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license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# pybit — Python3 Bybit HTTP/WebSocket API Connector

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 310.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pybit is the official lightweight Python connector for Bybit's HTTP and WebSocket APIs, designed to give traders and developers direct access to Bybit's market data, trading, account management, and P2P endpoints. It wraps Bybit's HTTP and WebSocket interfaces using requests and websocket-client, avoiding the overhead of auto-generated connectors. The module is actively maintained by Bybit employees and supports both testnet and mainnet environments, with a unified session object that handles both HTTP requests and WebSocket subscriptions.

You use it by instantiating an HTTP session with your API credentials, then calling methods like get_orderbook(), place_batch_order(), or get_account_information() to retrieve data or submit orders. It supports multiple trading categories (linear perpetuals, inverse perpetuals, spot, options) and P2P operations, with examples provided for common workflows like bulk order placement and market data retrieval.

Use it for:

- Automate order placement and management across Bybit's perpetual, spot, and options markets.
- Stream real-time market data and order updates via WebSocket for algorithmic trading strategies.
- Build a trading bot that monitors the orderbook and executes conditional trades programmatically.
- Retrieve account balances, positions, and trade history for portfolio tracking and reconciliation.
- Execute bulk operations, such as placing multiple options orders in a single batch request.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

pybit is the official Python connector for Bybit's HTTP and WebSocket APIs, enabling traders and developers to interact with Bybit's trading, account, and P2P endpoints.

Yes. pybit is the official Bybit API connector, actively maintained, with low install friction and permissive licensing. It has no known vulnerabilities, supports current Python versions (3.10+), and is designed specifically for traders and developers integrating with Bybit. Install it if you need to programmatically trade or monitor accounts on Bybit.

## Install

pip install pybit
uv add pybit
poetry add pybit

## Installing pybit

Before you install: Low friction: pure-Python wheel with three common runtime dependencies (requests, websocket-client, pycryptodome). Actively maintained with a release within the last month; last commit on 2026-07-30 and 666 repository stars indicate ongoing development.

License in practice: MIT License (permissive) — you can use, modify, and distribute pybit freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install pybit

from pybit.unified_trading import HTTP

session = HTTP(testnet=False, api_key="...", api_secret="...")
orderbook = session.get_orderbook(category="linear", symbol="BTCUSDT")

Requires Python 3.10 or higher; Bybit API credentials (api_key and api_secret) needed for authenticated requests.

Verify before relying:

- Whether all Bybit API endpoints are currently supported or if there are known gaps in coverage.
- Performance characteristics under high-frequency or bulk-order scenarios beyond the USDC Options example.
- WebSocket reconnection and error-handling behavior during network interruptions.

## Package facts

- License: MIT License (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 310.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

bybit api connector python, cryptocurrency exchange api client, bybit trading api wrapper, websocket trading client, bybit http api python, crypto trading automation, bybit order management, trading-api, cryptocurrency, websocket

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