MetaApi PHP SDK

A modern PHP SDK for selected MetaApi services:

MetaTrader account management
Provisioning profiles
Account replicas
MT4/MT5 demo accounts
Expert advisors
User quota management
Known trading servers
MetaApi REST terminal API
CopyFactory
MetaStats

This package does not yet wrap every MetaApi API, but the exposed services are organized around the current SDK entry point and resource classes.

Real-time streaming/WebSocket support is planned for a future version.

Requirements

PHP 8.2 or newer

Installation

composer require victorycodedev/metaapi-cloud-php-sdk

Quick Start

Use MetaApiClient as the main SDK entry point:

use Victorycodedev\MetaapiCloudPhpSdk\MetaApiClient;
use Victorycodedev\MetaapiCloudPhpSdk\Exceptions\MetaApiException;

$metaapi = new MetaApiClient('AUTH_TOKEN');

try {
    $accounts = $metaapi->accounts()->accounts([
        'limit' => 100,
        'offset' => 0,
    ]);
} catch (MetaApiException $exception) {
    echo $exception->getMessage();
    echo $exception->statusCode();

    print_r($exception->response());
}

All failed MetaApi responses throw MetaApiException. The exception includes the HTTP status code, parsed MetaApi error response, response headers, error id, error name, details and retry-after header when available.

The SDK applies MetaApi authentication headers automatically, including when you inject a custom Guzzle client.

Regions

Account Management uses MetaApi's global provisioning URL and does not require a region.

Regional services default to new-york and accept region names:

$copyFactory = $metaapi->copyFactory(region: 'london');
$terminal = $metaapi->terminal(region: 'london');
$metaStats = $metaapi->metaStats(region: 'london');

For private/custom regions, pass the service URL:

$copyFactory = $metaapi->copyFactory(
    serverUrl: 'https://copyfactory-api-v1.my-region.example.com'
);

$terminal = $metaapi->terminal(
    serverUrl: 'https://mt-client-api-v1.my-region.example.com',
    marketDataServerUrl: 'https://mt-market-data-client-api-v1.my-region.example.com'
);

Account Management

$accounts = $metaapi->accounts();

Create an account:

try {
    $response = $accounts->create([
        'login' => '123456',
        'password' => 'password',
        'name' => 'Main MT5 account',
        'server' => 'ICMarketsSC-Demo',
        'platform' => 'mt5',
        'magic' => 123456,
        'type' => 'cloud-g2',
    ]);

    if ($response->isCreated()) {
        echo "Account created: " . $response->id();
    }

    if ($response->isAccepted()) {
        echo "Account creation accepted. Retry after: " . ($response->retryAfter() ?? 'not specified');
    }
} catch (MetaApiException $exception) {
    echo $exception->getMessage();
}

accounts()->create() returns an ActionResponse because MetaApi can respond with 201 Created or 202 Accepted.

$response->body();
$response->statusCode();
$response->headers();
$response->retryAfter();
$response->isCreated();
$response->isAccepted();
$response->shouldRetry();
$response->id();
$response->state();

Read accounts:

$allAccounts = $accounts->accounts([
    'deploymentStatus' => ['deployed'],
    'type' => ['cloud-g2'],
    'limit' => 100,
    'offset' => 0,
], apiVersion: 2);

$account = $accounts->readById('account-id');

Update and lifecycle operations:

$accounts->update('account-id', [
    'name' => 'Updated account name',
    'password' => 'new-password',
]);

$accounts->deploy('account-id');
$accounts->undeploy('account-id');
$accounts->redeploy('account-id');
$accounts->delete('account-id', executeForAllReplicas: true);

Enable account features/APIs:

$accounts->enableFeatures('account-id', [
    'metastatsApiEnabled' => true,
    'riskManagementApiEnabled' => true,
    'reliabilityIncreased' => true,
    'copyFactoryApi' => [
        'copyFactoryRoles' => ['PROVIDER'],
        'copyFactoryResourceSlots' => 1,
    ],
]);

