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Is API Data Stale?

Started by Hawk [2080065] on in API Development.

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  • DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee · 4 likes ·
    It depends on which part of the API. Most of it is instant (for the exception of the cache of 30 seconds ofcourse). Then there is the stock market, which has a 1 tick delay (at :59, you'll receive the …
  • DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee · 1 likes ·
    For the stock market, a tick is 15 minutes yeah.
  • DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee · 1 likes ·
    Pretty sure that this only works for cached information, not for delayed ones.
Hawk [2080065] · #1
I thought I read once that API data is 15 minutes old, but it looks like it has current values.

Can someone who KNOWS, confirm or correct me?
DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee Committee · #2
It depends on which part of the API. Most of it is instant (for the exception of the cache of 30 seconds ofcourse).

Then there is the stock market, which has a 1 tick delay (at :59, you'll receive the data of the :30 tick, at :00 it's the :45 tick, etc.)
For the itemmarket/bazaar, I'm not 100% sure but I think it has a 2 minute delay to update prices/amounts per bazaar.
There might be more parts with a delay that I missed.
Hawk [2080065] · #3
Thank you, DKK!
Exactly what I was looking for.

Just confirming - for the stock market ones, does 1 "tick" equal 15 minutes (not seconds)? So, it's basically a snapshot of the Torn stock market 15 minutes prior?
Stiny [992186] · #5
You can also query `timestamp` as a selection on any endpoint and it will give you a unix timestamp of when that data was created for the query. You'll notice that if you make the same call a few times in a row the timestamp doesn't change.