Self hosted API gateway to easily interact with Drift V2 Protocol
Use prebuilt image, ghcr.io:
# authenticate to github container registry
docker login -u <GITHUB_USERNAME> -P <GITHUB_PAT_TOKEN>
# run image
docker run \
-e DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY=<BASE58_SEED> \
-p 8080:8080 \
--platform linux/x86_64 \
ghcr.io/drift-labs/gateway https://rpc-provider.example.com --host 0.0.0.0 \
--markets wbtc,drift
--extra-rpcs https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.comBuild the Docker image:
# NOTE: '--platform linux/x86_64' ensures the correct memory layout at runtime
# for solana program data types
docker build -f Dockerfile . -t drift-gateway --platform linux/x86_64Run the image:
docker run \
-e DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY=<BASE58_SEED> \
-e RUST_LOG=info \
-p 8080:8080 \
drift-gateway https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com --host 0.0.0.0 --markets wbtc,driftBuild:
Supports latest rust stable
x86_64 arch toolchain e.g. 1.81.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
# install libdrift_ffi
curl -L https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17126152/libdrift_ffi_sys.so.zip > ffi.zip &&\
unzip ffi.zip &&\
ln -sf libdrift_ffi_sys.so /usr/local/lib
# make a release build from source
CARGO_DRIFT_FFI_PATH='/usr/local/lib' cargo build --releaseRun:
# configure the gateway signing key
export DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY=</PATH/TO/KEY.json | seedBase58>
# '--dev' to toggle devnet markets (default is mainnet)
# ensure the RPC node is also using the matching devnet or mainnet
drift-gateway --dev https://api.devnet.solana.com
# or mainnet
# NB: `api.mainnet-beta.solana.com` is not recommend for production use cases
drift-gateway https://rpc-provider.example.com --markets sol-perp,sol,wethThese runtime environment variables are required:
| Variable | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|
DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY |
Path to your key file or seed in Base58. Transactions will be signed with this keypair | </PATH/TO/KEY.json> or seedBase58 |
INIT_RPC_THROTTLE |
Adds a delay (seconds) between RPC bursts during gateway startup. Useful to avoid 429/rate-limit errors. Can be set to 0, if RPC node is highspec |
1 |
Usage: drift-gateway <rpc_host> [--dev] [--host <host>] [--port <port>] [--delegate <delegate>] [--emulate <emulate>]
Drift gateway server
Positional Arguments:
rpc_host the solana RPC URL
Options:
--markets list of markets to trade e.g '--markets sol-perp,wbtc,pyusd'
gateway creates market subscriptions for responsive trading
--dev run in devnet mode
--host gateway host address
--port gateway port
--ws-port gateway Ws port
--keep-alive-timeout
http keep-alive timeout in seconds
--delegate use delegated signing mode provide the delegator's pubkey
(i.e the main account) 'DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY' should be set to
the delegate's private key
--emulate run the gateway in read-only mode for given authority pubkey
--tx-commitment solana commitment level to use for transaction confirmation
(default: confirmed)
--commitment solana commitment level to use for state updates (default:
confirmed)
--default-sub-account-id
default sub_account_id to use (default: 0)
--skip-tx-preflight
skip tx preflight checks
--extra-rpc extra solana RPC urls for improved Tx broadcast
--verbose enable debug logging
--help display usage informationPassing the --delegate <DELEGATOR_PUBKEY> flag will instruct the gateway to run in delegated signing mode.
In this mode, the gateway will act for DELEGATOR_PUBKEY and sub-accounts while signing with the key provided via DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY (i.e delegate key).
Use the drift UI or Ts/Python SDK to assign a delegator key. see Delegated Accounts for more information.
By default the gateway will perform all account operations on sub-account 0, you can overwrite this default by setting the --default-sub-account-id flag on startup.
