# Orders

Receive real-time updates regarding open orders you've placed in your account. 

Updates include any change to an open order e.g. order creation, partial fills, status changes, amendments, etc.

### **Subscribing**

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="100"></th><th>Feed Name</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Feed name</td><td><strong><code>private.user.open-orders</code></strong> </td></tr></tbody></table>

```json
// Request -> orders feed
{
    "type": "subscribe", 
    "feeds": ["private.user.open-orders"]
}
```

{% hint style="info" %}
The initial response payload will include all open orders in your account–a list of N order objects, each containing the latest order information.
{% endhint %}

### Orders Message

{% hint style="info" %}
Refer to [Orders reference](/rest-api/orders.md) page for payload details including order status descriptions.
{% endhint %}

```json
//Orders feed message
{
  "sequence": 5,
  "recipient": "private.user.open-orders",
  "timestamp": 1649903305545835513,
  "payload": [{
    "id": 693291242,
    "client_order_id": "577ab261-9dfc-415a-ba61-a54a18c1942c",
    "date_added": "2023-11-14T22:08:53.000Z",
    "status": "Started",
    "filled": "0.00035333",
    "filled_amount": "14.61628778",
    "vwap": "41367.24246455",
    "price": "37227.82",
    "quantity": "0.05",
    "pair": "btcusd",
    "action": "Sell",
    "type": "TWAP",
    "algorithm_id": 307,
    "fees": "0.02850176"
  }]
}
```

### Example Code

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const WebSocket = require('ws')

const ws = new WebSocket('wss://ws.sfox.com/ws')

ws.on('open', function() {
  const authMessage = {
   type: 'authenticate',
   apiKey: '<API_KEY>',
  }
  
  ws.send(JSON.stringify(authMessage))
})

// After successful authentication, subscribe to open orders feed
const subscribeMsg = {
  type: 'subscribe',
  feeds: ['private.user.open-orders']
}

ws.send(JSON.stringify(subscribeMsg))
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```python
import asyncio
import json

import websockets


async def main(uri):
    async with websockets.connect(uri) as ws:
        await ws.send(json.dumps({
            "type": "authenticate",
            "apiKey": "<API_KEY>"
        }))

        # After successful authentication message, subscribe to the open orders feed
        await ws.send(json.dumps({
            "type": "subscribe",
            "feeds": ["private.user.open-orders"]
        }))
        async for msg in ws:
            print(msg)


asyncio.run(main("wss://ws.sfox.com/ws"))
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
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```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
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