# Deriv API: questions and answers Independent and unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any broker or platform named here. Educational only: nothing here is advice, and nothing here recommends a broker or a trade. This is the markdown version of https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/deriv, written from the same records as that page. Risk warning: CFDs and spread bets are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You can lose money on these products, and each provider publishes its own loss figure under FCA rules. You should consider whether you understand how they work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Automated and API trading can amplify losses through bugs, connectivity failures and runaway orders. 8 questions about the Deriv API, each answered from the Deriv record on this site (https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv) and nothing else. 1 rests on sources that conflict. - Newest check: 2026-10-12 - Official documentation: [developers.deriv.com](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/limits) An answer here is the record's own wording, cut at the end of a sentence, or a list of names read from records. An answer that opens with the word Unverified has no dated source behind it. Where this page and the provider's own documentation differ, the documentation wins. Nothing here recommends a broker. ## 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. - Status: verified. Source: [Deriv API: limits](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/limits), checked 2026-10-12. - Status: verified. Source: [Deriv API: authentication](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/intro/authentication/), checked 2026-10-12. - [The Deriv API record](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv) ### 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. - Status: verified. Source: [Deriv API: API overview](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/intro/api-overview/), checked 2026-10-12. - [The Deriv record's full wording](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv#access) ### 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. - Status: conflicting. Source: [developers.deriv.com](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/limits/), checked 2026-10-12. - [Deriv API rate limits in full, each with its scope](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv/rate-limits) ### 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. - Status: verified. Source: [Deriv API: authentication](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/intro/authentication/), checked 2026-10-12. - [The Deriv record's full wording](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv#access) ### 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. - Status: verified. Source: [Deriv API: API overview](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/intro/api-overview/), checked 2026-10-12. - Status: verified. Source: [Deriv API: limits](https://developers.deriv.com/docs/limits), checked 2026-10-12. - [The Deriv record's full wording](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv#access) ### Is there an official Python library for Deriv? The Deriv record marks one Python library as official: python-deriv-api. - Status: verified. Source: [python-deriv-api](https://github.com/deriv-com/python-deriv-api), checked 2026-09-23. - [Every library in the Deriv record](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv#sdks) ### 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). - Status: verified. Source: [Deriv hosted MCP (deriv-api-plugin)](https://github.com/deriv-com/deriv-api-plugin), checked 2026-09-24. - [The MCP server directory, with what each server can do](https://openbrokerapi.com/ai/mcp-directory) ### 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. - Status: verified. Source: [developers.deriv.com](https://developers.deriv.com/llms/authentication.md), checked 2026-10-09. - [Deriv error Deriv-App-ID header is required for PAT tokens: the meaning in full and what to do](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/deriv/app-id-header-required) ## Where to go next - [The Deriv API record in full: every field with its source](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/deriv) - [Answers for every broker and platform API](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers) - [Which retail brokers have a public trading API?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/has-an-api) - [Which broker APIs have a demo environment?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/demo-api) - [What are the rate limits of each broker API?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/rate-limits) - [How does each broker API authenticate?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/authentication) - [Which broker APIs stream prices?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/streaming) - [Which broker APIs have an official Python library?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/python-library) - [Which broker APIs have an MCP server?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/mcp-server) - [What does each API's most referenced error mean?](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/error-codes) - [Axi API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/axi) - [Bitget API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/bitget) - [Capital.com API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/capital-com) - [CMC Markets API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/cmc-markets) - [Dukascopy API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/dukascopy) - [eToro API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/etoro) - [Exness API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/exness) - [FOREX.com API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/forex-com-city-index) - [FXCM API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/fxcm) - [FxPro API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/fxpro) - [IG API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/ig) - [Interactive Brokers API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/ibkr) - [OANDA API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/oanda) - [Pepperstone API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/pepperstone) - [Saxo API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/saxo) - [Swissquote API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/swissquote) - [ThinkMarkets API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/thinkmarkets) - [Tickmill API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/tickmill) - [Trading 212 API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/trading-212) - [XTB API: questions and answers](https://openbrokerapi.com/answers/xtb) ## Licence and how to cite The records behind this page are all rights reserved. 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