406 Not Acceptable gzip API error: send Accept-Encoding: gzip and decode the reply
Fix SiftingIO's 406 gzip_required error in curl, Python, Node and Go. Learn which clients decode automatically and when to handle gzip yourself.
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Developer Tutorials
Practical guides for using the SiftingIO API and WebSocket streams.
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Market data in Google Sheets: update forex, gold and crypto prices with Apps Script
A copyable Apps Script recipe that pulls EURUSD, XAUUSD and BTCUSD into Google Sheets, with value time, fetch time and a per-row status. Manual run, then a trigger.
n8n price alert workflow: message Slack only when a symbol crosses a level
Build an n8n price alert for Slack with market-hours checks, input validation, and state that detects level crossings between sampled prices.
Stale market data: how to detect and handle it in real-time trading applications
Detect stale market data in real-time trading apps: venue vs receive timestamps, per-asset freshness thresholds, WebSocket heartbeats, reconnect, monitoring.
Cursor pagination for market data APIs: pull years of 1-minute OHLCV bars without gaps
How cursor pagination works on a market data API, with request math, a Python loop, and a gap check for multi-year pulls of 1-minute OHLCV bars.
How market data API pricing works: a buyer's guide for developers
Market data API pricing explained: per-market tiers, call quotas vs rate limits, WebSocket limits, history depth, overage, free tiers, and redistribution rights.
Building a Multi-Asset Market Data Stack: What Enterprise Teams Actually Need
What enterprise teams need from a multi-asset market data API: normalized schemas, real-time plus historical, filings, on-chain data, FIX and SDK delivery.
How to Evaluate a Market Data API Before Going to Production
A vendor-neutral checklist for evaluating a market data API: price accuracy, latency percentiles, WebSocket stability, gaps, rate limits, and licensing.
Supporting enterprise market data customers in China: evaluation to production
How an institution in China evaluates and onboards an international market data vendor: free-tier testing, FIX API, licensing in writing, USD invoicing, SLAs.