Messages are pushed in realtime.
1) Authenticate
Send this immediately after connecting towss://trade.qfex.com?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY:
{ "type": "auth", "params": { "hmac": { "public_key": "qfex_pub_xxxxx", "nonce": "c0ffee...", "unix_ts": 1760545414, "signature": "5f2e..." } } }
2) Subscribe
{ "type": "subscribe", "params": { "channels": ["fills"] } }
Sample Code
# Python (websocket-client)
# pip install websocket-client
import json, websocket
API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
def send(ws, obj): ws.send(json.dumps(obj))
def on_open(ws):
# 1) Authenticate
# https://docs.qfex.com/websocket/channels/trade/authenticate#how-it-works
send(ws, {"type": "auth", "params": { "hmac": { "public_key": "qfex_pub_xxxxx", "nonce": "c0ffee...", "unix_ts": 1760545414, "signature": "5f2e..." }}})
# 2) Subscribe to fills
send(ws, {"type": "subscribe", "params": {"channels": ["fills"]}})
ws = websocket.WebSocketApp(
"wss://trade.qfex.com?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY",
on_open=on_open,
on_message=lambda _, m: print("Message:", m),
on_error=lambda _, e: print("Error:", e),
on_close=lambda *_: print("Closed"),
)
ws.run_forever()
// Node.js (ws)
// npm i ws
import WebSocket from "ws";
const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";
const ws = new WebSocket("wss://trade.qfex.com?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
ws.on("open", () => {
ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "auth", params: { api_key: API_KEY } }));
ws.send(
JSON.stringify({
type: "subscribe",
params: { channels: ["fills"] },
})
);
});
ws.on("message", (msg) => console.log("Message:", msg.toString()));
ws.on("error", (e) => console.error("WS error:", e));
// Go (gorilla/websocket)
// go get github.com/gorilla/websocket
package main
import (
"log"
"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
)
func mustWriteJSON(c *websocket.Conn, v any) {
if err := c.WriteJSON(v); err != nil { log.Fatal("write:", err) }
}
func main() {
c, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial("wss://trade.qfex.com?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY", nil)
if err != nil { log.Fatal("dial:", err) }
defer c.Close()
// 1) Authenticate
mustWriteJSON(c, map[string]any{
"type": "auth",
"params": map[string]any{"hmac": map[string]any{"public_key": "qfex_pub_xxxxx", "nonce": "c0ffee...", "unix_ts": 1760545414, "signature": "5f2e..."}}
})
// 2) Subscribe to fills
mustWriteJSON(c, map[string]any{
"type": "subscribe",
"params": map[string]any{"channels": []string{"fills"}},
})
// Read messages (optional)
for {
_, data, err := c.ReadMessage()
if err != nil { log.Fatal("read:", err) }
log.Println(string(data))
}
}
// Java (OkHttp WebSocket)
// Gradle: implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0")
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import okhttp3.*;
public class FillsSub {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
.pingInterval(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();
Request req = new Request.Builder().url("wss://trade.qfex.com?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY").build();
WebSocketListener li = new WebSocketListener() {
@Override public void onOpen(WebSocket ws, Response r) {
ws.send("{\"type\": \"auth\", \"params\": { \"hmac\": { \"public_key\": \"qfex_pub_xxxxx\", \"nonce\": \"c0ffee...\..\", \"unix_ts\": 1760545414, \"signature\": \"5f2e...\" }}}");
ws.send("{\"type\":\"subscribe\",\"params\":{\"channels\":[\"fills\"]}}");
}
@Override public void onMessage(WebSocket ws, String text) {
System.out.println(text);
}
@Override public void onFailure(WebSocket ws, Throwable t, Response r) {
System.err.println("WS error: " + t.getMessage());
}
};
client.newWebSocket(req, li);
try { Thread.sleep(Long.MAX_VALUE); } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {}
}
}
Example Responses
{ "subscribed": "fills" }
{
"fill_response": {
"trade_id": "REDACTED",
"user_id": "REDACTED",
"symbol": "US100-USD",
"price": 25242.0,
"quantity": 0.004,
"side": "SELL",
"aggressor_side": "SELL",
"order_id": "0aeae7d0-4a6e-4672-ad69-82b8811d4e0b",
"fee": 0.00045,
"order_type": "MARKET",
"tif": "IOC",
"order_price": 25547.0,
"client_order_id": "REDACTED",
"remaining_quantity": 0.0,
"take_profit": 0.0,
"stop_loss": 0.0,
"execution_type": "NEW",
"timestamp": 1769439642.8484282,
"realised_pnl": 0.0
}
}
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