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dcex - DEX & CEX trading library

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dcex is a Rust-backed exchange library with synchronous and asynchronous Python clients and a standalone Rust crate. It covers market data, account queries, order APIs, and public and private WebSocket streams.

Broker codes: dcex does not set or attach a broker code or broker tag by default. You can specify one explicitly when the exchange API supports it.

Forked from krex, a simplified version of the ccxt Python library.

Python Rust License PyPI Crates.io

Installation

Python:

pip install dcex
# or, in a uv-managed project:
uv add dcex

Rust:

cargo add dcex

Key features

  • Synchronous and asynchronous Python HTTP clients, plus public and private WebSocket clients.
  • HTTP, WebSocket, and signing APIs for direct use from Rust.
  • A Product Table Manager (PTM) that normalizes exchange symbols and trading specifications.
  • Support for multiple CEX and DEX platforms; available endpoints vary by exchange.

Documented withdrawal, market-maker and partner endpoints are in scope; current coverage and specification gaps are recorded in the endpoint ledger. API withdrawals have no second confirmation; they execute on submit. Trading API keys should not have withdrawal permission. PTM includes listed options from Binance, Bybit, and OKX; option trading remains exchange-specific.

Supported exchanges

Exchange HTTP Sync HTTP Async WS Public WS Private
Binance Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bybit Yes Yes Yes Yes
OKX Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bitget Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kraken Yes Yes Yes Yes
MEXC Yes Yes Yes Yes
BingX Yes Yes Yes Yes
KuCoin Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hyperliquid Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lighter (Mainnet + Robinhood) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backpack Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aster Yes Yes Yes Yes
Extended Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ondo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Arcus Yes Yes Yes Yes

Bitget began migrating accounts to UTA on 2026-09-15. Classic-account private endpoints that Bitget rejects for UTA accounts (error 40085) have been removed; public market-data, tax and institutional-loan endpoints that still work remain. Use a UTA account for trading. See the official UTA upgrade guide and account settings.

Private WebSocket support includes authenticated or address-scoped user-data streams. Trading WebSocket APIs are available for Binance, Bybit, Bitget, OKX, KuCoin and Kraken Spot; Hyperliquid and Lighter accept signed actions, and Arcus provides signed request construction. Lighter Mainnet and Robinhood use separate credential profiles; select the network per client (Mainnet is the default); see .env.example and the Lighter examples. Ondo spot currently supports only public market data (depth, trades, symbol_info, history and WS spot channels); Ondo has not published its spot trading API, so private operations such as placing or cancelling orders with a -SPOT symbol fail locally without sending a request.

Endpoint coverage, limitations and verification.

Python quick start

Synchronous HTTP:

import dcex

client = dcex.binance()
print(client.get_klines(product_symbol="BTC-USDT-SWAP", interval="1m"))

Asynchronous HTTP:

import asyncio
import dcex.async_support as dcex

async def main():
    client = await dcex.binance()
    try:
        print(await client.get_klines(product_symbol="BTC-USDT-SWAP", interval="1m"))
    finally:
        await client.close()

asyncio.run(main())

Additional profiles cover Binance Alpha, Aster Prediction, KuCoin Classic/Pro and Kraken Spot V1. Bitget SBE returns raw binary frames for caller-side decoding.

Public WebSocket:

import asyncio
from dcex.ws import binance

async def main():
    async with binance.public() as ws:
        await ws.subscribe_agg_trades("BTC-USDT-SPOT")
        print(await ws.recv())

asyncio.run(main())

Product Table Manager

PTM maps normalized product_symbol values, such as BTC-USDT-SWAP, to exchange-native exchange_symbol values and exposes trading metadata. Clients use this mapping where applicable.

Product product_symbol Example
Spot BASE-QUOTE-SPOT BTC-USDT-SPOT
Perpetual BASE-QUOTE-SWAP BTC-USDT-SWAP
Dated futures BASE-QUOTE-YYMMDD-FUTURES (UTC delivery date) BTC-USD-261225-FUTURES
Fields Meaning
exchange, product_symbol, exchange_symbol Exchange and normalized/native symbols
product_type, exchange_type Normalized and exchange-specific market types
base_currency, quote_currency Product currencies
price_precision, size_precision Price and size increments
min_size, min_notional Minimum size and notional
size_per_contract Contract multiplier
from dcex.product_table.manager import ProductTableManager

table = ProductTableManager.get_instance("binance")
print(table.get_exchange_symbol("binance", "BTC-USDT-SWAP"))
print(table.get_product_symbol("binance", "BTCUSDT", product_type="swap"))
print(table.rows()[0])

More examples and development

Runnable examples are in Python sync, Python async and WebSocket, and Rust. They focus on public data or read-only account queries. Private HTTP examples require credentials; private stream examples require credentials or a user address.

uv run python examples/sync/binance_public.py
uv run python examples/async/binance_ws_public.py
cargo run -p dcex --example binance_ws_public

For direct Rust usage, see the crate README. The default test suite runs offline with uv run pytest; live suites are opt-in. See the contributing guide for development and testing details.

This project uses the MIT License; see the third-party notices for additional licenses.

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