Endpoint security type

Each endpoint has a security type that determines how you will interact with it. This is stated next to the NAME of the endpoint.
If no security type is stated, assume the security type is NONE.
API-keys are passed into the Rest API via the X-MBX-APIKEY header.
API-keys and secret-keys are case sensitive.
API-keys can be configured to only access certain types of secure endpoints.
For example, one API-key could be used for TRADE only,
while another API-key can access everything except for TRADE routes.
By default, API-keys can access all secure routes.

Security Type	Description
NONE	Endpoint can be accessed freely.
TRADE	Endpoint requires sending a valid API-Key and signature.
USER_DATA	Endpoint requires sending a valid API-Key and signature.
USER_STREAM	Endpoint requires sending a valid API-Key.

TRADE and USER_DATA endpoints are SIGNED endpoints.

SIGNED (TRADE and USER_DATA) Endpoint security

SIGNED endpoints require an additional parameter, signature, to be sent in the query string or request body.
The signature is not case sensitive.
Please consult the examples below on how to compute signature, depending on which API key type you are using.

Timing security

SIGNED requests also require a timestamp parameter which should be the current timestamp either in milliseconds or microseconds. (See General API Information)
An additional optional parameter, recvWindow, specifies for how long the request stays valid and may only be specified in milliseconds.
- If recvWindow is not sent, it defaults to 5000 milliseconds.
- Maximum recvWindow is 60000 milliseconds.
Request processing logic is as follows:

serverTime = getCurrentTime()
if (timestamp < (serverTime + 1 second) && (serverTime - timestamp) <= recvWindow) {
  // begin processing request
  serverTime = getCurrentTime()
  if (serverTime - timestamp) <= recvWindow {
    // forward request to Matching Engine
  } else {
    // reject request
  }
  // finish processing request
} else {
  // reject request
}

Serious trading is about timing. Networks can be unstable and unreliable, which can lead to requests taking varying amounts of time to reach the servers. With recvWindow, you can specify that the request must be processed within a certain number of milliseconds or be rejected by the server.

It is recommended to use a small recvWindow of 5000 or less!

SIGNED Endpoint Examples for POST /api/v3/order

HMAC Keys

Here is a step-by-step example of how to send a valid signed payload from the Linux command line using echo, openssl, and curl.

Key	Value
`apiKey`	vmPUZE6mv9SD5VNHk4HlWFsOr6aKE2zvsw0MuIgwCIPy6utIco14y7Ju91duEh8A
`secretKey`	NhqPtmdSJYdKjVHjA7PZj4Mge3R5YNiP1e3UZjInClVN65XAbvqqM6A7H5fATj0j

Parameter	Value
`symbol`	LTCBTC
`side`	BUY
`type`	LIMIT
`timeInForce`	GTC
`quantity`	1
`price`	0.1
`recvWindow`	5000
`timestamp`	1499827319559

Example 1: As a request body

requestBody: symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559

HMAC SHA256 signature:

[linux]$ echo -n "symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "NhqPtmdSJYdKjVHjA7PZj4Mge3R5YNiP1e3UZjInClVN65XAbvqqM6A7H5fATj0j"
(stdin)= c8db56825ae71d6d79447849e617115f4a920fa2acdcab2b053c4b2838bd6b71

curl command:

(HMAC SHA256)
[linux]$ curl -H "X-MBX-APIKEY: vmPUZE6mv9SD5VNHk4HlWFsOr6aKE2zvsw0MuIgwCIPy6utIco14y7Ju91duEh8A" -X POST 'https://api.binance.com/api/v3/order' -d 'symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559&signature=c8db56825ae71d6d79447849e617115f4a920fa2acdcab2b053c4b2838bd6b71'

Example 2: As a query string

queryString: symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559

HMAC SHA256 signature:

[linux]$ echo -n "symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "NhqPtmdSJYdKjVHjA7PZj4Mge3R5YNiP1e3UZjInClVN65XAbvqqM6A7H5fATj0j"
(stdin)= c8db56825ae71d6d79447849e617115f4a920fa2acdcab2b053c4b2838bd6b71

curl command:

(HMAC SHA256)
[linux]$ curl -H "X-MBX-APIKEY: vmPUZE6mv9SD5VNHk4HlWFsOr6aKE2zvsw0MuIgwCIPy6utIco14y7Ju91duEh8A" -X POST 'https://api.binance.com/api/v3/order?symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559&signature=c8db56825ae71d6d79447849e617115f4a920fa2acdcab2b053c4b2838bd6b71'

