Groww has officially entered the trading infrastructure space with the launch of its own APIs, allowing developers and retail traders to automate their trading workflows across equities, F&O, and MTF—on both NSE and BSE. This move marks a significant milestone for India’s growing base of systematic traders and fintech builders.
Designed for Real-Time, Built for Developers
Groww’s new API platform delivers exactly what most algo traders need—speed, reliability, and simplicity. With an intuitive developer experience and flat pricing, Groww’s offering covers the complete trading lifecycle:
- Fetch live market data and quotes
- Place and modify orders
- Track holdings and positions
- Access margin and MTF information
- Retrieve historical OHLC data for backtesting
The platform also supports popular instrument types like Equity (EQ), Futures (FUT), Options (CE/PE), and Index (IDX).
Performance Specs That Matter
When it comes to execution, milliseconds count. Groww has focused heavily on infrastructure performance:
- 65ms average latency
- 100 order requests per minute
- 25 quote and OHLC requests per second
- 25 concurrent real-time socket connections per user
- 5 active sessions per user
These limits strike a healthy balance between performance and safety, especially for intraday and strategy-based traders.
Simple and Affordable Pricing
Groww is currently offering flat pricing for all APIs at ₹499/month (plus taxes), compared to the earlier ₹2000. There are no usage-based charges, and all key modules—market feed, orders, portfolio, historical data, and margin—are included under a single subscription.
This pricing model opens the door for solo developers, quant researchers, and startup builders who’ve previously found trading APIs in India either inaccessible or too fragmented.
Quick Python Integration
Here’s how easy it is to get started using their Python SDK:
from growwapi import GrowwAPI
API_AUTH_TOKEN = "your_token"
groww = GrowwAPI(API_AUTH_TOKEN)
holdings = groww.get_holdings_for_user(timeout=5)
print(holdings)
For developers who prefer raw HTTP requests, Groww also provides API documentation.
A Note from the OpenAlgo Team
At OpenAlgo.in, we’re excited about this development. We’ve already started integrating Groww into OpenAlgo’s ecosystem and expect to complete the integration within the next week. This means that OpenAlgo users will soon be able to execute trading strategies on Groww through the same broker-agnostic interface they’re used to.
If you’re building your own algo strategies or platforms and want to plug into Groww seamlessly, you won’t need to start from scratch.
Closing Thoughts
Groww’s API launch is a welcome step forward for India’s retail trading community. It brings access, control, and customization to those who want to go beyond manual execution. Whether you’re building an intraday scalper, a portfolio optimizer, or just experimenting with algo trading, this platform gives you the foundation to build.
More importantly, it helps decentralize algo trading infrastructure—putting it in the hands of those who build.