A subAccountId URL query parameter may be supplied to switch the sub-account per request basis.
e.g http://<gateway>/v1/orders?subAccountId=3 will return orders for the wallet's sub-account 3
Passing the --emulate <EMULATED_PUBKEY> flag will instruct the gateway to run in read-only mode.
The gateway will receive all events, positions, etc. as normal but be unable to send transactions.
note therefore DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY is not required to be set.
CU limit may be set on transaction request with the query parameter computeUnitLimit=300000, the default if unset is 200000.
CU price in micro-lamports may be set on transaction request with the query parameter computeUnitPrice=1000, the default if unset is a dynamic value from chain set at 90-th percentile of the local fee market.
The following error is logged when a tx does not have enough CU limit, increasing the cu limit can fix it or reducing number complexity of the order e..g number of orders/markets per batch.
"Program dRiftyHA39MWEi3m9aunc5MzRF1JYuBsbn6VPcn33UH failed: exceeded CUs meter at BPF instruction"]), accounts: None, units_consumed: Some(1000), return_data: None }) })example request
$ curl 'localhost:8080/v2/orders?computeUnitLimit=300000&computeUnitPrice=1000' -X POST \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d # { order data ...}Gateway endpoints that place network transactions will return the signature as a base64 string.
User's can poll transactionEvent to confirm success by signature or watch Ws events for e.g. confirmation by order Ids instead.
Gateway will resubmit txs until they are either confirmed by the network or timeout.
This allows gateway txs to have a higher chance of confirmation during busy network periods.
setting ?ttl=<TIMEOUT_IN_SECS> on a request determines how long gateway will resubmit txs for, (default: 4s/~10 slots).
e.g. ttl?=2 means that the tx will be rebroadcast over the next 5 slots (5 * 400ms).
max_order ts or use atomic place/cancel/modify requests to prevent
double orders or orders being accepted later than intended.
improving tx confirmation rates will require trial and error, try adjusting tx TTL and following parameters until results are meet requirements:
- set
--extra-rpcs=<RPC_1>,<RPC_2>to broadcast tx to multiple nodes - set
--skip-tx-preflightto disable preflight RPC checks - setting a longer
ttlper request - set statically higher CU prices per request (see previous section) when no ack rates increase
example request
$ curl 'localhost:8080/v2/orders?ttl=2' -X POST \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d # { order data ...}Please refer to https://drift-labs.github.io/v2-teacher/ for further examples and reference documentation on various types, fields, and operations available on drift.
gets info on all available spot & perp markets
NB: spot marketIndex 0/USDC is non-tradable
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/marketsResponse
priceStepsmallest order price increment for the marketamountStepsmallest order amount increment for the marketminOrderSizeminimum order amount for the marketinitialMarginRatiocollateral required to open positionmaintenanceMarginRatiocollateral required to maintain position
{
"spot": [
{
"marketIndex": 1,
"symbol": "SOL",
"priceStep": "0.0001",
"amountStep": "0.1",
"minOrderSize": "0.1",
}
// ...
],
"perp": [
{
"marketIndex": 0,
"symbol": "SOL-PERP",
"priceStep": "0.0001",
"amountStep": "0.01",
"minOrderSize": "0.01",
"initialMarginRatio": "0.1",
"maintenanceMarginRatio": "0.05"
}
// ...
