Commodities Data API

Access real-time commodity futures market data with Infoway API. Get live prices, candlestick, trade ticks, and order book data for 30+ futures including precious metals.

Overview

The Infoway Commodity Futures Real-Time Market Data API provides comprehensive data for more than 30 commodity and precious metal futures. The API supports real-time and historical candlestick data, latest trade, and order book depth, helping users track the movements of major futures markets such as gold, silver, oil, and various commodity indices.

1. Retrieving the Commodity Futures List

Infoway’s futures API covers 30 major futures products (including commodity indices). You can obtain the list of available futures products using one of the following methods:

Option 1 — Download from the Web Portal

Log in to your Infoway account and download the latest stock excel list file from the Downloads section at the right side of the dashboard.

Option 2 — Query via API

You can also retrieve the list programmatically through the HTTP Symbol List API. Refer to the GET /symbol-list documentation for usage details.

2. Query Methods

Infoway Commodity Futures API offers two primary data-access methods, optimized for different use cases:

Method	Ideal Use Case	Description
HTTP API	Scheduled or batch queries	Suitable for regular polling or historical data retrieval. Supports requests for fundamentals, historical candlestick data, real-time snapshots, and order book depth.
WebSocket Streaming	Low-latency, continuous updates	Best for low-latency updates and live data feeds. Allows continuous streaming of FX quotes, trades, and depth updates.

Both HTTP and WebSocket interfaces are subject to rate limits. See the Rate Limit Policy section for detailed constraints.

3. Market Data Schemas

The Infoway Commodity Futures Real-Time Market Data API supports several types of data queries to help users monitor and analyze market activity.

3.1 Real-Time Candlestick (OHLCV) Data

Access real-time candlestick data for commodity futures, including the open, high, low, close prices, as well as volume and turnover. This data is vital for charting and analyzing price trends over different time intervals.

You can access this data via:

• HTTP Request: see GET /candlestick

• WebSocket Subscription: see WebSocket /candlestick topic

Example Response

{
  "s": "XAGUSD",
  "respList": [
    {
      "t": "1752868800",
      "h": "38.22500",
      "o": "38.12555",
      "l": "38.11850",
      "c": "38.16500",
      "v": "1003.0",
      "vw": "38292.383500",
      "pc": "0.12%",
      "pca": "0.04450"
    }
  ]
}

3.2 Real-Time Trade Ticks

Retrieve the most recent trade details for commodity futures, including price, volume, and transaction direction. This data is essential for tracking individual market transactions and executing high-frequency trading strategies.

Access methods:

• HTTP API: GET /trades

• WebSocket: Subscribe to /trades

Example Response

{
  "s": "XAGUSD",
  "t": 1752872345319,
  "p": "38.165",
  "v": "1.0",
  "vw": "38.1650",
  "td": 0
}

3.3 Real-Time Order Book Depth

Provides the best bid and ask prices along with the available volumes at each price level for commodity futures.

Access methods:

• HTTP API: GET /market-depth

• WebSocket: Subscribe to /Depth

Example Response

{
  "s": "XAGUSD",
  "t": 1752975504045,
  "a": [
    [
      "38.18"
    ],
    [
      "1"
    ]
  ],
  "b": [
    [
      "38.15"
    ],
    [
      "1"
    ]
  ]
}