Authentication Status

Current Authentication status to the Brokerage system. Market Data and Trading is not possible if not authenticated, e.g. authenticated shows false

POST /iserver/auth/status

Request Object

No params or body content should be sent.

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request_url = f"{baseUrl}/iserver/auth/status"
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json_content = {}
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requests.post(url=request_url, json=json_content)

Response Object

authenticated: bool.
Returns whether your brokerage session is authenticated or not.

competing: bool.
Returns whether you have a competing brokerage session in another connection.

connected: bool.
Returns whether you are connected to the gateway, authenticated or not.

message: String.
If there is a message about your authenticate status, it will be returned here.
Authenticated sessions return an empty string.

MAC: String.
IBKR MAC information. Internal use only.

serverInfo: Object.

serverName: String.
IBKR server information. Internal use only.

serverVersion: String.
IBKR version information. Internal use only.

hardware_info: String.
IBKR version information. Internal use only.

fail: String.
Returns the reason for failing to retrieve authentication status.

{
  "authenticated": true,
  "competing": false,
  "connected": true,
  "message": "",
  "MAC": "12:B:B3:23:BF:A0",
  "serverInfo": {
    "serverName": "JifN19053",
    "serverVersion": "Build 10.25.0p, Dec 5, 2023 5:48:12 PM"
  },
  "hardware_info": "3b0679ee|98:A2:B3:23:BC:A0",
  "fail": ""
}

Alternate Response Object

Users that have been timed out or logged out of their session will result in a “false” authentication status, indicating the user is not maintaining a brokerage session.

{
  "authenticated": false,
  "competing": false,
  "connected": false,
  "MAC": "98:B2:C3:45:DE:F6"
}