Example 3: Mixed query string and request body

queryString: symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC
requestBody: quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559

HMAC SHA256 signature:

[linux]$ echo -n "symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTCquantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "NhqPtmdSJYdKjVHjA7PZj4Mge3R5YNiP1e3UZjInClVN65XAbvqqM6A7H5fATj0j"
(stdin)= 0fd168b8ddb4876a0358a8d14d0c9f3da0e9b20c5d52b2a00fcf7d1c602f9a77

curl command:

(HMAC SHA256)
[linux]$ curl -H "X-MBX-APIKEY: vmPUZE6mv9SD5VNHk4HlWFsOr6aKE2zvsw0MuIgwCIPy6utIco14y7Ju91duEh8A" -X POST 'https://api.binance.com/api/v3/order?symbol=LTCBTC&side=BUY&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC' -d 'quantity=1&price=0.1&recvWindow=5000&timestamp=1499827319559&signature=0fd168b8ddb4876a0358a8d14d0c9f3da0e9b20c5d52b2a00fcf7d1c602f9a77'

Note that the signature is different in example 3. There is no & between "GTC" and "quantity=1".

RSA Keys

This will be a step by step process how to create the signature payload to send a valid signed payload.

We support PKCS#8 currently.

To get your API key, you need to upload your RSA Public Key to your account and a corresponding API key will be provided for you.

For this example, the private key will be referenced as ./test-prv-key.pem

Key	Value
`apiKey`	CAvIjXy3F44yW6Pou5k8Dy1swsYDWJZLeoK2r8G4cFDnE9nosRppc2eKc1T8TRTQ

Parameter	Value
`symbol`	BTCUSDT
`side`	SELL
`type`	LIMIT
`timeInForce`	GTC
`quantity`	1
`price`	0.2
`timestamp`	1668481559918
`recvWindow`	5000

Step 1: Construct the payload

Arrange the list of parameters into a string. Separate each parameter with a &.

For the parameters above, the signature payload would look like this:

symbol=BTCUSDT&side=SELL&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.2&timestamp=1668481559918&recvWindow=5000

Step 2: Compute the signature:

Encode signature payload as ASCII data.
Sign payload using RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 algorithm with SHA-256 hash function.

$ echo -n 'symbol=BTCUSDT&side=SELL&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.2&timestamp=1668481559918&recvWindow=5000' | openssl dgst -sha256 -sign ./test-prv-key.pem

Encode output as base64 string.

$  echo -n 'symbol=BTCUSDT&side=SELL&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.2&timestamp=1668481559918&recvWindow=5000' | openssl dgst -sha256 -sign ./test-prv-key.pem | openssl enc -base64 -A
HZ8HOjiJ1s/igS9JA+n7+7Ti/ihtkRF5BIWcPIEluJP6tlbFM/Bf44LfZka/iemtahZAZzcO9TnI5uaXh3++lrqtNonCwp6/245UFWkiW1elpgtVAmJPbogcAv6rSlokztAfWk296ZJXzRDYAtzGH0gq7CgSJKfH+XxaCmR0WcvlKjNQnp12/eKXJYO4tDap8UCBLuyxDnR7oJKLHQHJLP0r0EAVOOSIbrFang/1WOq+Jaq4Efc4XpnTgnwlBbWTmhWDR1pvS9iVEzcSYLHT/fNnMRxFc7u+j3qI//5yuGuu14KR0MuQKKCSpViieD+fIti46sxPTsjSemoUKp0oXA==

Since the signature may contain / and =, this could cause issues with sending the request. So the signature has to be URL encoded.

HZ8HOjiJ1s%2FigS9JA%2Bn7%2B7Ti%2FihtkRF5BIWcPIEluJP6tlbFM%2FBf44LfZka%2FiemtahZAZzcO9TnI5uaXh3%2B%2BlrqtNonCwp6%2F245UFWkiW1elpgtVAmJPbogcAv6rSlokztAfWk296ZJXzRDYAtzGH0gq7CgSJKfH%2BXxaCmR0WcvlKjNQnp12%2FeKXJYO4tDap8UCBLuyxDnR7oJKLHQHJLP0r0EAVOOSIbrFang%2F1WOq%2BJaq4Efc4XpnTgnwlBbWTmhWDR1pvS9iVEzcSYLHT%2FfNnMRxFc7u%2Bj3qI%2F%2F5yuGuu14KR0MuQKKCSpViieD%2BfIti46sxPTsjSemoUKp0oXA%3D%3D

