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

Get markets static data component

Query parameters

marketstringOptional

Market Name - example: BTC-USD-PERP

GET

/v1/markets

curl -X GET https://api.prod.paradex.trade/v1/markets \
-H 'Accept: application/json'

Try it

Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "asset_kind": "PERP",
      "base_currency": "ETH",
      "clamp_rate": "0.05",
      "delta1_cross_margin_params": {
        "imf_base": "0.11",
        "imf_factor": "0",
        "imf_shift": "0",
        "mmf_factor": "0.51"
      },
      "expiry_at": 0,
      "fee_config": {
        "api_fee": {
          "maker_fee": {
            "fee": "0.0003",
            "fee_cap": "0.5",
            "fee_floor": "-0.5"
          },
          "taker_fee": {
            "fee": "0.0003",
            "fee_cap": "0.5",
            "fee_floor": "-0.5"
          }
        },
        "interactive_fee": {
          "maker_fee": {
            "fee": "0.0003",
            "fee_cap": "0.5",
            "fee_floor": "-0.5"
          },
          "taker_fee": {
            "fee": "0.0003",
            "fee_cap": "0.5",
            "fee_floor": "-0.5"
          }
        },
        "rpi_fee": {
          "maker_fee": {
            "fee": "0.0003",
            "fee_cap": "0.5",
            "fee_floor": "-0.5"
          },
          "taker_fee": {
            "fee": "0.0003",
            "fee_cap": "0.5",
            "fee_floor": "-0.5"
          }
        }
      },
      "funding_multiplier": 1,
      "funding_period_hours": 8,
      "interest_rate": "0.01",
      "iv_bands_width": "0.05",
      "market_kind": "cross",
      "max_funding_rate": "0.05",
      "max_funding_rate_change": "0.0005",
      "max_open_orders": 100,
      "max_order_size": "100",
      "max_slippage": "0.05",
      "max_tob_spread": "0.2",
      "min_notional": "3",
      "open_at": 0,
      "option_cross_margin_params": {
        "imf": {
          "long_itm": "0.2",
          "premium_multiplier": "1.2",
          "short_itm": "0.4",
          "short_otm": "0.25",
          "short_put_cap": "0.5"
        },
        "mmf": {
          "long_itm": "0.2",
          "premium_multiplier": "1.2",
          "short_itm": "0.4",
          "short_otm": "0.25",
          "short_put_cap": "0.5"
        }
      },
      "option_spread_margin_params": {
        "unpaired_scale_im": "1.0",
        "unpaired_scale_mm": "1.0"
      },
      "option_type": "PUT",
      "oracle_ewma_factor": "0.2",
      "order_size_increment": "0.001",
      "position_limit": "500",
      "price_bands_width": "0.05",
      "price_feed_id": "GVXRSBjFk6e6J3NbVPXohDJetcTjaeeuykUpbQF8UoMU",
      "price_tick_size": "0.01",
      "quote_currency": "USD",
      "settlement_currency": "USDC",
      "strike_price": "66500",
      "symbol": "ETH-USD-PERP",
      "tags": [
        "MEME",
        "DEFI"
      ],
      "trading_mode": "STANDARD"
    }
  ]
}

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.