WebSocket fan-out with Redis pub/sub: one market data connection for every service
Share one market data WebSocket across services: read max_conn and max_subs from the ack, republish ticks on Redis, snapshot for late joiners. Python code.
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streaming
7 posts on streaming from the SiftingIO market data blog, spanning real-time and historical coverage across stocks, forex, crypto, commodities, and on-chain venues.
Posts tagged streaming
Streaming gold, silver, and oil prices: a WebSocket commodities price API
Stream live gold, silver, and oil prices over one WebSocket connection instead of polling REST. Subscribe protocol, tick format, and a reconnect-safe client.
Golang WebSocket market data: stream real-time forex and crypto prices
Stream real-time forex and crypto prices in Go over WebSocket: authenticate, subscribe, parse tick frames, and handle pings and reconnects with working code.
Live bid and ask price API: build a correct EURUSD and BTCUSD quote client
How to read live bid and ask prices for EURUSD and BTCUSD over REST and WebSocket: string-typed fields, epoch milliseconds, ping keepalive, and rate limits.
Streaming on-chain DEX swaps over WebSocket without reconnect bugs
Build a resilient WebSocket subscriber for the SiftingIO dex product: chain:PAIR symbols, the auth handshake, last-cached-then-live emits, and a 60s ping.
REST vs WebSocket for Real-Time Market Data: When to Use Each
REST or WebSocket for live market data? A plain guide to how each works, when to pull on demand versus stream, why fast polling scales badly, and how to use both together.
Real-time FX and crypto quotes: REST snapshots and WebSocket streams
How to read real-time FX and crypto quotes from SiftingIO: REST bid/ask snapshots for EURUSD and BTCUSD, WebSocket tick streams, and the pitfalls in between.