Ally Invest API Documentation
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GET accounts/:id/orders{.format}
Description
This call will return the most recent orders for the account specified in the URI.
| Authentication Required | |
| Yes | OAuth 1.0a |
| URI Parameters | |
| id | a valid account number |
| format | a response format, default is xml (See Response Structure ) |
| Example URL | |
| https://devapi.invest.ally.com/v1/accounts/12345678/orders.xml |
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Special Considerations
The response for orders is in FIXML format. Please visit the FIXML page as well as the Trading page for more information.
Please note that account numbers listed in the response for the "Acct" field are given with an additional digit, normally a "2". For using this account field programically, it may be necessary to remove this last number.
Request Example
GET /v1/accounts/123456878/orders.xml HTTP/1.1
Authorization: OAuth
oauth_consumer_key="672e71387c0a126f4e13296ecfb2b7bc",
oauth_nonce="cfdb7f42de425d94fbc24c11a920c33e",
oauth_signature="Vfm148kAgBZ6azEHqds43aY2UsEg3D",
oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",
oauth_timestamp="1306871932",
oauth_token="819682555b63ab8bd90a4138138e7365",
oauth_version="1.0"
Connection: close
Host: devapi.invest.ally.com
Response Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response id="77cf30da:12df25c7074:-7e20">
<orderstatus>
<order>
<fixmlmessage><![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><FIXML xmlns="http://www.fixprotocol.org/FIXML-5-0-SP2"><ExecRpt AvgPx="0" CumQty="0" LeavesQty="1" TmInForce="0" Px="10" Typ="2" Side="1" AcctTyp="2" Acct="12345678" Stat="1" ID="SVI-65454645" OrdID="SVI-456456"><Instrmt Desc="FORD MOTOR COMPANY" SecTyp="CS" Sym="F"/><OrdQty Qty="1"/><FillsGrp FillQty="1" FillPx="0"/></ExecRpt></FIXML>]]>
</fixmlmessage>
<order/>
<order>
<fixmlmessage><![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><FIXML xmlns="http://www.fixprotocol.org/FIXML-5-0-SP2"><ExecRpt Txt="Due to the additional cost of maintenance on Pink Sheet and OTC-BB securities, we require a minimum purchase of $100 for each trade." TxnTm="2011-02-04T10:48:00.000-05:00" TrdDt="2011-02-04T00:00:00.000-05:00" LeavesQty="0" LastPx="0" LastQty="0" TmInForce="0" Px="0.25" Typ="2" Side="1" AcctTyp="2" Acct="12345678" Stat="8" ID="SVR-4564564" OrdID="SVR-46055395"><Instrmt Desc="GREENLAND MINERALS AND ENERG" SecTyp="CS" Sym="GDLNF"/><OrdQty Qty="10"/></ExecRpt></FIXML>]]>
</fixmlmessage>
</order>
</orderstatus>
</response>
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