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# Get insurance fund

GET https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund

Retrieve the balance of the insurance fund and its change history for the given instrument type.

Reference: https://okx-demo.ferndocs.com/api/api-reference/public-data/get-insurance-fund

## Request

### Query parameters

- `instType` (enum, required) — Instrument type.
  - Allowed values: `MARGIN`, `SWAP`, `FUTURES`, `OPTION`
- `type` (enum, optional) — Type of insurance-fund activity.
  - Allowed values: `liquidation_balance_deposit`, `bankruptcy_loss`, `platform_revenue`, `adl`
- `uly` (string, optional) — Underlying, e.g. BTC-USD. Required for FUTURES/SWAP/OPTION when instFamily is not passed.
- `instFamily` (string, optional) — Instrument family, e.g. BTC-USD. Required for FUTURES/SWAP/OPTION when uly is not passed.
- `ccy` (string, optional) — Currency, only applicable to MARGIN.
- `before` (string, optional) — Pagination of data to return records newer than the requested ts, Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
- `after` (string, optional) — Pagination of data to return records earlier than the requested ts, Unix timestamp in milliseconds.
- `limit` (string, optional) — Number of results per request. The maximum is 100; the default is 100.

## Response

### 200

Successful response

- `code` (string, optional) — Result code. `0` means success; any other value is an error code.
- `msg` (string, optional) — Error message. Empty on success.
- `data` (list of ApiV5PublicInsuranceFundGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems, optional)

## Types

### ApiV5PublicInsuranceFundGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems

- `instFamily` (string, optional) — Instrument family. Applicable to FUTURES/SWAP/OPTION.
- `instType` (string, optional) — Instrument type.
- `ccy` (string, optional) — Currency.
- `details` (list of ApiV5PublicInsuranceFundGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsDetailsItems, optional) — Insurance fund details.

### ApiV5PublicInsuranceFundGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsDetailsItems

- `balance` (string, optional) — Balance of the insurance fund.
- `amt` (string, optional) — Change in the balance of the insurance fund.
- `ccy` (string, optional) — Currency of the insurance fund.
- `type` (string, optional) — Type of the change in the insurance fund.
- `maxBal` (string, optional) — Maximum insurance fund balance in the past eight hours. Only applicable to adl.
- `maxBalTs` (string, optional) — Timestamp when the maximum balance was reached, Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Only applicable to adl.
- `decRate` (string, optional) — Real-time insurance fund decline rate (only applicable to adl).
- `adlType` (string, optional) — ADL-related events: rate_adl_start, cease_adl_start, position_adl_start, or fee_adl_start.
- `ts` (string, optional) — Update time, Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": "0",
  "msg": "",
  "data": [
    {
      "instFamily": "ETH-USD",
      "instType": "OPTION",
      "details": [
        {
          "balance": "1369179138.7489",
          "amt": "1343.1308",
          "ccy": "ETH",
          "type": "liquidation_balance_deposit",
          "maxBal": "",
          "maxBalTs": "",
          "adlType": "",
          "ts": "1704883083000"
        }
      ],
      "total": "1369179138.7489"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
import requests

url = "https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund"

querystring = {"instType":"MARGIN"}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
const url = 'https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund?instType=MARGIN';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund?instType=MARGIN"

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

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund?instType=MARGIN")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund?instType=MARGIN")
  .asString();
```

```php publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund?instType=MARGIN');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund?instType=MARGIN");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift publicData_getInsuranceFund_example
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/insurance-fund?instType=MARGIN")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```