BitMEX historical data for all it's instruments is available since 2019-03-30.
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Historical CSV datasets for the first day of each month are available to download without API key. See downloadable CSV files documentation.
data type | symbol | date | ​ |
trades | XBTUSD | 2019-07-01 | ​Download sample​ |
incremental_book_L2 | XBTUSD | 2019-07-01 | ​Download sample​ |
book_snapshot_25 | XBTUSD | 2019-07-01 | ​Download sample​ |
quotes | XBTUSD | 2019-07-01 | ​Download sample​ |
derivative_ticker | XBTUSD | 2019-07-01 | ​Download sample​ |
trades | FUTURES | 2020-03-01 | ​Download sample​ |
incremental_book_L2 | FUTURES | 2020-03-01 | ​Download sample​ |
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Historical data format is the same as provided by real-time BitMEX WebSocket API with addition of local timestamps. If you'd like to work with normalized data format instead (same format for each exchange) see downloadable CSV files or official client libs that can perform data normalization client-side.
# pip install tardis-clientimport asynciofrom tardis_client import TardisClient, Channeltardis_client = TardisClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")​async def replay():# replay method returns Async Generatormessages = tardis_client.replay(exchange="bitmex",from_date="2019-07-01",to_date="2019-07-02",filters=[Channel(name="orderBookL2", symbols=["XBTUSD"])])​# messages as provided by BitMEX real-time streamasync for local_timestamp, message in messages:print(message)​​asyncio.run(replay())
See Python client docs.
// npm install tardis-devconst { replay } = require('tardis-dev');​async function run() {try {const messages = replay({exchange: 'bitmex',from: '2019-07-01',to: '2019-07-02',filters: [{ channel: 'orderBookL2', symbols: ['XBTUSD'] }],apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY'});​// messages as provided by BitMEX real-time streamfor await (const { localTimestamp, message } of messages) {console.log(localTimestamp, message);}} catch (e) {console.error(e);}}​run();
See Node.js client docs.
curl -g 'https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/bitmex?from=2019-07-01&filters=[{"channel":"orderBookL2","symbols":["ETHUSD"]}]&offset=2'
See HTTP API docs.
curl -g 'localhost:8000/replay?options={"exchange":"bitmex","filters":[{"channel":"orderBookL2","symbols":["XBTUSD"]}],"from":"2019-07-01","to":"2019-07-02"}'
​Tardis-machine is a locally runnable server that exposes API allowing efficiently requesting historical market data for whole time periods in contrast to HTTP API that provides data only in minute by minute slices.
See tardis-machine docs.
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Click any channel below to see HTTP API response with historical data recorded for it.
​trade​
​orderBookL2​
​liquidation​
​connected​
​announcement​
​chat​
​publicNotifications​
​instrument
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messages returned via HTTP API may contain data for all BitMEX instruments and require filtering client-side if only selected symbols were requested
​settlement​
​funding​
​insurance​
​orderBookL2_25​
​quote​
​quoteBin1m​
​quoteBin5m​
​quoteBin1h​
​quoteBin1d​
​tradeBin1m​
​tradeBin5m​
​tradeBin1h​
​tradeBin1d​
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​Market data collection infrastructure for BitMEX is located in GCP europe-west2 region (London, UK). Real-time market data is captured via single WebSocket connection.
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BitMEX servers are located in AWS eu-west-1 region (Dublin, Ireland).
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