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Re:Ask HN: What's the worst API you've run into? by jetti on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:18AM (#13245096)
Most market exchanges, more specifically CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange). They use FIX Protocol for their API but they don't follow their own spec and so it is just guessing as what they actually want.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the worst API you've run into? by kasey_junk on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:24PM (#13254750)
It is sooooooo bad. Lots of exchanges have bad API but CBOE is for sure the worst.
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