OANDA API GET /v3/accounts/{accountID}/candles/latest

GET/v3/accounts/{accountID}/candles/latestversion v3Pricing

The candle still forming and the most recently completed ones, for several combinations of instrument, granularity and price component in one call.

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Independent and unofficialdeveloper.oanda.comchecked 12 Oct 2026

Read on OANDA's own pricing endpoints page on 12 Oct 2026: method, path, parameters and the top level response fields. The page names one top level field, latestCandles. The candle fields in the mock follow this site's record for instrument candles. The format of a candle specification was not read.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
Accept-Datetime-Format	header	string	Optional. RFC3339 (default) or UNIX for epoch seconds in datetime fields.
accountIDrequired	path	string	Account ID from GET /v3/accounts. Mock value shown.
candleSpecificationsrequired	query	string	Candle specifications to fetch, separated by commas.
units	query	string	Number of units used to work out the volume weighted average bid and ask. Default 1.
smooth	query	boolean	Use the previous close as the open. Default false.
dailyAlignment	query	integer	Hour (0 to 23) daily candles align to. Default 17.
alignmentTimezone	query	string	Timezone for dailyAlignment. Default America/New_York.
weeklyAlignment	query	string	Day weekly candles start on. Default Friday.

Authentication headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorizationrequired	string	Send Bearer followed by your personal access token. Placeholder only: never paste a real token into this site.

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 OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
# Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format; query parameters units, smooth, dailyAlignment, alignmentTimezone, weeklyAlignment.
import os
import requests

BASE_URL = "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com"  # the demo host
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["OANDA_TOKEN"],
}
params = {"candleSpecifications": "{candleSpecifications}"}
resp = requests.get(BASE_URL + "/v3/accounts/" + os.environ["OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID"] + "/candles/latest", headers=headers, params=params, timeout=10)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())

JavaScript

// Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
// Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
// Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format; query parameters units, smooth, dailyAlignment, alignmentTimezone, weeklyAlignment.
// Run as a module, for example a .mjs file, on a Node version that has fetch built in.
const BASE_URL = "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com"; // the demo host
const res = await fetch(BASE_URL + "/v3/accounts/" + process.env.OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID + "/candles/latest" + "?candleSpecifications={candleSpecifications}", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.OANDA_TOKEN,
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());

curl

# Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# Replace each {placeholder}, "..." and 0 with a real value before running.
# Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format; query parameters units, smooth, dailyAlignment, alignmentTimezone, weeklyAlignment.
curl -X GET "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com/v3/accounts/$OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID/candles/latest?candleSpecifications={candleSpecifications}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OANDA_TOKEN"

Response

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

{
  "_mock": true,
  "latestCandles": [
    {
      "instrument": "EUR_USD",
      "granularity": "H1",
      "candles": [
        {
          "complete": false,
          "volume": 321,
          "time": "2026-09-18T09:00:00.000000000Z",
          "mid": {
            "o": "1.10120",
            "h": "1.10180",
            "l": "1.10090",
            "c": "1.10150"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Limits that apply at OANDA

Limit	Value	Scope	Source
Headline limit	120/s per IP address, HTTP 429 above it	ip	developer.oanda.comchecked 3 Oct 2026

OANDA API errors you may meet

All OANDA API error codes, including 236 more not listed here.