# eToro API GET /api/v1/market-data/instruments/{instrumentId}/history/candles/{direction}/{interval}/{candlesCount}

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This is the markdown version of https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro/endpoints/candles, 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.

Returns open, high, low, close and volume candles for one instrument, from one minute to one week per candle.

- Request: `GET /api/v1/market-data/instruments/{instrumentId}/history/candles/{direction}/{interval}/{candlesCount}`
- Version: v1
- Group: Market Data
- Status: verified. Source: [api-portal.etoro.com](https://api-portal.etoro.com/api-reference/market-data/get-instrument-candle-history.md), checked 2026-10-12.
- Official reference: https://api-portal.etoro.com/api-reference/market-data/get-instrument-candle-history.md

Note: candlesCount is capped at 1000. OAuth scope etoro-public:market-data:read. Shared market data quota of 120 requests per 60 seconds. Method, path and parameters, with their required flags, were re-read on eToro's reference page for this call on 12 Oct 2026 and agree with this record; the mock reply was not compared field by field.

## Parameters

- `x-request-id` (in header, type string (uuid), required): A fresh UUID for every request.
- `instrumentId` (in path, type integer, required): eToro instrument ID.
- `direction` (in path, type string, required): asc for oldest first, desc for newest first.
- `interval` (in path, type string, required): OneMinute, FiveMinutes, TenMinutes, FifteenMinutes, ThirtyMinutes, OneHour, FourHours, OneDay or OneWeek.
- `candlesCount` (in path, type integer, required): Number of candles, up to 1000.

### Authentication headers

- `x-api-key` (type string, required): Your public API key, which identifies the application. Sent with x-user-key; eToro's reference says an OAuth 2.0 bearer token can be used instead of the key pair, not alongside it. Placeholder only: never paste a real key into this site.
- `x-user-key` (type string, required): Your user key from Settings > Trading > API Key Management. Each key is tied to one environment (Demo or Real) and to Read or Write permission. Placeholder only.

## Request

Written from the method, path and parameters recorded on this page. No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the samples read the base address from an environment variable. Not executed against a live or demo account. Credentials are read from environment variables on your own machine and are never entered on this site. The request builder at https://openbrokerapi.com/tools/request-builder writes these same snippets, from the same record.

### Python

```python
# Set ETORO_BASE_URL, ETORO_API_KEY, ETORO_USER_KEY as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the base address is read from ETORO_BASE_URL.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
import os
import requests

BASE_URL = os.environ["ETORO_BASE_URL"]
headers = {
    "x-api-key": os.environ["ETORO_API_KEY"],
    "x-user-key": os.environ["ETORO_USER_KEY"],
    "x-request-id": "...",
}
resp = requests.get(BASE_URL + "/api/v1/market-data/instruments/{instrumentId}/history/candles/{direction}/{interval}/{candlesCount}", headers=headers, timeout=10)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
// Set ETORO_BASE_URL, ETORO_API_KEY, ETORO_USER_KEY as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
// No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the base address is read from ETORO_BASE_URL.
// Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
// Run as a module, for example a .mjs file, on a Node version that has fetch built in.
const BASE_URL = process.env.ETORO_BASE_URL;
const res = await fetch(BASE_URL + "/api/v1/market-data/instruments/{instrumentId}/history/candles/{direction}/{interval}/{candlesCount}", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": process.env.ETORO_API_KEY,
    "x-user-key": process.env.ETORO_USER_KEY,
    "x-request-id": "...",
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());
```

### curl

```bash
# Set ETORO_BASE_URL, ETORO_API_KEY, ETORO_USER_KEY as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# No demo host is recorded as a plain address for this API, so the base address is read from ETORO_BASE_URL.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
curl -X GET "$ETORO_BASE_URL/api/v1/market-data/instruments/{instrumentId}/history/candles/{direction}/{interval}/{candlesCount}" \
  -H "x-api-key: $ETORO_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-user-key: $ETORO_USER_KEY" \
  -H "x-request-id: ..."
```

## Response

A mock response. The values are invented, so check field names against the [official reference](https://api-portal.etoro.com/api-reference/market-data/get-instrument-candle-history.md).

```json
{
  "_mock": true,
  "interval": "OneDay",
  "candles": [
    {
      "instrumentId": 999001,
      "candles": [
        {
          "instrumentID": 999001,
          "fromDate": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
          "open": 100,
          "high": 101,
          "low": 99,
          "close": 100.5,
          "volume": 0
        }
      ],
      "rangeOpen": 100,
      "rangeClose": 100.5,
      "rangeHigh": 101,
      "rangeLow": 99,
      "volume": 0
    }
  ]
}
```

## Response schema, HTTP 200

Every field this site's OpenAPI file for eToro (https://openbrokerapi.com/specs/etoro.json) declares for this response.

- `interval` (string): Not recorded
- `candles` (array of objects): Not recorded
  - `instrumentId` (integer): Not recorded
  - `candles` (array of objects): Not recorded
    - `instrumentID` (integer): Not recorded
    - `fromDate` (string): Not recorded
    - `open` (number): Not recorded
    - `high` (number): Not recorded
    - `low` (number): Not recorded
    - `close` (number): Not recorded
    - `volume` (integer): Not recorded
  - `rangeOpen` (number): Not recorded
  - `rangeClose` (number): Not recorded
  - `rangeHigh` (number): Not recorded
  - `rangeLow` (number): Not recorded
  - `volume` (integer): Not recorded

Status: unverified. No source opened. This schema is not sourced to a page of the provider's own that we opened, so check field names against the official reference.

## Limits that apply at eToro

- Headline limit: 60/min reads per key
  - Scope: user
  - Status: verified. Source: [api-portal.etoro.com](https://api-portal.etoro.com/core/getting-started/rate-limits.md), checked 2026-09-20.
  - Note: Most GET calls. Trading and writes: 20 a minute. Tracked per user key over a one minute rolling window, 429 on excess. The page states no response headers, and the 120 per 60 seconds market data quota carried from earlier readings is now unverified.

## More on the eToro API

- [All eToro API endpoints](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro/endpoints): 51 documented, grouped by what they do.
- [eToro API quickstart](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro/quickstart)
- [All eToro API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/etoro)
- [eToro API page](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro): The full record: access, authentication, limits and the source for each.
- [eToro API as an OpenAPI file](https://openbrokerapi.com/specs/etoro.json): Generated from these endpoint records. Independent and unofficial.

## Licence and how to cite

The records behind this page are all rights reserved. This file is the page itself, at its own address, in another format. It is not part of the CC BY 4.0 downloads listed at https://openbrokerapi.com/data. Quote from it with a link to the page.

Cite as: eToro API GET /api/v1/market-data/instruments/{instrumentId}/history/candles/{direction}/{interval}/{candlesCount}. Broker API Hub, https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/etoro/endpoints/candles, newest check 2026-10-12.

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