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Websocket

Introduction

The WebSocket API is an advanced technology that makes it possible to open a two-way interactive communication session between the user's browser and a server. With this API, you can send messages to a server and receive event-driven responses without having to poll the server for a reply.

With a WebSocket API, you can receive quotes for all scrips across all Indian Exchanges during the market hours. The feeds are usually classified into two categories, Market Feed and Depth Feed. For every new connection, you will receive an acknowledgment (usually represented as "tk") followed by the exchange feed (usually represented as "tf").

Create Session

Create a new session using REST API (Authorization token is required as in the case of other API requests)

|Post|/ws/createWsSession|

Request

Parameters are as below (Payload). Use JSON content type

        {"loginType":"API"}

Auth headers as shown below

Request Headers

         Authorization: Bearer RC047 Fhrb2rt5G7Hav94X7aDZKObz2DPGVAIEQDoFcybzaeM4B3VmiYA3qbOtb4qUcRFYnHfuRGPRL3N9NZfUCc78Yrb5yFTg46dnlo
         FlEUmOHOPzq7zGntAJARqDidhqk2rPDr08hgLqOR7TAnmeb5akhWnXuOyW1FyNAqCMMC82WdgiXI9VdKZRBTn5iMfV4Ur85
         9plGDkjSbyV8iMpQAelCcm3l7Bb5DJfMnFnU7zUhhDv1eRsxmyXfBk1qWEprQNz

Response from Rest API

             {
                  "stat": "Ok",
                  "result": {
                  "wsSess": "8IRBQ1320KTPPEUXIVLU19TCG"
                   },
                  "message": "SUCCESS"
             }

Create Connection

Request

             {
                "susertoken": sha256_encryption( sha256_encryption(session_id)),
                "t": "c",
                "actid": client_id+ "_API",
                "uid": client_id + "_API",
                "source": "API"
             }

Response from WS

                 {"t":"cf","k":"OK"}

                 If validation fails, response will show as its failed

                 {"t":"cf","k":"failed"}

Sending heartbeat

The Sending heartbeat through web socket is a way to inform server the client is still active and accepting feeds. This way, server will be able to eliminate inactive or closed client connections from server side which results in better performance. Below are the request parameters to send heartbeat to server.

Request

             {
                "k": "",
                "t": "h"
            }

              k = Send this as empty for heartbeat request
              t = Type of request, 'h' stands for Heartbeat

Send heartbeat once in every 50 seconds.

This will NOT provide any response. Just accepting the message is the indication that your heartbeat request is received and feeds will keep coming. At present, sending heartbeat is not mandatory. However, it is advised to send heartbeat, otherwise the server will close connection after a defined timeframe if no data is being send or received. For example, if user has subscribed for some illiquid stocks which are not traded frequently, the client will not receive any feed for longer periods. This may lead to connection closure from server side. To avoid this, sending the heartbeat will inform the server that the client is still active and receiving feed.

Subscription to Market Data (LTP, Change, OHLC and Volume)

Request

              {"k":"NFO|54957#MCX|239484","t":"t"}

              t = Type of request, t for tick data
              k = Params for subscription with pipe ‘|’ delimited tokens and exchange. Token and
              exchange should be separated with #

Acknowledgement Response

    {"t":"tk","pp":"2","ml":"1","e":"NFO","tk":"54957","ts":"NIFTY28JUL22C16600","ls":"50","ti":"0.05","c":
    42.20","lp":"84.00","pc":"99.05","ft":"1658911102","oi":"7606750","o":"37.65","h":"98.00","l":"22.0
    0","ap":"61.35","v":"129781850","bp1":"84.00","sp1":"84.20","bq1":"1000","sq1":"300"}

    {"t":"tk","pp":"2","ml":"1","e":"MCX","tk":"239484","ts":"CRUDEOIL19SEP22","ls":"100","ti":"1.00","c"
    "7522.00","ft":"1658911100","v":"469","oi":"429","bp1":"7564.00","sp1":"7567.00","bq1":"1","sq1":"
    "7522.00","ft":"1658911100","v":"469","oi":"429","bp1":"7564.00","sp1":"7567.00","bq1":"1","sq1":"}

Feed Response

        {"t":"tf","e":"NFO","tk":"54957","lp":"84.20","pc":"99.53","ft":"1658911102"}

        {"t":"tf","e":"NFO","tk":"54957","lp":"84.35","pc":"99.88","ft":"1658911103","v":"129787100","bp1":"
        84.30","sp1":"84.50","bq1":"1500","sq1":"350"}
                        t - type, tf – tick feed, tk - tick acknowledgement
                        e -exchange
                        tk - token
                        lp – LTP (Last traded price)
                        pc – Percentage change
                        cv – change value (Absolute change in price)
                        v – volume
                        o – open
                        h – high
                        l – low
                        c – close
                        ap – Average Price
                        symbol – Symbol Name