Create a secure configuration link:

$link = $accounts->createConfigurationLink('account-id', ttlInDays: 3);

Provisioning Profiles

$profiles = $metaapi->provisioningProfiles();

$created = $profiles->createProvisioningProfile([
    'name' => 'ICMarkets MT5',
    'version' => 5,
    'brokerTimezone' => 'EET',
    'brokerDSTSwitchTimezone' => 'EET',
    'type' => 'mtTerminal',
]);

$profiles->uploadProvisioningProfileFile(
    $created['id'],
    'servers.dat',
    '/path/to/servers.dat'
);

$profile = $profiles->provisioningProfile($created['id']);

Available methods:

provisioningProfiles(array $filters = [], ?int $apiVersion = null)
provisioningProfile(string $profileId)
createProvisioningProfile(array $data)
uploadProvisioningProfileFile(string $profileId, string $fileName, string $filePath)
updateProvisioningProfile(string $profileId, array $data)
deleteProvisioningProfile(string $profileId)

Account Replicas

$replicas = $metaapi->accountReplicas();

$response = $replicas->createReplica(
    'primary-account-id',
    [
        'magic' => 123456,
        'region' => 'london',
    ],
);

if ($response->shouldRetry()) {
    echo "Replica creation accepted. Retry after: " . ($response->retryAfter() ?? 'not specified');
}

A transaction ID is auto-generated. Pass your own transactionId to retry an accepted request.

Available methods:

replicas(string $accountId)
replica(string $accountId, string $replicaId)
createReplica(string $accountId, array $data, ?string $transactionId = null) returns ActionResponse
updateReplica(string $accountId, string $replicaId, array $data)
undeployReplica(string $accountId, string $replicaId)
deployReplica(string $accountId, string $replicaId)
redeployReplica(string $accountId, string $replicaId)
deleteReplica(string $accountId, string $replicaId)
generateReplicaCodeSample(string $accountId, string $replicaId, string $platform)
increaseReplicaReliability(string $accountId, string $replicaId)

Demo Accounts

$demoAccounts = $metaapi->demoAccounts();

Create a MetaTrader 4 demo account:

$response = $demoAccounts->createMT4DemoAccount(
    'provisioning-profile-id',
    [
        'accountType' => 'type',
        'balance' => 1000,
        'email' => 'user@example.com',
        'leverage' => 10,
        'name' => 'Test User',
        'phone' => '+12345678901',
        'serverName' => 'Example-Server',
        'keywords' => ['Example Broker Ltd'],
    ],
);

if ($response->isCreated()) {
    echo "Demo account created. Login: " . $response->body()['login'];
}

if ($response->shouldRetry()) {
    echo "Request accepted. Retry after: " . ($response->retryAfter() ?? 'not specified');
}

A transaction ID is auto-generated for you. You can also pass your own if you need to retry an accepted request:

$response = $demoAccounts->createMT4DemoAccount(
    'provisioning-profile-id',
    [...],
    transactionId: 'my-custom-32-char-transaction-id'
);

Create a MetaTrader 5 demo account:

$response = $demoAccounts->createMT5DemoAccount(
    'provisioning-profile-id',
    [
        'accountType' => 'type',
        'balance' => 1000,
        'email' => 'user@example.com',
        'leverage' => 10,
        'name' => 'Test User',
        'phone' => '+12345678901',
        'serverName' => 'Example-Server',
        'keywords' => ['Example Broker Ltd'],
    ],
);

Both methods return ActionResponse — the same type used by accounts()->create().