The curl command:

curl -H "X-MBX-APIKEY: CAvIjXy3F44yW6Pou5k8Dy1swsYDWJZLeoK2r8G4cFDnE9nosRppc2eKc1T8TRTQ" -X POST 'https://api.binance.com/api/v3/order?symbol=BTCUSDT&side=SELL&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.2&timestamp=1668481559918&recvWindow=5000&signature=HZ8HOjiJ1s%2FigS9JA%2Bn7%2B7Ti%2FihtkRF5BIWcPIEluJP6tlbFM%2FBf44LfZka%2FiemtahZAZzcO9TnI5uaXh3%2B%2BlrqtNonCwp6%2F245UFWkiW1elpgtVAmJPbogcAv6rSlokztAfWk296ZJXzRDYAtzGH0gq7CgSJKfH%2BXxaCmR0WcvlKjNQnp12%2FeKXJYO4tDap8UCBLuyxDnR7oJKLHQHJLP0r0EAVOOSIbrFang%2F1WOq%2BJaq4Efc4XpnTgnwlBbWTmhWDR1pvS9iVEzcSYLHT%2FfNnMRxFc7u%2Bj3qI%2F%2F5yuGuu14KR0MuQKKCSpViieD%2BfIti46sxPTsjSemoUKp0oXA%3D%3D'

A sample Bash script below does the similar steps said above.

API_KEY="put your own API Key here"
PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="test-prv-key.pem"
# Set up the request:
API_METHOD="POST"
API_CALL="api/v3/order"
API_PARAMS="symbol=BTCUSDT&side=SELL&type=LIMIT&timeInForce=GTC&quantity=1&price=0.2"
# Sign the request:
timestamp=$(date +%s000)
api_params_with_timestamp="$API_PARAMS&timestamp=$timestamp"
signature=$(echo -n "$api_params_with_timestamp" \
            | openssl dgst -sha256 -sign "$PRIVATE_KEY_PATH" \
            | openssl enc -base64 -A)
# Send the request:
curl -H "X-MBX-APIKEY: $API_KEY" -X "$API_METHOD" \
    "https://api.binance.com/$API_CALL?$api_params_with_timestamp" \
    --data-urlencode "signature=$signature"

Ed25519 Keys

Note: It is highly recommended to use Ed25519 API keys as it should provide the best performance and security out of all supported key types.

Parameter	Value
`symbol`	BTCUSDT
`side`	SELL
`type`	LIMIT
`timeInForce`	GTC
`quantity`	1
`price`	0.2
`timestamp`	1668481559918

This is a sample code in Python to show how to sign the payload with an Ed25519 key.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import base64
import requests
import time
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.serialization import load_pem_private_key

# Set up authentication
API_KEY='put your own API Key here'
PRIVATE_KEY_PATH='test-prv-key.pem'

# Load the private key.
# In this example the key is expected to be stored without encryption,
# but we recommend using a strong password for improved security.
with open(PRIVATE_KEY_PATH, 'rb') as f:
    private_key = load_pem_private_key(data=f.read(),
                                       password=None)

# Set up the request parameters
params = {
    'symbol':       'BTCUSDT',
    'side':         'SELL',
    'type':         'LIMIT',
    'timeInForce':  'GTC',
    'quantity':     '1.0000000',
    'price':        '0.20',
}

# Timestamp the request
timestamp = int(time.time() * 1000) # UNIX timestamp in milliseconds
params['timestamp'] = timestamp

# Sign the request
payload = '&'.join([f'{param}={value}' for param, value in params.items()])
signature = base64.b64encode(private_key.sign(payload.encode('ASCII')))
params['signature'] = signature

# Send the request
headers = {
    'X-MBX-APIKEY': API_KEY,
}
response = requests.post(
    'https://api.binance.com/api/v3/order',
    headers=headers,
    data=params,
)
print(response.json())

SIGNED (TRADE and USER_DATA) Endpoint security​

Timing security​

SIGNED Endpoint Examples for POST /api/v3/order​

HMAC Keys​

RSA Keys​

Ed25519 Keys​

SIGNED (TRADE and USER_DATA) Endpoint security

Timing security

SIGNED Endpoint Examples for POST /api/v3/order

HMAC Keys

RSA Keys

Ed25519 Keys