To export your trades or ledger history via API, follow these steps:

1. 1

   Generate an API key with the relevant permissions.

   • Sign in to your Kraken account.
   • Click on your name in the upper-right corner of the page.
   • Click on Security and navigate to the API Settings.
   • Press the Add key button.
   • Select these key permissions:

     • "Export Data"
     • "Query Ledger Entries" (for Ledger exports)
     • "Query Closed Orders & Trades" (for Trades exports)
   • Press the Generate key button.

2. 2

   Install Kraken's REST API command line client.
3. 3

   Run the relevant API commands.

   You can now easily run all the API commands from our API guide.

   Relevant commands for account history include:

   • AddExport (make an export request)
   • ExportStatus (see if an export request is "processed" or still "queued")
   • RetrieveExport (download a processed export)
   • RemoveExport (delete export request)

Example

Lets use the AddExport command to request:

Ledger history for 2018

Trades history for 2018

Note: you need to use the UNIX timestamp for start and end times.

After successfully running the AddExport command, you can go to the History > Export page on Kraken.com to view your request's status, download it, or delete it.

Alternatively, you can complete these further actions by using the other API commands listed above.