Using Binance Spot Demo Mode Through API Endpoints
Summary
The document explains how to connect to Binance Spot Demo Mode through the API. Users first create an API key from the demo account interface, then use the standard Spot API documentation while directing requests to the demo endpoints. It lists the corresponding demo hosts for REST, WebSocket API, market streams, and FIX services, including the SBE variants.
It distinguishes Demo Mode from the Spot Testnet: Testnet may expose features ahead of the live exchange and uses independent prices and order books, while Demo Mode is described as matching live features and providing market prices and books similar to the live exchange. The stated comparison also says Demo Mode uses the same IP limits, unfilled-order counts, and exchange filters as the live exchange. These characteristics make it useful for realistic integration practice, but the document cautions that demo market data is not actual live data and demo performance does not establish that a strategy will work live. During maintenance, orders cannot be placed or canceled.
Key ideas
- Demo Mode requires an API key created through the demo account interface.
- API requests use demo-specific endpoints for REST, WebSocket, market streams, and FIX.
- Testnet data is independent of live markets, while Demo Mode data is intended to be similar to live markets.
- The document says Demo Mode shares live exchange features and trading constraints.
- Demo results do not guarantee live strategy performance, and maintenance can prevent order placement or cancellation.
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