# API

**URL:** <https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/api/2199>\
**Category:** General Q&A\
**Tags:** general-qa, xid\_165953, imported\
**Created:** [March 6, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/api/2199 "2002-03-06T14:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![christopheflore\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@christopheflore\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/christopheflore_x)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/api/2199/1 "2002-03-06T14:47:00Z")

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Imported from previous forum

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**Author:** ![christopheflore\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@christopheflore\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/christopheflore_x)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/api/2199/2 "2002-03-06T14:47:00Z")

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Do some API functions exist we could use in order to communicate with FIX protocol ?  
Thanks a lot,  
[fchristophe@ccf.fr](mailto:fchristophe@ccf.fr)

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**Author:** ![scott.atwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@scott.atwell](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/scott.atwell)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/api/2199/3 "2002-03-07T13:12:00Z")

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That is the functionality of a "FIX Engine". There are commercial and open source FIX Engines (see "Vendors", "FIX Engines") or one could write their own. See "More Information", "Presentations", and the 4 part FIX and FIXML Training Class presentation from Feb 2001 for more technical details.

\> Do some API functions exist we could use in order to communicate with FIX protocol ?  
\> Thanks a lot,  
\> [fchristophe@ccf.fr](mailto:fchristophe@ccf.fr)  
\>