Read server time#
About#
Returns server time for a specified MetaTrader account
For more information see Async api documentation
Request#
In order to retrieve account information, your application needs to emit request
event with the following payload.
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
type | string | Yes | request type, must be getServerTime if you want to retrieve server time |
accountId | string | Yes | MetaTrader account id. You can retrieve account id from Web application after you add your MetaTrader account to our platform. The account id can also be obtained via Provisioning API |
requestId | string | Yes | request id which your application must supply. Request id must be unique during an API connection |
application | string | MetaApi application id. Default is RPC |
Response#
After executing your request the API server will emit response
event with the following payload.
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
type | string | Yes | The value of this field will be response in the response to the above request |
requestId | string | Yes | request id the response relates to |
accountId | string | Yes | account id specified in the request |
serverTime | object | Yes | Server time of the account. Server time schema: ServerTime |
Code example#
import ioClient from 'socket.io-client';
const socket = ioClient('https://mt-client-api-v1.new-york.agiliumtrade.ai', {
path: '/ws',
reconnection: false,
query: {
'auth-token': 'token'
}
});
const request = {
accountId: '23ccdd23-0b8a-400d-9aba-0129de365ba9',
type: 'getServerTime',
requestId: '6a707e89-f592-466b-885e-258a256495c1'
};
socket.on('connect', () => {
socket.emit('request', request);
});
socket.on('response', response => {
console.log(response);
});
socket.on('processingError', err => {
console.error(err);
});
Response example#
{
"type": "response",
"requestId": "6a707e89-f592-466b-885e-258a256495c1",
"serverTime": {
"time": "2022-04-05T12:54:55.345Z",
"brokerTime": "2022-04-05 15:54:55.345",
"lastQuoteTime": "2022-04-05T12:54:55.145Z",
"lastQuoteBrokerTime": "2022-04-05 15:54:55.145"
},
"accountId": "23ccdd23-0b8a-400d-9aba-0129de365ba9"
}