Get Recent Trades - Pacifica

GET /api/v1/trades

Query Parameters

Field	Type	Need	Description	Example
`”symbol”`	string	optional	Trading pair symbol. If omitted, returns recent trades across all markets.	`BTC`

/api/v1/trades?symbol=BTC

Response

Status 200: Successfully retrieved recent trades

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "event_type": "fulfill_taker",
      "price": "104721",
      "amount": "0.0001",
      "side": "close_long",
      "cause": "normal",
      "created_at": 1765006315306
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "code": null,
  "last_order_id": 1557404170
}

Field	Type	Description
`'event_type'`	string	`”fulfill_taker”` if maker `”fulfill_maker”` if taker
`'price'`	decimal string	Price in USD at which trade event has occurred
`'amount'`	decimal string	Amount in token denomination for which the trade has occurred.
`'side'`	string	`”open_long"` `"open_short"` `"close_long"` `"close_short”`
`'cause'`	string	`”normal”` regular user-initiated trading `”market_liquidation”` position was liquidated due to insufficient margin `”backstop_liquidation”` position was liquidated by backstop mechanism `”settlement”` position was closed due to Auto-Deleveraging (ADL) or other settlement `”insolvency_liquidation”` position was closed due to account insolvency `”game_settlement”` position was settled by the prediction game `”fulfill_rfq”` trade resulted from an RFQ fill
`'created_at'`	integer	Timestamp in milliseconds of trade event

The response also includes a top-level last_order_id field (a sibling of data, error, and code — not a member of each trade object):

Field	Type	Description
`'last_order_id'`	integer	Exchange-wide nonce. Used to reliably determine exchange event ordering. Sequential and not subject to clock drift.

Status 400: Invalid request parameters
Status 401: Unauthorized access
Status 500: Internal server error

Code Example (Python)

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "/api/v1/trades?symbol=BTC",
    headers={"Accept": "*/*"},
)

data = response.json()