aiopybit

Asynchronous Python client for the Bybit v5 API — REST and WebSocket in a single, fully typed, asyncio-native package.

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aiopybit gives you a small, predictable surface over the Bybit v5 API:

• REST — market data, orders, positions and account endpoints with request signing, automatic retries (exponential backoff) and a shared aiohttp session.
• WebSocket — public and private streams behind one connection manager with automatic reconnection and subscription restore.
• Typed — Literal types for categories, intervals, modes and more; ships a py.typed marker for full downstream type checking.
• Ergonomic — one ByBitClient entry point, async with support and a single ByBitError base exception.
• Optional extras — a trading-card image generator (aiopybit[cards]).

Table of contents

• Installation
• Quick start
• REST API
• WebSocket streams
• Error handling
• Trading cards
• Environments and categories
• Logging
• API reference
• Contributing
• License

Installation

Requires Python 3.10+.

pip install aiopybit

Optional trading-card generator (pulls in Pillow):

pip install "aiopybit[cards]"

From source:

git clone https://github.com/Tsunami43/aiopybit.git
cd aiopybit
pip install -e ".[cards]"

Quick start

ByBitClient is the single entry point. It exposes REST methods directly and WebSocket subscriptions through client.ws. Use it as an async context manager so the HTTP session and every socket are closed for you:

import asyncio

from aiopybit import ByBitClient


async def main():
    async with ByBitClient(api_key='...', secret_key='...', mode='testnet') as client:
        # REST
        tickers = await client.get_tickers('linear', 'BTCUSDT')
        print(tickers['result']['list'][0]['lastPrice'])

        # WebSocket
        async def on_ticker(message):
            data = message['data']
            print(data['symbol'], data['lastPrice'])

        await client.ws.subscribe_to_ticker('linear', 'BTCUSDT', on_ticker)
        await asyncio.sleep(30)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    asyncio.run(main())

mode is one of mainnet, testnet or demo. API credentials are only required for private (account/trading) endpoints and streams.

REST API

Every REST call returns the decoded Bybit JSON response ({'retCode': 0, 'result': {...}, ...}). A non-zero retCode raises ByBitAPIError, so you can assume success once a call returns.

async with ByBitClient(api_key, secret_key, 'mainnet') as client:
    # Market data (no auth required)
    await client.get_orderbook('linear', 'BTCUSDT', limit=50)
    await client.get_klines('linear', 'BTCUSDT', interval='15', limit=200)
    await client.get_instruments_info('linear', 'BTCUSDT')

    # Trading (auth required)
    await client.create_order(
        category='linear',
        symbol='BTCUSDT',
        side='Buy',
        order_type='Limit',
        qty=0.01,
        price=30000,
        time_in_force='PostOnly',
    )
    await client.cancel_all_orders('linear', symbol='BTCUSDT')

    # Account and positions
    await client.get_wallet_balance('UNIFIED')
    await client.get_positions('linear', 'BTCUSDT')
    await client.set_leverage('linear', 'BTCUSDT', 10)

See the API reference for the full list of methods.

WebSocket streams

Subscriptions are managed for you: the manager opens (and reuses) one connection per channel, authenticates private channels, keeps them alive with ping/pong and restores subscriptions after a reconnect. Handlers may be plain or async functions and receive the raw message dict.

async def on_kline(message):
    for candle in message['data']:
        print(candle['start'], candle['close'])


async def on_order(message):
    for order in message['data']:
        print(order['orderId'], order['orderStatus'])


async with ByBitClient(api_key, secret_key, 'mainnet') as client:
    # Public — no credentials needed
    topic = await client.ws.subscribe_to_kline('linear', 'BTCUSDT', '1', on_kline)

    # Private — credentials required
    await client.ws.subscribe_to_order(on_order)

    # Later, unsubscribe by topic
    await client.ws.unsubscribe(topic)  # 'kline.1.BTCUSDT'

Each subscribe_to_* call returns the topic string, which you can pass to client.ws.unsubscribe(topic).

Error handling

All errors derive from ByBitError, so a single except can catch everything, or you can handle failures precisely:

from aiopybit import ByBitError, ByBitAPIError, ByBitHTTPError

try:
    await client.create_order('linear', 'BTCUSDT', 'Buy', 'Market', 1)
except ByBitAPIError as exc:
    # Reached Bybit but was rejected (non-zero retCode).
    print(exc.ret_code, exc.ret_msg)
except ByBitHTTPError as exc:
    # Transport-level failure (non-2xx HTTP status).
    print(exc.status)
except ByBitError:
    # Anything else raised by the library.
    ...

Exception	Raised when
ByBitError	Base class for every library error
ByBitHTTPError	Response has a non-successful HTTP status (status)
ByBitAPIError	Bybit returns a non-zero retCode (ret_code, ret_msg, response)
ByBitAuthError	WebSocket authentication fails or credentials are missing

Transient connection/timeout errors are retried automatically with exponential backoff before the exception is finally raised.

