Get Lighter trades JSON Schema

Source OpenAPI: 0xArchive API 1.6.1; 147 paths; 128 component schemas. Get historical trades (fills) for a coin within a time range. The earliest observed trade row is January 17, 2025; exact starts vary by market. Pagination: Use the cursor parameter with the value from the previous response’s next_cursor for efficient pagination.

Route Metadata

Field	Value
Method	`GET`
Path	`/v1/lighter/trades/{symbol}`
operationId	`getLighterTrades`
Tag	Lighter - Trades
Family	Lighter
Deprecated or legacy	no

Request Parameters

Path Parameters

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "getLighterTrades path parameters",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "symbol"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "symbol": {
      "description": "Trading pair symbol (e.g., ETH, BTC)",
      "type": "string",
      "example": "ETH",
      "x-parameter-location": "path"
    }
  }
}

Query Parameters

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "getLighterTrades query parameters",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "start": {
      "description": "Start timestamp in Unix milliseconds. Defaults to 24h ago.",
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64",
      "x-parameter-location": "query"
    },
    "end": {
      "description": "End timestamp in Unix milliseconds. Defaults to now.",
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64",
      "x-parameter-location": "query"
    },
    "cursor": {
      "description": "Cursor for pagination",
      "type": "string",
      "x-parameter-location": "query"
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results (default: 100, max: 1000)",
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 100,
      "maximum": 1000,
      "x-parameter-location": "query"
    }
  }
}

Response Contracts

Status 200

List of trades with cursor for next page

application/json

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "getLighterTrades response 200",
  "description": "API response containing an array of Lighter trades. History responses serve canonical rows only and clamp `end` to `finalized_through`; `/recent` responses serve preliminary rows and report `preliminary_row_count`.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "description": "Lighter trade (fill) record. Canonical rows (`source: \"bucket\"`) come from the daily Lighter Foundation reconcile and carry full enrichment. The `/recent` endpoint serves preliminary real-time rows (`source: \"ws\"`) without fee/tx_hash/order_id/realized_pnl and the other bucket-only enrichment fields until the daily reconcile finalizes them.",
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "coin",
          "crossed",
          "price",
          "side",
          "size",
          "source",
          "symbol",
          "timestamp",
          "trade_id"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "account_index": {
            "description": "Lighter numeric account index this row belongs to (serialized as a string)",
            "type": "string",
            "example": "513030"
          },
          "allocated_margin_after": {
            "description": "Isolated-margin allocation after the fill (0 for cross)",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 0
          },
          "allocated_margin_before": {
            "description": "Isolated-margin allocation before the fill (0 for cross)",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 0
          },
          "client_id": {
            "description": "Client-assigned order ID. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 46758119273906
          },
          "coin": {
            "description": "Trading pair symbol (deprecated, use symbol instead)",
            "type": "string",
            "deprecated": true,
            "example": "BTC"
          },
          "counterparty_address": {
            "description": "Counterparty's Lighter account index (serialized as a string). Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "710765"
          },
          "crossed": {
            "description": "True if this account was the taker (crossed the spread), false if maker",
            "type": "boolean",
            "example": false
          },
          "entry_quote_before": {
            "description": "This account's position entry quote value before the fill",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 61179.114686
          },
          "fee": {
            "description": "This account's fee for the fill. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "0.000028"
          },
          "fee_account_id": {
            "description": "Account credited with the fee. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 0
          },
          "initial_margin_fraction_before": {
            "description": "This account's initial margin fraction before the fill",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 0.02
          },
          "integrator_fee": {
            "description": "Integrator fee charged on the fill. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 0
          },
          "is_maker": {
            "description": "True if this account was the maker. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "boolean",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": true
          },
          "l2_block_height": {
            "description": "Lighter L2 block height containing the trade. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 300075269
          },
          "order_id": {
            "description": "Order ID of this account's order. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 844421856609148
          },
          "position_sign_changed": {
            "description": "True if the fill flipped this account's position between long and short",
            "type": "boolean",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": false
          },
          "position_size_after": {
            "description": "Signed position size after the fill (derived: position_size_before plus/minus size by side)",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": -0.94627
          },
          "position_size_before": {
            "description": "This account's signed position size before the fill (long positive, short negative)",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": -0.94632
          },
          "price": {
            "description": "Execution price",
            "type": "string",
            "example": "64708.5"
          },
          "realized_pnl": {
            "description": "Matching-engine realized PnL for this fill. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": -0.00295
          },
          "side": {
            "description": "Trade side of the account this row belongs to: 'B' (buy) or 'A' (sell/ask)",
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "A",
              "B"
            ],
            "example": "B"
          },
          "size": {
            "description": "Trade size in base units",
            "type": "string",
            "example": "0.00005"
          },
          "source": {
            "description": "Row provenance: 'bucket' = canonical (finalized by the daily Lighter Foundation reconcile), 'ws' = preliminary real-time capture",
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "bucket",
              "ws"
            ],
            "example": "bucket"
          },
          "symbol": {
            "description": "Trading pair symbol",
            "type": "string",
            "example": "BTC"
          },
          "timestamp": {
            "description": "Execution timestamp (UTC)",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "example": "2026-07-26T14:47:59.174Z"
          },
          "trade_id": {
            "description": "Unique Lighter trade ID. Each trade produces two rows (one per counterparty) sharing this ID.",
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "example": 26121110211
          },
          "trade_type": {
            "description": "Upstream trade type. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "trade"
          },
          "transaction_time_us": {
            "description": "Intra-block transaction time in microseconds. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 1785077279174437
          },
          "tx_hash": {
            "description": "Lighter settlement transaction hash (fixed-width hex). Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "string",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "000000197b6fd6e90000019f9ee5a9c6000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
          },
          "usdc_amount": {
            "description": "Notional value of the fill in USDC. Canonical rows only.",
            "type": "number",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": 3.235425
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "clamped_to": {
          "description": "Effective end after clamping to `finalized_through`. History endpoint only.",
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "count": {
          "description": "Number of records returned",
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "finalized_through": {
          "description": "Timestamp through which canonical (bucket-reconciled) data is available.",
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time"
        },
        "next_cursor": {
          "description": "Cursor for pagination. Use this value as the `cursor` parameter to fetch the next page. History endpoint only.",
          "type": "string",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "preliminary_row_count": {
          "description": "Number of preliminary (`source: \"ws\"`) rows in this response. `/recent` endpoint only.",
          "type": "integer",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "request_id": {
          "description": "Unique request ID for support",
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid"
        },
        "requested_end": {
          "description": "The `end` the caller requested, echoed when it was clamped. History endpoint only.",
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "nullable": true
        }
      }
    },
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "example": true
    }
  }
}

