market:options:order:events

Subscribes/Unsubscribes to market options Order Book Events data.

Once you're connected to this subscription: wss://ws.amberdata.com/options, every subscription message must include an explicit instrument. This is mandatory across all market types.

  • You must always specify the instrument.
  • For Futures and Options, you must also include the exchange field.

See here for more details and examples.

Request

{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id"      : 1,
  "method"  : "subscribe",
  "params"  : [ "market:options:order:events", { "instrument": "BTC-30SEP22-50000-P", "exchange": "deribit" } ]
}
ParamTypeDescription
instrumentstringThe asset instrument.
exchangestringThe exchange for which to retrieve asset instruments.

Response

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "subscription",
    "params": {
        "subscription": "74212dc1-f25e-41b5-a3ae-f239d5155b6b",
        "result": {
            "exchange": "deribit",
            "instrument": "BTC-12APR24-71000-C",
            "timestamp": 1711571405282,
            "exchangeTimestamp": 1711571404974,
            "exchangeTimestampNanoseconds": 0,
            "receivedTimestamp": 1711571405282,
            "receivedTimestampNanoseconds": 184986,
            "isBid": false,
            "sequence": 68116490254,
            "data": [
                [
                    0.0485,
                    0.3,
                    null
                ],
                [
                    0.049,
                    62.2,
                    null
                ],
                [
                    0.0495,
                    9.6,
                    null
                ]
            ]
        }
    }
}
FieldTypeDescription
exchangestringThe exchange.
instrumentstringThe instrument.
timestampnumberThe time at which the order book event took place.
exchangeTimestampnumberTimestamp that the exchange returned.
exchangeTimestampNanosecondsnumberNanoseconds part of exchangeTimestamp.
receivedTimestampnumberTimestamp when Amberdata received order book event.
receivedTimestampNanosecondsnumberNanoseconds part of receivedTimestamp.
isBidbooleantrue if the order is a bid, false otherwise.
sequence`number \null`A unique identifier for the order book event.
data[0]numberThe price level of the order(s).
data[1]numberThe quantity of the contract(s) at that price level.
data[2]`number \null`The number of individual orders at the specified price level.

Example

const WebSocket = require('ws');
const ws = new WebSocket('wss://ws.amberdata.com/options', {headers: {x-api-key:'<api_key>'}});

ws.on('open', () => {
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({
      jsonrpc: '2.0',
      method: 'subscribe',
      params: ['market:options:order:events', {'instrument': 'BTC-30SEP22-50000-P', 'exchange': 'deribit'}],
      id: 1,
    }));
});

ws.on('message', data => {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(data), null, 2));
});