Trading cards

The optional aiopybit.cards module renders shareable Bybit-style ROI/PnL cards — handy for posting a position to a Telegram or Discord channel. Install the extra with pip install "aiopybit[cards]".

from aiopybit.cards import BybitCardGenerator

generator = BybitCardGenerator()

# Save to a file...
generator.save_card(
    symbol='BTCUSDT',
    direction='Long',          # 'Long' or 'Short'
    leverage=100,
    entry_price=20000,
    market_price=41850.5,
    output_path='card.png',
)

# ...or get raw bytes to send straight to a bot.
image_bytes = generator.get_card_bytes('BTCUSDT', 'Long', 100, 20000, 41850.5)

ROI is computed automatically from the entry/market price, direction and leverage; colours switch between green (profit) and red (loss). A background and the IBM Plex Sans fonts are bundled, so no extra assets are required — you can still pass your own background_image_path / fonts_dir.

See examples/generate_card.py for building a card directly from a live position.

Environments and categories

mode	Description	Base host
mainnet	Production	api.bybit.com / stream.bybit.com
testnet	Testing	api-testnet.bybit.com / stream-testnet.bybit.com
demo	Demo trading	api-demo.bybit.com / stream-demo.bybit.com

category	Description
linear	USDT/USDC perpetual & futures contracts
inverse	Inverse (coin-margined) contracts
spot	Spot trading pairs
option	Options contracts

Logging

The library logs under the aiopybit logger. Enable it to trace connections and debug issues:

import logging

logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.INFO,
    format='%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s',
)
logging.getLogger('aiopybit').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)  # verbose

API reference

ByBitClient(api_key, secret_key, mode)

REST methods (all coroutines):

Market data

Method	Endpoint
get_server_time()	/v5/market/time
get_tickers(category, symbol='')	/v5/market/tickers
get_orderbook(category, symbol, limit=25)	/v5/market/orderbook
get_klines(category, symbol, interval, limit=200, start=None, end=None)	/v5/market/kline
get_instruments_info(category, symbol='', limit=500)	/v5/market/instruments-info
get_recent_trades(category, symbol, limit=60)	/v5/market/recent-trade
get_funding_rate_history(category, symbol, limit=200, start=None, end=None)	/v5/market/funding/history
get_open_interest(category, symbol, interval_time, limit=50)	/v5/market/open-interest

Orders

Method	Endpoint
create_order(category, symbol, side, order_type, qty, price=None, time_in_force=None, order_link_id=None, reduce_only=None, **extra)	/v5/order/create
amend_order(category, symbol, order_id=None, order_link_id=None, qty=None, price=None)	/v5/order/amend
cancel_order(category, symbol, order_id=None, order_link_id=None)	/v5/order/cancel
cancel_all_orders(category, symbol='', settle_coin='')	/v5/order/cancel-all
get_orders(category, symbol='', limit=20)	/v5/order/realtime
get_order_history(category, symbol='', limit=50)	/v5/order/history

Positions

Method	Endpoint
get_positions(category, symbol='')	/v5/position/list
set_leverage(category, symbol, leverage)	/v5/position/set-leverage
set_trading_stop(category, symbol, take_profit=None, stop_loss=None, trailing_stop=None, position_idx=0, **extra)	/v5/position/trading-stop
switch_margin_mode(category, symbol, trade_mode, leverage)	/v5/position/switch-isolated
switch_position_mode(category, mode, symbol='', coin='')	/v5/position/switch-mode
get_closed_pnl(category, symbol='', limit=50)	/v5/position/closed-pnl

Account

Method	Endpoint
get_wallet_balance(account_type, coin='')	/v5/account/wallet-balance
get_account_info()	/v5/account/info
get_fee_rates(category, symbol='')	/v5/account/fee-rate
get_transaction_log(account_type='UNIFIED', category='', currency='', limit=50)	/v5/account/transaction-log

client.ws — ByBitWebSocketManager

Public streams: subscribe_to_ticker, subscribe_to_orderbook, subscribe_to_public_trades, subscribe_to_kline, subscribe_to_liquidations.

Private streams: subscribe_to_order, subscribe_to_execution, subscribe_to_position, subscribe_to_wallet, subscribe_to_greeks.

Management: unsubscribe(topic), close_all().

Public subscriptions take (category, symbol, on_message, ...); private ones take (on_message). Every subscribe method returns the topic string.

Examples

The examples/ directory contains runnable scripts:

File	What it shows
stream_tickers.py	Streaming public ticker data
stream_private.py	Private order/position/wallet streams
rest_api.py	REST trading and market-data calls
error_handling.py	Catching API and HTTP errors
generate_card.py	Rendering a trading card

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. The project uses uv and ruff:

uv sync --all-extras --dev
uv run ruff check .
uv run ruff format --check .
uv run pytest -q

Please open an issue or pull request. CI runs lint, formatting and the test suite on Python 3.10–3.13.

License

Released under the MIT License.

Disclaimer

This software is provided for educational and development purposes and is not affiliated with Bybit. Trading cryptocurrencies carries risk; use it at your own risk. The authors accept no responsibility for any financial loss.