# API access (beta)

**REST + WebSocket surface for programmatic access. Bearer-token auth, respects your risk gate.**

Section: Reference · Last updated: 2026-07-28

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## Status

API is in **invitation beta** on the API plan. Request access at [hello@polyterminus.com](mailto:hello@polyterminus.com?subject=API%20beta).

## What ships

  - REST — positions, orders, agents, whale leaderboard, AI brief, all via signed HTTP
  - WebSocket — the same live tick + trade stream the Terminal uses
  - Bearer-token auth, per-request rate limits (100 req/min on the API plan)
  - OpenAPI 3.1 spec + code examples in TS, Python, Go

## Guarantees

  - Risk gate applies identically to API calls
  - Sandbox environment (paper trading against real Polymarket book, no real orders)
  - Webhook signature verification (HMAC-SHA256)

## Not shipping in beta

Bypass of the risk gate, sub-account management, market-making primitives (order-cluster APIs). All on the roadmap.