Installation

Library Crates

Add the crate you actually want to use.

Market data:

[dependencies]
alpaca-data = "0.24.3"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }

Trading:

[dependencies]
alpaca-trade = "0.24.3"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }

Low-level crates are also published:

• alpaca-core
• alpaca-rest-http

Most users should not start from those low-level crates.

Binary Crate

Install the mock server:

cargo install alpaca-mock

Run from the workspace:

cargo run -p alpaca-mock

Credentials

Market data:

• ALPACA_DATA_API_KEY
• ALPACA_DATA_SECRET_KEY

Trading:

• ALPACA_TRADE_API_KEY
• ALPACA_TRADE_SECRET_KEY

Mock server binding:

• ALPACA_MOCK_LISTEN_ADDR

Versioning Note

The workspace publishes multiple crates that move together. If you depend on more than one alpaca-* crate directly, keep their versions aligned.