---
title: "Get Lighter L3 orderbook history"
method: GET
path: "/v1/lighter/l3orderbook/{symbol}/history"
tags: ["Lighter - L3 Order Book"]
---

# Get Lighter L3 orderbook history

`GET /v1/lighter/l3orderbook/{symbol}/history`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.0xarchive.io`
- URL: `https://api.0xarchive.io/v1/lighter/l3orderbook/{symbol}/history`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Get historical Lighter L3 order-level snapshots with price, remaining size, order_index, and owner_account_index. The public checkpoint-history response is an array of snapshots; each snapshot returns up to 250 resting orders per side. Snapshots are checkpoints; optional `account` filters by numeric account index. Data available from March 2026.

## Path parameters

- `symbol` string, required

## Query parameters

- `start` union: An instant: Unix milliseconds, or an RFC 3339 string such as `2026-01-01T00:00:00Z` (encode a `+` offset as `%2B`). An unparsable value answers 400 `invalid_time_range`.
  - integer: Unix milliseconds.
  - string, date-time: RFC 3339 instant.
- `end` union: An instant: Unix milliseconds, or an RFC 3339 string such as `2026-01-01T00:00:00Z` (encode a `+` offset as `%2B`). An unparsable value answers 400 `invalid_time_range`.
  - integer: Unix milliseconds.
  - string, date-time: RFC 3339 instant.
- `cursor` string
- `limit` integer
- `account` integer

## Response `200`

Typed historical L3 orderbook snapshot array

- ApiResponseL3OrderBookArray
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `data` L3OrderBookSnapshot[], required
    - `coin` string, required: Lighter trading pair symbol.
    - `timestamp` string, date-time, required: Snapshot timestamp in UTC.
    - `orders` L3Order[], required: Individual resting orders in the served L3 view.
      - `order_index` integer, required: Numeric order index assigned by Lighter.
      - `owner_account_index` integer, required: Numeric Lighter account index associated with the resting order.
      - `side` 'bid' | 'ask', required: Book side.
      - `price` number, required: Lighter venue-native resting order price.
      - `remaining_size` number, required: Remaining venue-native order size.
      - `original_size` number, required: Original venue-native order size.
    - `bid_count` integer, required: Bid order count for the stored checkpoint view.
    - `ask_count` integer, required: Ask order count for the stored checkpoint view.
    - `total_bid_size` number, required: Aggregate remaining venue-native size across bids.
    - `total_ask_size` number, required: Aggregate remaining venue-native size across asks.
    - `mid_price` string, nullable, required: Mid price as a decimal string when both sides are present; null otherwise.
    - `spread` string, nullable, required: Absolute spread as a decimal string when both sides are present; null otherwise.
    - `spread_bps` string, nullable, required: Spread in basis points as a decimal string when both sides are present; null otherwise.
    - `truncated` boolean, required: True when the stored checkpoint reached the 250-orders-per-side ingestion cap.
  - `meta` ResponseMeta, required: Response metadata. Every 2xx JSON response carries `meta.request_id`; list payloads add `count`; cursor-paged routes add `has_more` and, when another page follows, `next_cursor`; per-symbol routes add `symbol` and `venue`. Fields that do not apply to a route are omitted.
    - `count` integer: Number of records returned
    - `has_more` boolean: Cursor-paged routes: whether another page follows. `next_cursor` is present exactly when this is `true`. A final page can be empty when the previous page was exactly full; `has_more` is `false` on it.
    - `next_cursor` string: Opaque cursor for the next page, present exactly when `has_more` is `true`. Pass it back unchanged as `cursor` with the same filters. Do not parse or construct it.
    - `request_id` string, uuid, required: Unique request ID for support
    - `symbol` string: Per-symbol routes: the canonical public symbol the response describes (for example `BTC`, `xyz:TSLA`, `HYPE-USDC`, `#0`).
    - `venue` 'hyperliquid' | 'hip3' | 'hip4' | 'spot' | 'lighter' | 'rh-lighter': Per-symbol routes: the venue the response describes.
    - `coverage_from` string, date-time: Earliest coverage for the requested symbol and data type. Present only when the requested window ends before coverage begins.
    - `notice` string: Human-readable advisory about the response. Used when the requested window ends before coverage begins for the symbol, and on CVD responses that are one page of several; may carry other advisories in future.
    - `finalized_through` string, date-time: Two-tier datasets (Lighter trades): data at or before this instant is final; later data is preliminary.
    - `requested_end` string, date-time, nullable: The `end` the request asked for, echoed when it was clamped to `finalized_through`.
    - `clamped_to` string, date-time, nullable: The boundary the request's `end` was clamped to, when clamping occurred.
    - `preliminary_row_count` integer, nullable: Number of preliminary rows in this response, on routes that intentionally serve preliminary data (Lighter `/recent`).

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request: a parameter, symbol, interval, cursor or time range failed validation. See `error_code`.
- `401`: Authentication required: the API key is missing or invalid.
- `403`: The request is outside the plan's history window or per-request span, or the key is not allowed to make it.
- `429`: Rate limit, concurrency limit or monthly credits exceeded. See `error_code`.
- `default`: Any other error. The body is an `ErrorResponse`; branch on `error_code`. A 503 (`upstream_unavailable`) carries `Retry-After`.

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