Historical Data on WebNotes

Historical API without Kite Connect access

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

For historical data on Indian equity / F&O without a Kite Connect subscription:

Source	Data
NSE / BSE bhav copy	Daily OHLC, volume; freely downloadable
Zerodha Console	Your trade history (not market historical)
Third-party APIs (paid)	Alpha Vantage, Quandl, etc.
Kite chart historical	Visible on Kite charts; not API-accessible without Connect

For programmatic / API access to historical Kite data:

Kite Connect subscription with historical data add-on.
See Kite Connect historical data API and Historical vs live data pricing .

Free alternatives

NSE bhav copy: Download daily files at nseindia.com.
BSE bhav copy: Daily data.
Yahoo Finance / Alpha Vantage: Some Indian data available.

For backtesting and analytics, free sources work; for real-time integration, Kite Connect is needed.

Kite Connect historical data API

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Kite Connect historical data API returns OHLC candles for any instrument; requires the paid historical data add-on:

Endpoint	GET /instruments/historical/:instrument_token/:interval
Intervals	minute, 3minute, 5minute, 10minute, 15minute, 30minute, 60minute, day
Lookback	Up to ~2000 candles per request
Authentication	Kite Connect access token + historical data add-on

Python example

from datetime import datetime
candles = kite.historical_data(
 instrument_token=738561, # RELIANCE
 from_date=datetime(2026, 1, 1),
 to_date=datetime(2026, 5, 20),
 interval="day"
)
# Returns list of [date, open, high, low, close, volume]

Rate limits

Historical endpoint has stricter rate limits than order placement; check Kite Connect rate limits .

Historical data for expired F&O on Kite

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Historical data for expired F&O on Zerodha Kite is partially available. For each specific monthly / weekly expiry contract, data exists up to and including the expiry date; post-expiry, the contract chart is no longer accessible from Kite’s standard chart interface but data may be retrievable via Kite Connect API.

This article details availability across Kite’s interfaces.

Kite UI: standard charts

Once an F&O contract expires, the standard chart UI of Kite typically doesn’t surface that contract. Selecting an expired contract from the marketwatch shows historical (typically last available) values; charting is limited.