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IG API GET /history/activity

GET/history/activityversion 3History

Account activity (deals, amendments, order changes) over a date range, with optional detail.

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Independent and unofficiallabs.ig.comchecked

The method, path, version and parameters were re-read on IG's own reference page on 12 Oct 2026. That page lists no request headers: the headers recorded here are the general ones in IG's REST trading API guide (labs.ig.com/rest-trading-api-guide.html), read the same day. The mock reply is carried over from an earlier reading and was not compared field by field with the page. IG's own Java sample (RestAPI.java on GitHub, read the same day and marked deprecated) uses the same path. The page also lists optional dealId and filter query parameters for version 3, which are not recorded here.

Parameters

NameInTypeDescription
VERSIONrequiredheaderstringEndpoint version. Send 3.
fromquerystringStart date time, ISO format.
toquerystringEnd date time, ISO format.
detailedquerybooleanTrue for full deal details.
pageSizequeryintegerResults per page.

Authentication headers

NameTypeDescription
X-IG-API-KEYrequiredstringYour API key, from your IG account settings. Placeholder only here.
CSTrequiredstringClient session token returned by POST /session.
X-SECURITY-TOKENrequiredstringAccount security token returned by POST /session.

Request

Written from the method, path and parameters recorded on this page, against the demo host. 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 writes these same snippets, from the same record.

Python
# Set IG_API_KEY, IG_CST, IG_SECURITY_TOKEN as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# IG_CST and IG_SECURITY_TOKEN hold the CST and X-SECURITY-TOKEN headers that POST /session returns: step 3 of the quickstart (/brokers/ig/quickstart#step-3) captures them and this sample reads them back.
# Optional and not shown: query parameters from, to, detailed, pageSize.
import os
import requests

BASE_URL = "https://demo-api.ig.com/gateway/deal"  # the demo host
headers = {
    "X-IG-API-KEY": os.environ["IG_API_KEY"],
    "CST": os.environ["IG_CST"],
    "X-SECURITY-TOKEN": os.environ["IG_SECURITY_TOKEN"],
    "VERSION": "3",
}
resp = requests.get(BASE_URL + "/history/activity", headers=headers, timeout=10)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())
JavaScript
// Set IG_API_KEY, IG_CST, IG_SECURITY_TOKEN as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
// IG_CST and IG_SECURITY_TOKEN hold the CST and X-SECURITY-TOKEN headers that POST /session returns: step 3 of the quickstart (/brokers/ig/quickstart#step-3) captures them and this sample reads them back.
// Optional and not shown: query parameters from, to, detailed, pageSize.
// Run as a module, for example a .mjs file, on a Node version that has fetch built in.
const BASE_URL = "https://demo-api.ig.com/gateway/deal"; // the demo host
const res = await fetch(BASE_URL + "/history/activity", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-IG-API-KEY": process.env.IG_API_KEY,
    "CST": process.env.IG_CST,
    "X-SECURITY-TOKEN": process.env.IG_SECURITY_TOKEN,
    "VERSION": "3",
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());
curl
# Set IG_API_KEY, IG_CST, IG_SECURITY_TOKEN as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# IG_CST and IG_SECURITY_TOKEN hold the CST and X-SECURITY-TOKEN headers that POST /session returns: step 3 of the quickstart (/brokers/ig/quickstart#step-3) captures them and this sample reads them back.
# Optional and not shown: query parameters from, to, detailed, pageSize.
curl -X GET "https://demo-api.ig.com/gateway/deal/history/activity" \
  -H "X-IG-API-KEY: $IG_API_KEY" \
  -H "CST: $IG_CST" \
  -H "X-SECURITY-TOKEN: $IG_SECURITY_TOKEN" \
  -H "VERSION: 3"

Response

A mock response. The values are invented, so check field names against the official reference.

{
  "_mock": true,
  "activities": [
    {
      "date": "2026-09-18T08:01:12",
      "epic": "IX.D.FTSE.DAILY.IP",
      "dealId": "DIAAAAMOCK01",
      "type": "POSITION",
      "status": "ACCEPTED",
      "description": "Position opened: MOCK"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "paging": {
      "size": 1,
      "next": null
    }
  }
}

Response schema, HTTP 200

Every field this site's OpenAPI file for IG declares for this response.

FieldTypeDescription
activitiesarray of objectsNot recorded
datestringNot recorded
epicstringNot recorded
dealIdstringNot recorded
typestringNot recorded
statusstringNot recorded
descriptionstringNot recorded
metadataobjectNot recorded
pagingobjectNot recorded
sizenumberNot recorded
nextNot recordedNot recorded

Unverifiedchecked 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 IG

LimitValueScopeSource
Historical price data points a week10,000Per account, price history endpoints onlylabs.ig.comchecked
Non trading requests a minute30Per account, non trading calls onlylabs.ig.comchecked
Non trading requests a minute60Per application, that is per API key, non trading calls onlylabs.ig.comchecked
Concurrent streaming subscriptions40Per streaming connectionlabs.ig.comchecked corroborated by labs.ig.com/streaming-api-guide.html
Trading requests a minute100Sources conflict ig.com states around 40, checked . IG's own pages disagree. The conflict is labelled, not resolved. Pace against 40.Per account, trading calls onlylabs.ig.comchecked

IG API errors you may meet

All IG API error codes, including 126 more not listed here.