Trading 212 API GET /api/v0/equity/metadata/instruments

GET/api/v0/equity/metadata/instrumentsversion v0Instruments

Every instrument the account can reach, with its ticker, name, ISIN, type, currency and the working schedule it trades on.

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Independent and unofficialdocs.trading212.comchecked 12 Oct 2026

Read on 12 Oct 2026 in Trading 212's own API reference at docs.trading212.com/api and the OpenAPI description that page offers for download (docs.trading212.com/_bundle/api.json). The reference calls the API a beta and says it works only for Invest and Stocks ISA accounts. The reply is a list, so no mock object is shown. Each entry carries ticker, name, shortName, isin, type, currencyCode, extendedHours, maxOpenQuantity, addedOn and workingScheduleId. The reference says the data refreshes every 10 minutes. Documented rate limit: 1 request every 50 seconds.

Parameters

No parameters recorded beyond authentication.

Authentication headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorizationrequired	string	Send Basic followed by the Base64 encoding of your API key, a colon and your API secret. Placeholder only: never paste real credentials 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 T212_API_KEY, T212_API_SECRET as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
import base64
import os
import requests

BASE_URL = "https://demo.trading212.com"  # the demo host
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Basic " + base64.b64encode((os.environ["T212_API_KEY"] + ":" + os.environ["T212_API_SECRET"]).encode()).decode(),
}
resp = requests.get(BASE_URL + "/api/v0/equity/metadata/instruments", headers=headers, timeout=10)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())

JavaScript

// Set T212_API_KEY, T212_API_SECRET as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
// Run as a module, for example a .mjs file, on a Node version that has fetch built in.
const BASE_URL = "https://demo.trading212.com"; // the demo host
const res = await fetch(BASE_URL + "/api/v0/equity/metadata/instruments", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Basic " + Buffer.from(process.env.T212_API_KEY + ":" + process.env.T212_API_SECRET).toString("base64"),
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());

curl

# Set T212_API_KEY, T212_API_SECRET as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
curl -X GET "https://demo.trading212.com/api/v0/equity/metadata/instruments" \
  -u "$T212_API_KEY:$T212_API_SECRET"

Response

No mock response is recorded for this endpoint. Where the record says why, or names the fields of the reply, it does so in the note at the top of this page. That is a statement about this record, not about what the API returns: read the shape of the reply in the official reference.

Limits that apply at Trading 212

Limit	Value	Scope	Source
Headline limit	1 req/5s, account summary (example)	account	docs.trading212.comchecked 12 Oct 2026

Trading 212 API errors you may meet

All Trading 212 API error codes, including 2 more not listed here.