---
title: "Snapshots Historical"
method: GET
path: "/futures/order-book-snapshots/{instrument}"
---

# Snapshots Historical

`GET /futures/order-book-snapshots/{instrument}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.amberdata.com/markets`
- URL: `https://api.amberdata.com/markets/futures/order-book-snapshots/{instrument}`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Provides historical snapshots of futures order books, capturing bid and ask price levels, volumes, and sequence details at specific timestamps across exchanges.

## Path parameters

- `instrument` string, required

## Query parameters

- `exchange` string, required
- `startDate` string, date-time
- `endDate` string, date-time
- `timestamp` string
- `timeFormat` string
- `sortDirection` string
- `maxLevel` integer

## Headers

- `Accept-Encoding` string, required
- `api-version` string

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `status` integer
  - `title` string
  - `description` string
  - `payload` object
    - `metadata` object
      - `requestedStartDate` integer
      - `requestedEndDate` integer
      - `returnedStartDate` integer
      - `returnedEndDate` integer
      - `next` string
      - `api-version` string
    - `data` object[]
      - `exchange` string
      - `instrument` string
      - `timestamp` integer
      - `exchangeTimestamp` integer
      - `exchangeTimestampNanoseconds` integer
      - `sequence` string
      - `currentFunding` string
      - `ask` object[]
        - `price` number
        - `volume` integer
        - `numOrders` string
      - `bid` object[]
        - `price` number
        - `volume` integer
        - `numOrders` string

## Other responses

- `400`: 400

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `20cba0305b6e`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/amberdata/apis/market-api/changes/futures/order-book-snapshots/:instrument/get.md)

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