Expert Advisors

$eas = $metaapi->expertAdvisors();

// List all expert advisors on an account
$advisors = $eas->expertAdvisors('account-id');

// Read a specific expert advisor
$advisor = $eas->expertAdvisor('account-id', 'expert-id');

// Update or create an expert advisor
$eas->updateExpertAdvisor('account-id', 'expert-id', [
    'symbol' => 'EURUSD',
    'period' => '1H',
    'preset' => 'base64-encoded-preset',
]);

// Upload an expert advisor file
$eas->uploadExpertAdvisorFile('account-id', 'expert-id', '/path/to/expert.ex5');

// Delete an expert advisor
$eas->deleteExpertAdvisor('account-id', 'expert-id');

Available methods:

expertAdvisors(string $accountId)
expertAdvisor(string $accountId, string $expertId)
updateExpertAdvisor(string $accountId, string $expertId, array $data)
uploadExpertAdvisorFile(string $accountId, string $expertId, string $filePath)
deleteExpertAdvisor(string $accountId, string $expertId)

Quota

$quota = $metaapi->quotas();

// Get user quota and usage for all regions
$quotas = $quota->quotas();

// Get quota update requests
$updateRequests = $quota->quotaUpdateRequests();

// Request a region quota update
$quota->requestRegionQuotaUpdate('vint-hill', [
    'maxAccounts' => 150,
    'maxDeployedG1Accounts' => 25,
    'maxDeployedG2Accounts' => 120,
    'maxDeployedCopyFactoryAccounts' => 120,
    'maxDedicatedIpv4' => 100,
    'justification' => 'quota update request justification message',
]);

Available methods:

quotas()
quotaUpdateRequests()
requestRegionQuotaUpdate(string $region, array $data)

Mt Servers

$mtServers = $metaapi->mtServers();

// Search known trading servers by MT version
$servers = $mtServers->knownTradingServers(5, 'icmarketssc');

Available methods:

knownTradingServers(int $version, string $query)

CopyFactory

$copyFactory = $metaapi->copyFactory(region: 'london');

CopyFactory is grouped by resource:

$copyFactory->configuration();
$copyFactory->webhooks();
$copyFactory->history();
$copyFactory->trading();
$copyFactory->logs();
$copyFactory->copyTrade();

Configuration:

$strategyId = $copyFactory->configuration()->generateStrategyId();

$strategies = $copyFactory->configuration()->strategies(
    includeRemoved: false,
    limit: 1000,
    offset: 0
);

$copyFactory->configuration()->updateStrategy('strategy-id', [
    'name' => 'Main strategy',
    'description' => 'Copies my main account',
    'accountId' => 'provider-account-id',
]);

$copyFactory->configuration()->portfolioStrategies();

$copyFactory->configuration()->updateSubscriber('subscriber-account-id', [
    'name' => 'Main subscriber',
    'subscriptions' => [
        [
            'strategyId' => 'strategy-id',
            'multiplier' => 1,
        ],
    ],
]);

Webhooks:

$copyFactory->webhooks()->create('strategy-id', [
    'url' => 'https://example.com/copyfactory/webhook',
]);

$copyFactory->webhooks()->list('strategy-id');
$copyFactory->webhooks()->update('strategy-id', 'webhook-id', ['enabled' => true]);
$copyFactory->webhooks()->remove('strategy-id', 'webhook-id');

History:

$copyFactory->history()->providedTransactions([
    'from' => '2020-04-20T04:00:00.000Z',
    'till' => '2020-04-20T04:30:00.000Z',
]);

$copyFactory->history()->subscriptionTransactions([
    'from' => '2020-04-20T04:00:00.000Z',
    'till' => '2020-04-20T04:30:00.000Z',
]);

$copyFactory->history()->strategyTransactionsStream('strategy-id');
$copyFactory->history()->subscriberTransactionsStream('subscriber-id');

Trading:

$copyFactory->trading()->signals('subscriber-id');
$copyFactory->trading()->externalSignals('strategy-id');

$copyFactory->trading()->updateExternalSignal('strategy-id', 'signal-id', [
    'symbol' => 'EURUSD',
]);

$copyFactory->trading()->removeExternalSignal('strategy-id', 'signal-id', [
    'time' => '2020-08-24T00:00:00.000Z',
]);

