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Using REST and WebSocket APIs for Forex Market Data

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Summary

This page outlines ways to retrieve foreign-exchange data from a market-data provider. It describes REST requests for historical candlestick data and current quotes, along with a WebSocket connection for subscribing to live quote and depth updates. The examples use a currency pair and show the general sequence of authentication, subscription, and message handling, making the page a basic integration guide for researchers building data collection or analysis tools.

The page does not document coverage, latency, historical depth, rate limits, uptime, or data quality, and it presents no independent tests or trading results to substantiate its claims about reliability. Access terms and the suitability of the feed for a particular research or execution use therefore require separate verification. The material focuses on connecting to a data source rather than on a forex strategy or quantitative analysis method.

Key ideas

  • The page describes REST requests for candlestick history and current forex quotes.
  • A WebSocket connection can be used to subscribe to live quote and depth messages.
  • The examples outline authentication, subscription, and incoming-message handling.
  • The document supplies no independent assessment of data quality, latency, coverage, or trading performance.

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