WebServices API
Spotware’s WebServices API is an easy-to-use integration service that can be used to perform operations on trading accounts, traders’ balances and more. This REST API is a powerful tool for connecting your client area, registration forms or CRM systems directly to the cTrader backend.
About WebServices API
WebServices API is a service with several endpoints that you can use to manage traders, traders’ balances, bonuses and credit levels, and related user entities. Use it to create custom HTTP-based systems for interfacing with the cTrader backend or integrate your existing products with our trading servers.
Here is a brief list of what you can do with WebServices API:
Create new trading accounts and users
Attribute traders to partners
Manage the settings (e.g. the deposit currency) of traders who are already registered
Deposit or withdraw funds, bonus or credits to and from your traders
Transfer traders between white labels or jurisdictions
Get historical trades and currently open positions
How WebServices API works
WebServices API functions just like any other REST API. You can send HTTP requests to predefined endpoints. Successful requests generate responses that you can use in your own backend solutions. For example, after requesting the cTrader backend to create a new user, you should receive a response containing all the required parameters describing this user.
WebServices API accepts both JSON and XML as content types.
WebServices API is available to any Spotware client that has received access to cBroker. After sending a request containing your cBroker credentials, you will receive a token that you should append to all future requests to authenticate you. All requests must be made from whitelisted IPs to ensure safety.
Permissions in WebServices API
Since WebServices API uses cBroker credentials for authentication, the cTrader backend can automatically recognise the manager who is attempting to perform a request. Our flexible managerial access rights system is in full effect: managers only have access to the traders and white labels that they are supposed to oversee.
This functionality confers several major benefits for white-label resellers as well as brokers with several jurisdictions.
Decreased operational risk
Increased flexibility when setting up API access
Full control over the results of API integration
Secure creation of new white labels and jurisdictions
Documentation
The Spotware Documentation Center includes extensive documentation covering all major aspects of using WebServices API, including the endpoints this service exposes, authentication provisions and common use cases.
The documentation is regularly updated to match the latest improvements to WebServices API, allowing you to make your integration with the cTrader backend even smoother.