$copyFactory->trading()->stopouts('subscriber-id');
$copyFactory->trading()->resetSubscriptionStopouts(
    'subscriber-id',
    'strategy-id',
    'day-balance-difference'
);
$copyFactory->trading()->resetSubscriberStopouts(
    'subscriber-id',
    'day-balance-difference'
);
$copyFactory->trading()->stopoutsStream();
$copyFactory->trading()->resynchronize('subscriber-id');

Logs:

$copyFactory->logs()->userLog('subscriber-id');
$copyFactory->logs()->userLogStream('subscriber-id');
$copyFactory->logs()->strategyLog('strategy-id');
$copyFactory->logs()->strategyLogStream('strategy-id');

Configure Copy Trading

This configures CopyFactory to copy trades from a provider account into a subscriber account.

For production apps, create and store a strategy id yourself, then pass it into the helper. This avoids extra lookup requests.

$result = $copyFactory->copyTrade()->configureCopyTrading(
    providerAccountId: 'provider-account-id',
    subscriberAccountId: 'subscriber-account-id',
    strategyId: 'strategy-id',
    strategy: [
        'name' => 'Main strategy',
        'description' => 'Copies my main trading account',
    ],
    subscription: [
        'multiplier' => 1,
    ],
    subscriber: [
        'name' => 'Main subscriber',
    ],
    validateAccountRoles: false
);

If you omit strategyId, the SDK generates one. It does not list all strategies unless you explicitly enable reuse:

$result = $copyFactory->copyTrade()->configureCopyTrading(
    providerAccountId: 'provider-account-id',
    subscriberAccountId: 'subscriber-account-id',
    reuseExistingStrategy: true
);

If you already fetched account data, pass it in to skip account reads:

$result = $copyFactory->copyTrade()->configureCopyTrading(
    providerAccountId: 'provider-public-id',
    subscriberAccountId: 'subscriber-public-id',
    providerAccount: [
        '_id' => 'provider-internal-id',
        'copyFactoryRoles' => ['PROVIDER'],
    ],
    subscriberAccount: [
        '_id' => 'subscriber-internal-id',
        'copyFactoryRoles' => ['SUBSCRIBER'],
    ],
);

For a quick setup, copy() is available as a shortcut:

$result = $copyFactory->copy(
    'provider-account-id',
    'subscriber-account-id',
    'strategy-id'
);

The shortcut delegates to configureCopyTrading(). Use the full method when you need custom strategy/subscriber payloads, validation control or reuse behavior.

MetaApi REST Terminal API

$terminal = $metaapi->terminal(region: 'london');

The REST terminal API is grouped by resource:

$terminal->state();
$terminal->history();
$terminal->marketData();
$terminal->margin();
$terminal->trading();
$terminal->credits();

Read trading terminal state:

$accountInformation = $terminal->state()->accountInformation('account-id');
$positions = $terminal->state()->positions('account-id');
$position = $terminal->state()->position('account-id', 'position-id');
$orders = $terminal->state()->orders('account-id');
$order = $terminal->state()->order('account-id', 'order-id');
$serverTime = $terminal->state()->serverTime('account-id');

Retrieve historical data:

$ordersByTicket = $terminal->history()->historyOrdersByTicket('account-id', 'ticket');
$ordersByPosition = $terminal->history()->historyOrdersByPosition('account-id', 'position-id');

$ordersByTime = $terminal->history()->historyOrdersByTimeRange(
    'account-id',
    '2020-09-08 22:21:36.000',
    '2020-09-09 22:21:36.000',
    offset: 0,
    limit: 1000
);

$dealsByTicket = $terminal->history()->dealsByTicket('account-id', 'ticket');
$dealsByPosition = $terminal->history()->dealsByPosition('account-id', 'position-id');
$dealsByTime = $terminal->history()->dealsByTimeRange(
    'account-id',
    '2020-09-08 22:21:36.000',
    '2020-09-09 22:21:36.000'
);

Retrieve market data:

