Documentation

Everything you need to integrate Aark data into your trading workflow.

Quickstart

Authenticate, make your first API call, and parse the response in under 5 minutes.

API Reference

Complete endpoint reference for /funding-rates, /liquidation-map, and /mark-price.

Webhooks & Export

Configure webhook alerts, CSV downloads, and bulk parquet export for your data pipeline.

Overview

The Aark API

The Aark API provides programmatic access to real-time and historical perpetuals risk data: funding rates, liquidation maps, and mark price feeds — all normalized and ready for use in your trading system.

Authentication

All API requests require an API key passed as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Obtain your key from the dashboard after requesting access.

Authorization: Bearer ark_live_YOUR_API_KEY

Base URL

https://aarkdigital.org/api/v1/

Rate Limits

Rate limits are enforced per API key. Responses include headers indicating current usage:

X-RateLimit-Limit: 60
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 58
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1748530800

Response Format

All endpoints return JSON. Errors follow a consistent structure with error.code and error.message.

SDKs

Native SDKs are in development. Currently, any HTTP client works. See the Quickstart for Python and cURL examples.