Overview

Bitvavo provides programmatic access to its exchange through multiple APIs, designed for automated trading, real-time market data, and account management.

These APIs are intended for professional and algorithmic traders who need reliable execution, low-latency data, and fine-grained control over their trading infrastructure.

What you can build

Using the Bitvavo APIs, you can:

• Create, update, and cancel orders
• Stream real-time market data and account events
• Maintain a clean local order book
• Synchronize balances, trades, and positions
• Manage accounts and subaccounts programmatically

What we support

Trading APIs

Exchange REST API

• Best suited for synchronous, request-response interactions
• Commonly used for order management, account queries, and historical data

Exchange WebSocket API

• Event-driven API for real-time updates
• Used for streaming market data and account-level events

Market Data APIs

Market Data Pro WebSocket API

• High-throughput real-time market data streams
• Designed for professional trading systems that require full-depth data

Next steps

• Start with Get started to create API credentials and authenticate your first request
• Choose a protocol and review its introduction:
  • REST API
  • WebSocket API

See also

• Get started
• Order lifecycle
• Manage local order book
• Cancel on disconnect
• Stream data with WS Market Data Pro
• Handle errors
• Rate limits