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The [[Mt. Gox]] API provides methods to access information from the market, place orders, and more.

Two APIs are currently available:

* [[MtGox/API/HTTP|HTTP API]]
* [[MtGox/API/Pubnub|Streaming Pubnub API]]
* [[MtGox/API/Streaming|Streaming websocket API]]

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==Number Formats==

In the "old API", currency- and amount-values (price, volume,...) were given as '''float'''. These values are likely being deprecated and replaced by fields of the same name with "_int" as suffix. These are '''fixed-decimal''', so you have to move the decimal point yourself (divide). The exponent differs based on the kind of the value.

In order to convert the '''int''' to a '''decimal''' you can...

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! kind of field !! ...divide by !! ...multiply by
|-
| BTC (volume, amount) || 1E8 (100,000,000) || 0.00000001
|-
| USD, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, NZD, PLN, RUB, SGD, THB, NOK, CZK (price) || 1E5 (100,000) || 0.00001
|-
| JPY, SEK (price) || 1E3 (1,000) || 0.001
|}

Implementation advice: it's probably best to use '''int''' or '''Decimal''' (if your language/db offers such a type) in your clients. Using '''float''' will likely lead to nasty rounding problems.

== Currency Symbols ==
List of the currency symbols available with the API:

USD, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NZD, PLN, RUB, SEK, SGD, THB, NOK, CZK

==Bankruptcy; stolen bitcoin (2014–ongoing)==
On 28 February 2014, Mt Gox filed in Tokyo, Japan for bankruptcy protection reporting it had liabilities of about 6.5 billion yen ($65 million USD) and 3.84 billion yen ($38.4 million USD) in assets. <ref>McLannahan, Ben (2014-02-28). "https://www.ft.com/content/6636e0e8-a06e-11e3-a72c-00144feab7de#axzz2v8w0y2mI" Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox files for bankruptcy protection". Financial Times.</ref>

==Date and time==

Most dates you will find in mtgox API are UNIX time

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

Most programming languages should have tools for managing those timestamps

==See Also==

* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=164404.0 MtGox API version 2: Unofficial Documentation]

==Source==

[http://bitcoin.it/ http://bitcoin.it/]

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