$symbols = $terminal->marketData()->symbols('account-id');
$specification = $terminal->marketData()->symbolSpecification('account-id', 'EURUSD');
$price = $terminal->marketData()->symbolPrice('account-id', 'EURUSD', keepSubscription: true);
$candle = $terminal->marketData()->candle('account-id', 'EURUSD', '1m');
$tick = $terminal->marketData()->tick('account-id', 'EURUSD');
$book = $terminal->marketData()->orderBook('account-id', 'EURUSD');

$historicalCandles = $terminal->marketData()->historicalCandles(
    'account-id',
    'EURUSD',
    '1m',
    startTime: '2020-09-08T22:21:36.000Z',
    limit: 1000
);

$historicalTicks = $terminal->marketData()->historicalTicks(
    'account-id',
    'EURUSD',
    startTime: '2020-09-08T22:21:36.000Z',
    offset: 0,
    limit: 1000
);

Calculate margin:

$margin = $terminal->margin()->calculate('account-id', [
    'symbol' => 'GBPUSD',
    'type' => 'ORDER_TYPE_BUY',
    'volume' => 0.1,
    'openPrice' => 1.25,
]);

Trade:

$result = $terminal->trading()->trade('account-id', [
    'actionType' => 'ORDER_TYPE_BUY',
    'symbol' => 'EURUSD',
    'volume' => 0.01,
    'stopLoss' => 1.09,
    'takeProfit' => 1.11,
]);

$terminal->trading()->createMarketBuyOrder('account-id', 'EURUSD', 0.01);
$terminal->trading()->createMarketSellOrder('account-id', 'EURUSD', 0.01);
$terminal->trading()->createLimitBuyOrder('account-id', 'EURUSD', 0.01, 1.08);
$terminal->trading()->createStopSellOrder('account-id', 'EURUSD', 0.01, 1.07);
$terminal->trading()->createStopLimitBuyOrder('account-id', 'EURUSD', 0.01, 1.08, 1.081);
$terminal->trading()->modifyPosition('account-id', 'position-id', stopLoss: 1.09);
$terminal->trading()->closePosition('account-id', 'position-id');
$terminal->trading()->closePositionPartially('account-id', 'position-id', 0.01);
$terminal->trading()->closePositionsBySymbol('account-id', 'EURUSD');
$terminal->trading()->cancelOrder('account-id', 'order-id');

Retrieve CPU credit usage:

$credits = $terminal->credits()->usage('account-id');

MetaStats

$stats = $metaapi->metaStats(region: 'london');

Calculate metrics:

$metrics = $stats->metrics('account-id', includeOpenPositions: true);

Get historical trades:

$trades = $stats->historicalTrades(
    'account-id',
    '2020-09-08 22:21:36.000',
    '2020-09-09 22:21:36.000',
    [
        'limit' => 1000,
        'offset' => 0,
        'updateHistory' => true,
    ]
);

Get open trades:

$openTrades = $stats->openTrades('account-id');

Reset metrics and trade history:

$stats->resetMetrics('account-id');

Error Handling

use Victorycodedev\MetaapiCloudPhpSdk\Exceptions\MetaApiException;

try {
    $account = $metaapi->accounts()->readById('account-id');
} catch (MetaApiException $exception) {
    echo $exception->message();
    echo $exception->statusCode();
    echo $exception->id();
    echo $exception->error();

    print_r($exception->details());
    print_r($exception->toArray());
    print_r($exception->response());
}

MetaApiException reflects MetaApi's standard REST error model:

$exception->id();       // Error id
$exception->error();    // Error name, e.g. ValidationError
$exception->message();  // User-friendly error description
$exception->details();  // Additional validation details
$exception->toArray();  // id, error, message and details

The existing errorId(), errorName() and getMessage() methods remain available for backward compatibility. HTTP response errors and transport failures from custom Guzzle clients are normalized to MetaApiException; the original transport exception is available through getPrevious().

Testing

composer test

API Reference

All API references can be found on the MetaApi documentation website: https://metaapi.cloud/

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please open an issue.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.

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License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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Configure Copy Trading

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