Un-Subscription to Market Data (LTP, Change, OHLC and Volume)

Request

              {"k":"NFO|54957#MCX|239484","t":"u"}

                     t = Type of request, u for Un-subscription
                     k = Params for subscription with pipe ‘|’ delimited tokens and exchange. Token and
                     exchange should be separated with #

Response

        No response will be coming for this. Unsubscribed tokens will no longer receive feed

Subscription to Depth data (LTP, Change, OHLC, OI and Volume)

Request

          {"k":"NFO|54957#MCX|239484","t":"d"}

            t = Type of request, t for tick data
            k = Params for subscription with pipe ‘|’ delimited tokens and exchange. Token and
            exchange should be separated with #

Acknowledgement Response

        {"t":"dk","pp":"2","ml":"1","e":"NFO","tk":"54957","ts":"NIFTY28JUL22C16600","ls":"50","ti":"0.05","c":"42.20","lp":"76.40",
        "pc":"81.04","uc":"469.90","lc":"0.05","ft":"1658910517","oi
        ":"7361100","ltq":"50","o":"37.65","h":"98.00","l":"22.00","ap":"60.72","v":"125888500","ltt":"13:58:37","tbq":"965400","ts
        q":"980950","bp1":"76.30","sp1":"76.45","bp2":"76.25","sp2":"
        76.50","bp3":"76.20","sp3":"76.55","bp4":"76.15","sp4":"76.60","bp5":"76.10","sp5":"76.65","bq1":"50","sq1":"650","bq2":
        "2000","sq2":"1400","bq3":"3800","sq3":"2250","bq4":"2000","sq4":"3400","bq5":"7350","sq5":"2250","bo1":"1","so1":"2",
        bo2":"9","so2":"8","bo3":"22","so3":"12","bo4":"12","so4":"16","bo5":"17","so5":"7"}

        {"t":"dk","pp":"2","ml":"1","e":"MCX","tk":"239484","ts":"CRUDEOIL19SEP22","ls":"100","ti":"1.00","c":"7522.00","ft":"1658
        910516","v":"454","oi":"437","ltq":"1","tbq":"144","tsq":"119",
        "bp1":"7564.00","sp1":"7567.00","bp2":"7563.00","sp2":"7568.00","bp3":"7562.00","sp3":"7570.00","bp4":"7561.00","sp4":
        "7571.00","bp5":"7560.00","sp5":"7572.00","bq1":"1","sq1":"5","bq
        2":"1","sq2":"4","bq3":"5","sq3":"3","bq4":"4","sq4":"5","bq5":"3","sq5":"1","bo1":"1","so1":"3","bo2":"1","so2":"2","bo3":
        "5","so3":"1","bo4":"4","so4":"4","bo5":"3","so5":"1","52h":"8382.00","52l":"6966.00","lp":"7568.00","pc":"0.61","o":"7479.00",
        "h":"7588.00","l":"7479.00","ap":"7536.33","ltt":"13:58:12"}

Feed Response

        {"t":"df","e":"NFO","tk":"54957","lp":"76.55","pc":"81.40","ft":"1658910520","ltq":"200"}

        {"t":"df","e":"MCX","tk":"239484","ft":"1658910519","tsq":"117","sq1":"3","so1":"1"}

                            t - type, dk – depth acknowledgement, df - depth feed
                            e - exchange
                            tk - token
                            lp – LTP (Last traded price)
                            pc – Percentage change
                            cv – change value (Absolute change in price)
                            v – volume
                            o – open
                            h – high
                            l – low
                            c – close
                            ap – Average Price
                            ts – Symbol Name
                            bp1,bp2,bp3,bp4,bp5 - Depth buy price
                            sp1,sp2,sp3,sp4,sp5 - Depth sell price
                            bq1,bq2,bq3,bq4,bq5 - Depth buy quantity
                            sq1,sq2,sq3,sq4,sq5 - Depth sell quantity
                            bo1,bo2,bo3,bo4,bo5 - Depth buy order
                            so1,so2,so3,so4,so5 - Depth sell order
                            oi = open interest
                            ltq - last traded qty
                            ltt - last traded time
                            tbq - total buy qty
                            tsq - total sell qty
                            uc - upper circuit
                            lc - lower circuit

Un-Subscription to Depth data (LTP, Change, OHLC and Volume)

Request

                {"k":"NFO|54957#MCX|239484","t":"ud"}

                     t = Type of request, ud for Un-subscription
                     k = Params for subscription with pipe ‘|’ delimited tokens and exchange. Token and
                     exchange should be separated with #

Response

        No response will be coming for this. Unsubscribed tokens will no longer receive feed