Broker API
Deriv API: questions and answers
8 questions about the Deriv API, each answered from the Deriv record on this site and nothing else. 1 rests on sources that conflict.
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Deriv API questions
Does Deriv have an API?
Yes. This register records Deriv as having its own API (WebSocket and REST), with availability marked as active. Websocket first trading API with published per call budgets.
Deriv API: limitschecked Deriv API: authenticationchecked
Does Deriv have a demo or paper trading API?
Yes: the overview says each user gets a default demo account at signup, and there is a separate demo WebSocket endpoint.
Deriv API: API overviewchecked
The Deriv record's full wording. The same question for every record.
What are Deriv's API rate limits?
Sources conflict on this limit, and the rate limits page shows both readings. Headline limit: 80/min per logged in user (REST). Scope: user, REST.
Sources conflictdevelopers.deriv.comchecked
Deriv API rate limits in full, each with its scope. The same question for every record.
How do I authenticate with the Deriv API?
Two routes: an OAuth 2.0 app, or a Personal Access Token the user generates and pastes into the app. Either way the token is sent as a bearer token. With a Personal Access Token, REST requests also need a Deriv-App-ID header.
Deriv API: authenticationchecked
The Deriv record's full wording. The same question for every record.
Does Deriv support streaming or WebSocket prices?
WebSocket carries trading and market data, on a public endpoint and on demo and real endpoints opened with a one time password fetched over REST. Each connection can send 10 pings a second, outside the call budgets.
Deriv API: API overviewchecked Deriv API: limitschecked
The Deriv record's full wording. The same question for every record.
Is there an official Python library for Deriv?
The Deriv record marks one Python library as official: python-deriv-api.
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Every library in the Deriv record. The same question for every record.
Does Deriv have an MCP server?
The MCP server register on this site holds 1 server for Deriv. Published by the provider itself: Deriv hosted MCP (deriv-api-plugin).
Deriv hosted MCP (deriv-api-plugin)checked
The MCP server directory, with what each server can do. The same question for every record.
What does Deriv error Deriv-App-ID header is required for PAT tokens mean?
A REST request authenticated with a personal access token was sent without the Deriv-App-ID header. Deriv's page gives this as the message of the 401 response.
developers.deriv.comchecked
Deriv error Deriv-App-ID header is required for PAT tokens: the meaning in full and what to do. The same question for every record.
Where to go next
- The Deriv API record in full: every field with its source
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- How does each broker API authenticate?
- Which broker APIs stream prices?
- Which broker APIs have an official Python library?
- Which broker APIs have an MCP server?
- What does each API's most referenced error mean?
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