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# Lighter API Quickstart

Make the first authenticated Lighter.xyz request, then move into trades, candles, funding, open interest, and orderbook routes on /v1/lighter.

Namespace /v1/lighter Start with First authenticated request Then Trades, candles, funding, OI

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[Open Lighter routes](https://www.0xarchive.io/docs/rest-api/lighter/)

[Create account](https://www.0xarchive.io/signup/)

### Lighter.xyz

Lighter routes for market state, history, L3 depth, and reconstruction-heavy jobs.

#### Lighter.xyz - Order Book

GET `/v1/lighter/orderbook/:symbol` 2 credit s Get current order book snapshot

GET `/v1/lighter/orderbook/:symbol/history` 10 credit s Get historical order book snapshots with pagination and configurable resolution.

#### Lighter.xyz - Trades

GET `/v1/lighter/trades/:symbol` 2 credit s Get trade history with cursor pagination.

GET `/v1/lighter/trades/:symbol/recent` 1 credit Get most recent trades

#### Lighter.xyz - Market Data

GET `/v1/lighter/instruments` 1 credit List all available Lighter.xyz trading instruments

GET `/v1/lighter/instruments/:symbol` 1 credit Get a single Lighter.xyz instrument by symbol

GET `/v1/lighter/openinterest/:symbol` 2 credit s Get historical open interest data.

GET `/v1/lighter/openinterest/:symbol/current` 1 credit Get current open interest for a symbol

GET `/v1/lighter/funding/:symbol` 2 credit s Get historical funding rates.

GET `/v1/lighter/funding/:symbol/current` 1 credit Get current funding rate for a symbol

#### Lighter.xyz - Candles

GET `/v1/lighter/candles/:symbol` 3 credit s Get OHLCV candle data aggregated from trades.

#### Lighter.xyz - Convenience

GET `/v1/lighter/freshness/:symbol` 1 credit Check when data was last updated for each data type (orderbook, trades, funding, OI) for a specific Lighter.xyz coin.

GET `/v1/lighter/summary/:symbol` 2 credit s Get a combined market summary for a Lighter.xyz symbol in a single API call.

GET `/v1/lighter/prices/:symbol` 2 credit s Get mark and oracle price history for a Lighter.xyz symbol.

#### Lighter.xyz - L3 Order Book (Order-Level)

GET `/v1/lighter/l3orderbook/:symbol` 5 credit s Get current L3 order-level orderbook showing individual orders at each price level with order IDs and sizes.

GET `/v1/lighter/l3orderbook/:symbol/history` 10 credit s Get historical L3 orderbook snapshots showing individual orders at each price level.