# Novig's official API vs novigapi.com: which one do I need?

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Canonical: https://novigapi.com/answers/novig-official-api-vs-novigapi
Updated: 2026-11-15

Use Novig's official API if you trade: it places orders, reads your positions and needs a verified Novig account. Use novigapi.com if you only read prices: no Novig account, player and team names joined, intraday line history, fair prices and an MCP server, from $0 with 100 credits a month (checked 15 Nov 2026). (Source: [Novig docs: API overview](https://docs.novig.com/index.md))

"Novig API" means two different things. Novig's official API, documented at docs.novig.com, is a trading API: subaccounts, signed orders and a WebSocket with book, tape, lifecycle and private channels. novigapi.com is an independent read-only data layer that adds what Novig's free files leave out: names, intraday history, fair prices, line moves and alerts.

Many teams use both: the official API for execution, and a read layer for research, dashboards and agents that should never hold trading keys.

## How the options compare

Novig's API and novigapi.com, checked 15 Nov 2026

| Source | What you need | Depth per market | History | Push / stream | MCP server |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | One WebSocket: book, tape, lifecycle and private channels | Not covered here |
| 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 | WebSocket on every plan (Free delayed 300 s); signed webhooks from Production | Remote MCP at novigapi.com/api/mcp; search, fetch and devig need no key |


## Where novigapi.com falls short

> The official API is closer to the source and lets you trade; novigapi.com adds a hop, so a price can be a few seconds older (REST at most about 10 s old on paid plans). Novig's API is free to read for account holders, while our paid plans start at $49 a month.

## Try it

```python
import os, requests

def nv(path, **params):
    r = requests.get("https://novigapi.com/api/v1/" + path, params=params, timeout=30,
                     headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["NOVIGAPI_KEY"]})
    r.raise_for_status()
    return r.json()

fair = nv("fair-price", market_id="01a1c89a-ada1-7142-b723-8e1221fbcb16")
print(fair["data"])
```

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

### Is novigapi.com run by Novig?

No. novigapi.com is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Novig. It is operated by Stunning Couches LLC.

### Does the official Novig API have history?

It returns your own fills and settled markets. Market-wide history comes from Novig's daily CSVs, which start on 3 Aug 2026 (checked 15 Nov 2026).

## Sources

- [Novig docs: API overview](https://docs.novig.com/index.md)
- [Novig docs: Environments](https://docs.novig.com/api/environments.md)
- [Novig docs: Throttling](https://docs.novig.com/api/throttling.md)
- [novigapi.com endpoint reference](https://novigapi.com/docs/endpoints)

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