]
}Returns the account margin requirements
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/user/marginInfoResponse
{
"initial": "141.414685",
"maintenance": "132.522189"
}Returns the account leverage
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/leverageResponse
{
"leverage" : "0.094489"
}Returns the account's maintenance collateral
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/collateralResponse
{
"total":"1661.195815",
"free":"1653.531255"
}Returns market details (perps only)
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/marketInfo/0Response
{
"openInterest": 662876,
"maxOpenInterest": 850000
}To query or stream orderbooks via WebSocket, public DLOB servers are available at:
- devnet:
wss://master.dlob.drift.trade/ws - mainnet:
wss://dlob.drift.trade/ws
see https://github.com/drift-labs/dlob-server/blob/master/example/wsClient.ts for usage example
get all orders
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/ordersget orders by market
$ curl -X GET \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"marketIndex":1,"marketType":"spot"}' \
localhost:8080/v2/ordersResponse
{
"orders": [
{
"orderType": "limit",
"marketIndex": 1,
"marketType": "spot",
"amount": "-1.100000000",
"filled": "0.000000000",
"price": "80.500000",
"postOnly": true,
"reduceOnly": false,
"userOrderId": 101,
"orderId": 35
},
{
"orderType": "limit",
"marketIndex": 1,
"marketType": "perp",
"amount": "0.005000000",
"filled": "0.000000000",
"price": "0.000000",
"postOnly": true,
"reduceOnly": false,
"userOrderId": 103,
"orderId": 50,
"oraclePriceOffset": "20.000000"
}
]
}get all positions
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/positionsget positions by market
$ curl -X GET \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"marketIndex":0,"marketType":"perp"}' \
localhost:8080/v2/positionsResponse
{
"spot": [
{
"amount": "0.400429",
"type": "deposit",
"marketIndex": 0
},
{
"amount": "9.971961702",
"type": "deposit",
"marketIndex": 1
}
],
"perp": []
}get extended position info for perps positions
# query info for perp market 0
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/positionInfo/0note:
unrealizedPnLis based on the oracle price at time of queryunsettledPnldoes not include unsettled funding amounts
Response
{
"amount": "-3.3",
"averageEntry": "102.2629",
"marketIndex": 0,
"liquidationPrice": "213.405881",
"unrealizedPnl": "-0.305832",
"unsettledPnl": "2795.32259",
"oraclePrice": "184.942200"
}gets the transaction and parses events relevant to the provided user subAccountId (default will be used otherwise). Only events relevant to
the provided user will be returned.
# get events from tx hash 5JuobpnzPzwgdha4d7FpUHpvkinhyXCJhnPPkwRkdAJ1REnsJPK82q7C3vcMC4BhCQiABR4wfdbaa9StMDkCd9y5 for my subAccountId 0
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/transactionEvent/5JuobpnzPzwgdha4d7FpUHpvkinhyXCJhnPPkwRkdAJ1REnsJPK82q7C3vcMC4BhCQiABR4wfdbaa9StMDkCd9y5?subAccountId=0Response
A response with a fill belonging to sub-account 0
{
"events": [
{
"fill": {
"side": "buy",
"fee": "0.129744",
"amount": "5",
"price": "103.7945822",
"oraclePrice": "102.386992",
"orderId": 436,
"marketIndex": 0,
"marketType": "perp",
"ts": 1708684880,
"signature": "5JuobpnzPzwgdha4d7FpUHpvkinhyXCJhnPPkwRkdAJ1REnsJPK82q7C3vcMC4BhCQiABR4wfdbaa9StMDkCd9y5"
}
}
]
}A response for a transaction not found. You should consider this transaction as dropped after around 5 seconds.
{
"code": 404,
"reason": "tx not found: 4Mi32iRCqo2XXPjnV4bywyBpommVmbm5AN4wqbkgGFwDM3bTz6xjNfaomAnGJNFxicoMjX5x3D1b3DGW9xwkY7ms"
}A response for a transaction that was found, but doesn't contain any events for the user
{
"events": []
}Return the on-chain SOL balance of the transaction signer (DRIFT_GATEWAY_KEY)
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/balance{ "balance": "0.12" }- use sub-zero
amountto indicate sell/offer order userOrderIdis a uint in the range 1 <= x <= 255 which can be assigned by the client to help distinguish ordersorderTypeonly "limit" and "market" options are fully supported by the gatewayoraclePriceOffsetsupported on"limit"order types. It creates a limit order with a floating price relative to the market oracle price. when supplied thepricefield is ignored.maxTsorder expiration timestamp. NB: expired orders can incur protocol costs
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/orders -X POST \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{
"orders": [
{
"marketIndex": 1,
"marketType": "spot",
"amount": -1.23,
"price": 80.0,
"postOnly": true,
"orderType": "limit",
"userOrderId": 101,
"reduceOnly": false,
"maxTs": 1707112301
},
{
"marketIndex": 0,
"marketType": "perp",
"amount": 1.23,
"postOnly": true,
"orderType": "limit",
"oraclePriceOffset": 2,
"userOrderId": 102
}]
}'Returns solana tx signature on success
like place orders but caller must use either orderId or userOrderId to indicate which order(s) to modify.
