# Can I get Novig odds through an API without a Novig account?

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Canonical: https://novigapi.com/answers/novig-api-without-account
Updated: 2026-11-15

Yes. Novig's own trading API needs a Novig account, identity checks, signed requests and a location check, but its free daily CSVs and novigapi.com do not. Checked 15 Nov 2026, novigapi.com serves every open Novig market with both sides of the book, trades and names, from a free key with 100 credits a month. (Source: [Novig docs: API overview](https://docs.novig.com/index.md))

Novig has two official data paths. The trading API at docs.novig.com is built for placing orders: you create keys in a funded profile, sign every request with Ed25519 or P-256, and production runs an identity and location check. The free files at data.novig.com need nothing, but arrive once a day and carry market IDs instead of player and team names.

novigapi.com sits between them: a read-only API over Novig's public market data, with names joined and intraday history kept, behind a key you get by email or through an agent approval code. It cannot place orders or read anyone's Novig account.

## How the options compare

Ways to read Novig data, checked 15 Nov 2026

| Source | What you need | Depth per market | History | Paid plans |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novig official API | Novig account, KYC, signed requests (Ed25519 or P-256) and a location check; AZ, MI and NV excluded | Full book and every execution over its WebSocket | Your own fills and settled markets | Free to use; trading fees apply to fills |
| Novig daily CSVs | Nothing; join market IDs to names yourself (no player or team names) | Daily OHLC, volume and open interest; no intraday book | Trades from 3 Aug 2026, markets from 4 Aug 2026 | Free |
| novigapi.com | A novigapi key (email or agent approval code); no Novig account | Full resting book, trades, OHLC, fair price, line moves | Daily from 4 Aug 2026 (Novig's CSVs with names joined); intraday ticks since 12 Nov 2026 | Developer $49, Production $149, Scale $499 a month; $9 for 1,000 credits that never expire |
| The Odds API | Email for a key | One price per outcome per book (name, price, point); lay odds and bet limits on some exchanges | Paid plans: featured markets from Jun 2020 at 5-minute snapshots, props from May 2023 | $30 (20K credits) to $249 (15M credits) a month |


## Where novigapi.com falls short

> novigapi.com is read-only and covers Novig alone. If you need to trade, see your positions, or read the book through Novig's own channels with no third party in between, use the official API. Our intraday history only starts on 12 Nov 2026; the daily CSV backfill goes back to August.

## Try it

A free novigapi key is the only header you send. No Novig login, no signing, no location check.

```bash
curl -s "https://novigapi.com/api/v1/markets?league=NFL&status=open&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOVIGAPI_KEY"
```

Read the [endpoint reference](https://novigapi.com/docs/endpoints), compare [plans and credits](https://novigapi.com/pricing), or send a request from the [playground](https://novigapi.com/playground).

## Questions

### Do I need KYC to read Novig prices?

Not for reading. Novig's free CSVs and novigapi.com need no Novig account. Only the official trading API requires an account, identity checks and a location check (checked 15 Nov 2026).

### Can I place Novig orders with novigapi.com?

No. It is read-only. Orders go through Novig's official API with your own signed keys.

### Is novigapi.com the official Novig API?

No. It is an independent data service run by Stunning Couches LLC, not affiliated with Novig. The official API is documented at docs.novig.com.

## Sources

- [Novig docs: API overview](https://docs.novig.com/index.md)
- [Novig docs: Exchange Data](https://docs.novig.com/public-data/overview.md)
- [The Odds API: plans](https://the-odds-api.com/#get-access)
- [Novig docs: Environments](https://docs.novig.com/api/environments.md)
- [novigapi.com endpoint reference](https://novigapi.com/docs/endpoints)

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