Notice and terms

Every JSON body from /v1 includes notice and terms. That includes errors. An event includes them too. A webhook template includes them only when the template uses the notice placeholder. You choose that text. A preset body is in the receiver's own format and carries neither.

The notice

notice is this sentence, from the product copy:

The words are pending review. Software can show the string. It should not rewrite it into an instruction about a coin.

The terms

terms.version is 2026-10-draft. terms.url is the site origin plus /api-terms.

The API terms are a draft pending review. They are not in effect, and they are not published. terms.url names /api-terms. That address stays unpublished until the review is finished. Creating a key records that version. It does not bind you to this draft.

On every response

Example. These are not live prices.

GET /v1/account HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer $TERMINAL_API_KEY

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "notice": "Terminal reports market events for conditions you set. It does not tell you to buy, sell, or hold, and it does not place trades.",
  "terms": {
    "version": "2026-10-draft",
    "url": "…"
  }
}

When the API is closed

While the API is closed, /v1 still answers. A valid key gets 503 not_available with reason channel_closed. An unknown key still gets 401 invalid_key.

Developer pages answer the normal not-found page while the API is closed, unless the visitor is signed in and the account is one Terminal has allowed to try the API. Those pages send noindex.

Create a free account

Terminal reports market events for conditions you set. It does not tell you to buy, sell, or hold, and it does not place trades.