Features

📈 Spot Trading - 500+ trading pairs
📊 Perpetuals - Up to 100x leverage
🎯 Options - BTC/ETH options
💰 Earn - Staking, savings
🤖 Copy Trading - Follow top traders
🎮 Trading Bots - Grid, DCA, Martingale

API Base URL

https://api.bybit.com

Authentication

API_KEY="${BYBIT_API_KEY}"
SECRET="${BYBIT_SECRET}"

# Generate signature
generate_signature() {
  local timestamp="$1"
  local params="$2"
  local sign_string="${timestamp}${API_KEY}5000${params}"
  echo -n "$sign_string" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$SECRET" | cut -d' ' -f2
}

TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s%3N)

Get Account Balance

PARAMS=""
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s "https://api.bybit.com/v5/account/wallet-balance?accountType=UNIFIED" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" | jq '.result.list[0].coin[] | select(.walletBalance != "0") | {coin: .coin, walletBalance: .walletBalance, availableToWithdraw: .availableToWithdraw}'

Get Ticker Price

SYMBOL="BTCUSDT"
CATEGORY="spot"  # spot, linear, inverse, option

curl -s "https://api.bybit.com/v5/market/tickers?category=${CATEGORY}&symbol=${SYMBOL}" | jq '.result.list[0] | {symbol: .symbol, lastPrice: .lastPrice, highPrice24h: .highPrice24h, lowPrice24h: .lowPrice24h, volume24h: .volume24h}'

Get Order Book

curl -s "https://api.bybit.com/v5/market/orderbook?category=${CATEGORY}&symbol=${SYMBOL}&limit=10" | jq '{
  asks: .result.a[:5],
  bids: .result.b[:5]
}'

Place Spot Order

PARAMS='{"category":"spot","symbol":"BTCUSDT","side":"Buy","orderType":"Limit","qty":"0.001","price":"40000"}'
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s -X POST "https://api.bybit.com/v5/order/create" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" \
  -d "$PARAMS" | jq '.'

Place Market Order

PARAMS='{"category":"spot","symbol":"ETHUSDT","side":"Buy","orderType":"Market","qty":"0.1"}'
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s -X POST "https://api.bybit.com/v5/order/create" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" \
  -d "$PARAMS" | jq '.'

Place Perpetual Order

PARAMS='{"category":"linear","symbol":"BTCUSDT","side":"Buy","orderType":"Limit","qty":"0.01","price":"40000","timeInForce":"GTC"}'
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s -X POST "https://api.bybit.com/v5/order/create" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" \
  -d "$PARAMS" | jq '.'

Get Open Orders

PARAMS="category=spot"
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s "https://api.bybit.com/v5/order/realtime?${PARAMS}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" | jq '.result.list[] | {symbol: .symbol, side: .side, price: .price, qty: .qty, orderStatus: .orderStatus}'

Cancel Order

PARAMS='{"category":"spot","symbol":"BTCUSDT","orderId":"12345678"}'
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s -X POST "https://api.bybit.com/v5/order/cancel" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" \
  -d "$PARAMS" | jq '.'

Get Position (Perpetuals)

PARAMS="category=linear&settleCoin=USDT"
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s "https://api.bybit.com/v5/position/list?${PARAMS}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" | jq '.result.list[] | select(.size != "0") | {symbol: .symbol, side: .side, size: .size, avgPrice: .avgPrice, unrealisedPnl: .unrealisedPnl}'

Get Trade History

PARAMS="category=spot"
SIGNATURE=$(generate_signature "$TIMESTAMP" "$PARAMS")

curl -s "https://api.bybit.com/v5/execution/list?${PARAMS}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-API-KEY: ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-SIGN: ${SIGNATURE}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: ${TIMESTAMP}" \
  -H "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000" | jq '.result.list[:10] | .[] | {symbol: .symbol, side: .side, execPrice: .execPrice, execQty: .execQty}'

Popular Trading Pairs

Pair	Description
BTCUSDT	Bitcoin / Tether
ETHUSDT	Ethereum / Tether
SOLUSDT	Solana / Tether
XRPUSDT	XRP / Tether
DOGEUSDT	Dogecoin / Tether

Order Types

Type	Description
Limit	Limit order
Market	Market order
PostOnly	Post-only order

Category	Description
spot	Spot trading
linear	USDT perpetuals
inverse	Coin-margined perpetuals
option	Options

Safety Rules

ALWAYS display order details before execution
VERIFY trading pair and amount
CHECK account balance before trading
WARN about leverage risks
NEVER execute without user confirmation

Error Handling

Code	Cause	Solution
10001	Parameter error	Check parameters
10003	Invalid API key	Check API key
110007	Insufficient balance	Check balance

Features

API Base URL

Authentication

Get Account Balance

Get Ticker Price

Get Order Book

Place Spot Order

Place Market Order

Place Perpetual Order

Get Open Orders

Cancel Order

Get Position (Perpetuals)

Get Trade History

Popular Trading Pairs

Order Types

Categories

Safety Rules

Error Handling

Links

Variable	Description	Required
`BYBIT_API_KEY`	API Key from Bybit	Yes
`BYBIT_SECRET`	API Secret	Yes

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