amountcan be modified to flip the order from long/short to bid/ask- the order market cannot be modified.
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/orders -X PATCH \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{
"orders": [{
"marketIndex": 0,
"marketType": "perp",
"amount": -1.1,
"price": 80.5,
"userOrderId": 101
},
{
"marketIndex": 1,
"marketType": "spot",
"amount": 2.05,
"price": 61.0,
"userOrderId": 32
}]
}'Returns solana tx signature on success
# cancel all by market id
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/orders -X DELETE -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"marketIndex":1,"marketType":"spot"}'
# cancel by order ids
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/orders -X DELETE -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"ids":[1,2,3,4]}'
# cancel by user assigned order ids
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/orders -X DELETE -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"userIds":[1,2,3,4]}'
# cancel all orders
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/orders -X DELETEReturns solana tx signature on success
Atomically cancel, modify, and place orders without possible downtime. Request format is an embedded cancel modify, and place request
$ curl localhost:8080/v2/orders/cancelAndPlace -X POST -H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{
"cancel": {
"marketIndex": 0,
"marketType": "perp"
},
"modify": {
"orders": [{
"marketIndex": 0,
"marketType": "perp",
"orderId": 555,
"amount": -0.5,
"price": 82.0
}]
},
"place": {
"orders": [
{
"marketIndex": 0,
"marketType": "perp",
"amount": -1.23,
"price": 99.0,
"postOnly": true,
"orderType": "limit",
"reduceOnly": false
}]
}
}'Websocket API is provided for live event streams by default at port 127.0.0.1:1337
Subscribe to order and fills updates by a subAccountId (0 is the drift default)
{"method":"subscribe", "subAccountId":0}
// unsubscribe
{"method":"unsubscribe", "subAccountId":0}event payloads can be distinguished by "channel" field and the "data" payload is keyed by the event type
order cancelled
{
"data": {
"orderCancel": {
"orderId": 156,
"ts": 1704777451,
"signature": "2Cdo5Xgxj6uWY6dnWmuU5a8tH5fKC2K6YUqzVYKgnm8KkMVhPczBZrNEs4VGwEBMhgosifmNjBXSjFMWbGKJiqSz",
"txIdx": 15
}
},
"channel": "orders",
"subAccountId": 0
}order expired
- if an order's
maxTsis reached then it can be cancelled by protocol keeper bots, producing the following expired event.
{
"data": {
"orderExpire": {
"orderId": 156,
"fee": "-0.0012",
"ts": 1704777451,
"signature": "2Cdo5Xgxj6uWY6dnWmuU5a8tH5fKC2K6YUqzVYKgnm8KkMVhPczBZrNEs4VGwEBMhgosifmNjBXSjFMWbGKJiqSz"
}
},
"channel": "orders",
"subAccountId": 0
}order created
- auction and trigger fields are only relevant for auction type or trigger type orders respectively.
priceis shown as0for market and oracle orders.
