Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when a Node.js application needs a Binance API client for data retrieval, streaming or exchange operations, rather than a ready-made trading screen.
Who it is for
- Node.js developers integrating Binance market data into an application.
- Teams building trading tools that need Binance API and WebSocket access.
Documented uses
- Stream candlestick and market-depth data for a monitoring or visualization tool.
- Retrieve Futures prices, candles, account balances or position data.
- Build an application that submits Binance orders through library methods.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and specifies an MIT license. The README documents npm installation and ESM and CommonJS usage; some examples configure API credentials. It marks testnet support as deprecated.
- The library covers Spot, Margin, Futures and Delivery API areas, and documents both REST and WebSocket support.
- The README describes automatic WebSocket reconnection and support for customizable request parameters and HTTP headers.
- The library is an integration component; the application developer supplies the interface and trading logic.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Install the library and make a basic Futures API call
Add the package to a Node.js project and call the documented futures-time method.
Before you start
- A Node.js project with npm.
- Use ESM imports or CommonJS, as shown in the README.
Steps
Install the package with the command below.
npm install node-binance-apiImport
Binanceusing ESM orrequire, following the corresponding README example.Create a client and call
futuresTime()withawait.
Expected outcome
The example makes a Futures API time request and logs its response.
Guide limitations
- The README example documents the call but does not establish endpoint access conditions or demonstrate a live result.
- The CommonJS setup example includes API key and secret fields; requirements can differ by endpoint.
- Testnet support is marked deprecated in the README.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 12 October 2026
- Original website title
- ccxt/node-binance-api · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

