API & Developers

Historical Polymarket Markets and Full Depth Snapshots API

Use a historical Polymarket markets API with full-depth snapshots for resolved market discovery, replay, and backtesting.

A historical Polymarket markets and full depth snapshots API should solve two problems: finding the right resolved markets and retrieving the order book state needed to analyze them.

Two API Layers

LayerPurpose
Markets APIDiscover slugs, timeframes, status, and resolution metadata
Snapshots APIRetrieve timestamped bid/ask depth for replay and backtesting

Best Practices

  • Filter markets before requesting snapshots.
  • Use pagination for large replay windows.
  • Preserve raw timestamps and market close times.
  • Join with Binance reference data for BTC analysis when needed.

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