.- Yes, You can login simultaneously login to Mobile, web application along with API

Ans.- Yes one can write own strategies based on our trading APIs. Our APIs cover end to end trade lifecycle making it easy for you to build nad automate your trading strategies. You can code your strategy in any language of your preference and consume market feed to trigger your strategies and trigger your trade using our APIs

Ans.- Yes