APIs Overview

Plxtra provides the following APIs to enable access, integrations and extensions:

Business Systems Integration

Used by broker/exchange operators to integrate their business systems with Plxtra.

Registry: Used to query and manage the Registry. Also stream real-time feeds and views to/from the Registry.
Market Control: Used to add and remove listings on markets. Also used to publish news items.
Order Management: Used to query and manipulate the Order Management System (OMS). Also stream real-time feeds and views to/from the OMS.
Authority: Used to query and manipulate User Authority data.
Session Management: Used to query and manipulate Session Management service.

Used by enterprise partners to access data and trading. They differ from the Front end APIs in bypassing authority checks.

Market Reports: Used for retrieving market reference data, such as trade history, charting records, and news bodies.
FIX: FIX protocol connectivity for both market data feeds and order and execution feeds.

Used to create data and trading applications.

Websocket: A streaming API for real-time market and trading data, making queries, and submitting order instructions.
IQ: A SQL-style query interface for retrieving market and trading data, and submitting order instructions.
Motif Services: A SQL-style query interface for retrieving market and trading data, and submitting order instructions.

Used to extend the capabilities of Plxtra.

Overview: Introduction to extending Plxtra
Zenith Plugin: Used to connect to external services and provide market data into the data distribution infrastructure.
Order Management Feed Adapter: Used to feed order executions from external exchanges or execution locations into the OMS.
Registry Feed Adapter: Used to feed cash and asset movements to and from the registry.
Motif Extension: Used for creating extensions to the Motif trading application.