{
"data": {
"orderCreate": {
"order": {
"slot": 271243169,
"price": "0",
"amount": "0.1",
"filled": "0",
"triggerPrice": "0",
"auctionStartPrice": "0",
"auctionEndPrice": "0",
"maxTs": 0,
"oraclePriceOffset": "2",
"orderId": 157,
"marketIndex": 0,
"orderType": "limit",
"marketType": "perp",
"userOrderId": 102,
"direction": "buy",
"reduceOnly": false,
"postOnly": false,
"auctionDuration": 0
},
"ts": 1704777347,
"signature": "2Cdo5Xgxj6uWY6dnWmuU5a8tH5fKC2K6YUqzVYKgnm8KkMVhPczBZrNEs4VGwEBMhgosifmNjBXSjFMWbGKJiqSz",
"txIdx": 31
}
},
"channel": "orders",
"subAccountId": 0
}order fill
fee: positive amounts are (maker) rebates
{
"data": {
"fill": {
"side": "sell",
"fee": "-0.100549",
"amount": "0.0326",
"price": "61687",
"oraclePrice": "61335.477737",
"orderId": 11198929,
"marketIndex": 1,
"marketType": "perp",
"ts": 1709248100,
"txIdx": 12,
"signature": "5xZvkv2Y5nGgpYpitFyzg99AVwqHPwspapjxBFmPygrKWdwPfaBd6Tm3sQEw3k8GsZAd68cJ9cPr89wJ11agWthp",
"maker": "B24N44F45nq4Sk2gVQqtWG3bfXW2FJKZrVqhhWcxJNv3",
"makerOrderId": 11198929,
"makerFee": "-0.100549",
"taker": "Fii4Aio6rGoa8BDH6mR7JfTWA73FA7No1SNauYEWCoVn",
"takerOrderId": 40,
"takerFee": "0.502750"
}
},
"channel": "fills",
"subAccountId": 1
}order modify
Modifying an order produces a cancel event followed by a create event with the same orderId
order cancel (missing) | experimental
emitted when a cancel action was requested on an order that did not exist onchain.
this event may be safely ignored, it is added in an effort to help order life-cycle tracking in certain setups.
- one of
userOrderIdororderIdwill be a non-zero value (dependent on the original tx).
{
"data": {
"orderCancelMissing": {
"userOrderId": 5,
"orderId": 0,
"ts": 1704777451,
"signature": "2Cdo5Xgxj6uWY6dnWmuU5a8tH5fKC2K6YUqzVYKgnm8KkMVhPczBZrNEs4VGwEBMhgosifmNjBXSjFMWbGKJiqSz"
}
},
"channel": "orders",
"subAccountId": 0
}funding payment
settled funding payment event for open perp positions
amountis usdc
{
"data": {
"fundingPayment": {
"amount": "0.005558",
"marketIndex": 0,
"ts": 1708664443,
"signature": "2Cdo5Xgxj6uWY6dnWmuU5a8tH5fKC2K6YUqzVYKgnm8KkMVhPczBZrNEs4VGwEBMhgosifmNjBXSjFMWbGKJiqSz",
"txIdx": 1
}
},
"channel": "funding",
"subAccountId": 0
}error responses have the following JSON structure:
{
"code": "<http status code | program error code>",
"reason": "<explanation>"
}Some endpoints send transactions to the drift program and can return program error codes. The full list of drift program error codes is available in the API docs
Usually means the drift user (sub)account has not been initialized. Use the UI or Ts/Python sdk to initialize the sub-account first.
{
"code": 500,
"reason": "AccountNotFound: pubkey=FQHZg9yU2o5uN9ERQyeTNNAMe3JWf13gce2DUj6x2HTv"
}this can occur during gateway startup as drift market data is pulled from the network and subscriptions are initialized.
try setting INIT_RPC_THROTTLE=2 for e.g. 2s or longer, this allows some time between request bursts on start up.
The free _api.mainnet-beta.solana.com_ RPC support is limited due to rate-limits
Some(GetProgramAccounts), kind: Reqwest(reqwest::Error { kind: Status(429), ...Queries longer than a few ms may be due to missing market subscriptions.
Ensure gateway is properly configured with intended markets.
