REST API Usage¶

Configuration¶

Enable the rest API by adding the api_server section to your configuration and setting api_server.enabled to true.

Sample configuration:

    "api_server": {
        "enabled": true,
        "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
        "listen_port": 8080,
        "verbosity": "info",
        "jwt_secret_key": "somethingrandom",
        "CORS_origins": [],
        "username": "Freqtrader",
        "password": "SuperSecret1!"
    },

Security warning

By default, the configuration listens on localhost only (so it's not reachable from other systems). We strongly recommend to not expose this API to the internet and choose a strong, unique password, since others will potentially be able to control your bot.

Password selection

Please make sure to select a very strong, unique password to protect your bot from unauthorized access.

You can then access the API by going to http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/ping in a browser to check if the API is running correctly. This should return the response:

{"status":"pong"}

All other endpoints return sensitive info and require authentication and are therefore not available through a web browser.

To generate a secure password, either use a password manager, or use the below code snipped.

import secrets
secrets.token_hex()

Hint

Use the same method to also generate a JWT secret key (jwt_secret_key).

Configuration with docker¶

If you run your bot using docker, you'll need to have the bot listen to incoming connections. The security is then handled by docker.

    "api_server": {
        "enabled": true,
        "listen_ip_address": "0.0.0.0",
        "listen_port": 8080
    },

Add the following to your docker command:

  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080

A complete sample-command may then look as follows:

docker run -d \
  --name freqtrade \
  -v ~/.freqtrade/config.json:/freqtrade/config.json \
  -v ~/.freqtrade/user_data/:/freqtrade/user_data \
  -v ~/.freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite:/freqtrade/tradesv3.sqlite \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  freqtrade trade --db-url sqlite:///tradesv3.sqlite --strategy MyAwesomeStrategy

Security warning

By using -p 8080:8080 the API is available to everyone connecting to the server under the correct port, so others may be able to control your bot.

Consuming the API¶

You can consume the API by using the script scripts/rest_client.py. The client script only requires the requests module, so Freqtrade does not need to be installed on the system.

python3 scripts/rest_client.py <command> [optional parameters]

By default, the script assumes 127.0.0.1 (localhost) and port 8080 to be used, however you can specify a configuration file to override this behaviour.

Minimalistic client config¶

{
    "api_server": {
        "enabled": true,
        "listen_ip_address": "0.0.0.0",
        "listen_port": 8080
    }
}

python3 scripts/rest_client.py --config rest_config.json <command> [optional parameters]

Available commands¶

Command	Description
`ping`	Simple command testing the API Readiness - requires no authentication.
`start`	Starts the trader
`stop`	Stops the trader
`stopbuy`	Stops the trader from opening new trades. Gracefully closes open trades according to their rules.
`reload_config`	Reloads the configuration file
`trades`	List last trades.
`delete_trade <trade_id>`	Remove trade from the database. Tries to close open orders. Requires manual handling of this trade on the exchange.
`show_config`	Shows part of the current configuration with relevant settings to operation
`logs`	Shows last log messages
`status`	Lists all open trades
`count`	Displays number of trades used and available
`profit`	Display a summary of your profit/loss from close trades and some stats about your performance
`forcesell <trade_id>`	Instantly sells the given trade (Ignoring `minimum_roi`).
`forcesell all`	Instantly sells all open trades (Ignoring `minimum_roi`).
`forcebuy <pair> [rate]`	Instantly buys the given pair. Rate is optional. (`forcebuy_enable` must be set to True)
`performance`	Show performance of each finished trade grouped by pair
`balance`	Show account balance per currency
`daily <n>`	Shows profit or loss per day, over the last n days (n defaults to 7)
`whitelist`	Show the current whitelist
`blacklist [pair]`	Show the current blacklist, or adds a pair to the blacklist.
`edge`	Show validated pairs by Edge if it is enabled.
`version`	Show version

Possible commands can be listed from the rest-client script using the help command.

python3 scripts/rest_client.py help

Possible commands:

balance
    Get the account balance.

blacklist
    Show the current blacklist.

        :param add: List of coins to add (example: "BNB/BTC")

count
    Return the amount of open trades.

daily
    Return the amount of open trades.

delete_trade
    Delete trade from the database.
        Tries to close open orders. Requires manual handling of this asset on the exchange.

        :param trade_id: Deletes the trade with this ID from the database.

edge
    Return information about edge.

forcebuy
    Buy an asset.

        :param pair: Pair to buy (ETH/BTC)
        :param price: Optional - price to buy

forcesell
    Force-sell a trade.

