API Quick start

Calling a public endpoint

To dive right in you can start by trying a call to one of Paradex’s public endpoints:

List available markets

Get markets static data component

Query parameters

marketstringOptional

Market Name - example: BTC-USD-PERP

Interacting with private endpoint

To interact with private Paradex endpoints you need to onboard and generate a JSON Web Token (JWT) before making API requests. JWTs are a secure way to transmit information between parties. Please refer to the Authentication chapter and onboarding and authentication code samples.