Status 400

Invalid request

application/json

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "getLighterTrades response 400",
  "description": "Error response",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "description": "HTTP status code",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "error": {
      "description": "Error message",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "error_code": {
      "description": "Machine-readable error code. Common values: `invalid_query_params` (a query parameter failed to parse or validate) and `invalid_path_params` (a path parameter failed to parse). Other endpoint-specific codes exist; treat unknown codes as generic errors of the given HTTP status.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "request_id": {
      "description": "Unique request ID for support",
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid"
    }
  }
}

OpenAPI example

{
  "code": 400,
  "error": "Failed to deserialize query string: limit: invalid digit found in string",
  "error_code": "invalid_query_params",
  "request_id": "3f2a9c71-5b0e-4d68-9a4c-7e1d2b6f8a05"
}

Status 401

Authentication required

application/json

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "getLighterTrades response 401",
  "description": "Error response",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "description": "HTTP status code",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "error": {
      "description": "Error message",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "error_code": {
      "description": "Machine-readable error code. Common values: `invalid_query_params` (a query parameter failed to parse or validate) and `invalid_path_params` (a path parameter failed to parse). Other endpoint-specific codes exist; treat unknown codes as generic errors of the given HTTP status.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "request_id": {
      "description": "Unique request ID for support",
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid"
    }
  }
}

OpenAPI example

{
  "code": 401,
  "error": "Missing or invalid API key. Provide X-API-Key header."
}

Status 429

Rate limit exceeded

application/json

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "getLighterTrades response 429",
  "description": "Error response",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "description": "HTTP status code",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "error": {
      "description": "Error message",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "error_code": {
      "description": "Machine-readable error code. Common values: `invalid_query_params` (a query parameter failed to parse or validate) and `invalid_path_params` (a path parameter failed to parse). Other endpoint-specific codes exist; treat unknown codes as generic errors of the given HTTP status.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "request_id": {
      "description": "Unique request ID for support",
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid"
    }
  }
}

OpenAPI example

{
  "code": 429,
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded"
}

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