        :param tradeid: Id of the trade (can be received via status command)

logs
    Show latest logs.

        :param limit: Limits log messages to the last <limit> logs. No limit to get all the trades.

performance
    Return the performance of the different coins.

profit
    Return the profit summary.

reload_config
    Reload configuration.

show_config

        Returns part of the configuration, relevant for trading operations.

start
    Start the bot if it's in the stopped state.

status
    Get the status of open trades.

stop
    Stop the bot. Use `start` to restart.

stopbuy
    Stop buying (but handle sells gracefully). Use `reload_config` to reset.

trades
    Return trades history.

        :param limit: Limits trades to the X last trades. No limit to get all the trades.

version
    Return the version of the bot.

whitelist
    Show the current whitelist.

Advanced API usage using JWT tokens¶

Note

The below should be done in an application (a Freqtrade REST API client, which fetches info via API), and is not intended to be used on a regular basis.

Freqtrade's REST API also offers JWT (JSON Web Tokens). You can login using the following command, and subsequently use the resulting access_token.

> curl -X POST --user Freqtrader http://localhost:8080/api/v1/token/login
{"access_token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1ODkxMTk2ODEsIm5iZiI6MTU4OTExOTY4MSwianRpIjoiMmEwYmY0NWUtMjhmOS00YTUzLTlmNzItMmM5ZWVlYThkNzc2IiwiZXhwIjoxNTg5MTIwNTgxLCJpZGVudGl0eSI6eyJ1IjoiRnJlcXRyYWRlciJ9LCJmcmVzaCI6ZmFsc2UsInR5cGUiOiJhY2Nlc3MifQ.qt6MAXYIa-l556OM7arBvYJ0SDI9J8bIk3_glDujF5g","refresh_token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1ODkxMTk2ODEsIm5iZiI6MTU4OTExOTY4MSwianRpIjoiZWQ1ZWI3YjAtYjMwMy00YzAyLTg2N2MtNWViMjIxNWQ2YTMxIiwiZXhwIjoxNTkxNzExNjgxLCJpZGVudGl0eSI6eyJ1IjoiRnJlcXRyYWRlciJ9LCJ0eXBlIjoicmVmcmVzaCJ9.d1AT_jYICyTAjD0fiQAr52rkRqtxCjUGEMwlNuuzgNQ"}

> access_token="eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1ODkxMTk2ODEsIm5iZiI6MTU4OTExOTY4MSwianRpIjoiMmEwYmY0NWUtMjhmOS00YTUzLTlmNzItMmM5ZWVlYThkNzc2IiwiZXhwIjoxNTg5MTIwNTgxLCJpZGVudGl0eSI6eyJ1IjoiRnJlcXRyYWRlciJ9LCJmcmVzaCI6ZmFsc2UsInR5cGUiOiJhY2Nlc3MifQ.qt6MAXYIa-l556OM7arBvYJ0SDI9J8bIk3_glDujF5g"
# Use access_token for authentication
> curl -X GET --header "Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}" http://localhost:8080/api/v1/count

Since the access token has a short timeout (15 min) - the token/refresh request should be used periodically to get a fresh access token:

> curl -X POST --header "Authorization: Bearer ${refresh_token}"http://localhost:8080/api/v1/token/refresh
{"access_token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1ODkxMTk5NzQsIm5iZiI6MTU4OTExOTk3NCwianRpIjoiMDBjNTlhMWUtMjBmYS00ZTk0LTliZjAtNWQwNTg2MTdiZDIyIiwiZXhwIjoxNTg5MTIwODc0LCJpZGVudGl0eSI6eyJ1IjoiRnJlcXRyYWRlciJ9LCJmcmVzaCI6ZmFsc2UsInR5cGUiOiJhY2Nlc3MifQ.1seHlII3WprjjclY6DpRhen0rqdF4j6jbvxIhUFaSbs"}

CORS¶

All web-based frontends are subject to CORS - Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. Since most of the requests to the Freqtrade API must be authenticated, a proper CORS policy is key to avoid security problems. Also, the standard disallows * CORS policies for requests with credentials, so this setting must be set appropriately.

Users can configure this themselves via the CORS_origins configuration setting. It consists of a list of allowed sites that are allowed to consume resources from the bot's API.

Assuming your application is deployed as https://frequi.freqtrade.io/home/ - this would mean that the following configuration becomes necessary:

{
    //...
    "jwt_secret_key": "somethingrandom",
    "CORS_origins": ["https://frequi.freqtrade.io"],
    //...
}

Note

We strongly recommend to also set jwt_secret_key to something random and known only to yourself to avoid unauthorized access to your bot.