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cURL
curl --request GET \
  --url https://test.deribit.com/api/v2/private/close_position \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 6130,
  "method": "private/close_position",
  "params": {
    "instrument_name": "ETH-PERPETUAL",
    "type": "limit",
    "price": 145.17
  }
}
'
import requests

url = "https://test.deribit.com/api/v2/private/close_position"

payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 6130,
    "method": "private/close_position",
    "params": {
        "instrument_name": "ETH-PERPETUAL",
        "type": "limit",
        "price": 145.17
    }
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.get(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    id: 6130,
    method: 'private/close_position',
    params: {instrument_name: 'ETH-PERPETUAL', type: 'limit', price: 145.17}
  })
};

fetch('https://test.deribit.com/api/v2/private/close_position', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://test.deribit.com/api/v2/private/close_position",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'id' => 6130,
    'method' => 'private/close_position',
    'params' => [
        'instrument_name' => 'ETH-PERPETUAL',
        'type' => 'limit',
        'price' => 145.17
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://test.deribit.com/api/v2/private/close_position"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": 6130,\n  \"method\": \"private/close_position\",\n  \"params\": {\n    \"instrument_name\": \"ETH-PERPETUAL\",\n    \"type\": \"limit\",\n    \"price\": 145.17\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://test.deribit.com/api/v2/private/close_position")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": 6130,\n  \"method\": \"private/close_position\",\n  \"params\": {\n    \"instrument_name\": \"ETH-PERPETUAL\",\n    \"type\": \"limit\",\n    \"price\": 145.17\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://test.deribit.com/api/v2/private/close_position")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": 6130,\n  \"method\": \"private/close_position\",\n  \"params\": {\n    \"instrument_name\": \"ETH-PERPETUAL\",\n    \"type\": \"limit\",\n    \"price\": 145.17\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 6130,
  "result": {
    "trades": [
      {
        "trade_seq": 1966068,
        "trade_id": "ETH-2696097",
        "timestamp": 1590486335742,
        "tick_direction": 0,
        "state": "filled",
        "reduce_only": true,
        "price": 202.8,
        "post_only": false,
        "order_type": "limit",
        "order_id": "ETH-584864807",
        "matching_id": null,
        "mark_price": 202.79,
        "liquidity": "T",
        "instrument_name": "ETH-PERPETUAL",
        "index_price": 202.86,
        "fee_currency": "ETH",
        "fee": 0.00007766,
        "direction": "sell",
        "amount": 21
      }
    ],
    "order": {
      "web": false,
      "time_in_force": "good_til_cancelled",
      "replaced": false,
      "reduce_only": true,
      "price": 198.75,
      "post_only": false,
      "order_type": "limit",
      "order_state": "filled",
      "order_id": "ETH-584864807",
      "max_show": 21,
      "last_update_timestamp": 1590486335742,
      "label": "",
      "is_rebalance": false,
      "is_liquidation": false,
      "instrument_name": "ETH-PERPETUAL",
      "filled_amount": 21,
      "direction": "sell",
      "creation_timestamp": 1590486335742,
      "average_price": 202.8,
      "api": true,
      "amount": 21
    }
  }
}

Query Parameters

​
instrument_name
string
required

Instrument name Unique instrument identifier

Example:

"BTC-PERPETUAL"

​
type
enum<string>
required

The order type

Available options:
limit,
market
​
price
number

Optional price for limit order.

Response

200 - application/json

Success response

​
jsonrpc
enum<string>
required

The JSON-RPC version (2.0)

Available options:
2.0
​
result
object
required
​
id
integer

The id that was sent in the request