Challenge

REQUEST
wss://futures.kraken.com/ws/v1
challenge

This request returns a challenge to be used in handshake for user authentication.

Request

Request Fields

MESSAGE BODY

event string required

The request event type

api_key string required

The user API key.

Example

{
  "event": "challenge",
  "api_key": "CMl2SeSn09Tz+2tWuzPfdaJdsahq6qv5UaexXuQ3SnahDQU/gO3aT+"
}

Response Success

Response Fields

MESSAGE BODY

event string

Always challenge

message string

The message that user will have to sign for authentication reasons

Successful

{
  "event": "challenge",
  "message": "226aee50-88fc-4618-a42a-34f7709570b2"
}

Response Error

Response Fields

MESSAGE BODY

event string

Always error

message string

Json Error

Example Error

{
  "event": "error",
  "message": "Json Error"
}