---
title: "Match Market"
method: GET
path: "/v1/markets/match"
tags: ["markets"]
---

# Match Market

`GET /v1/markets/match`

Exact match a single market by Kalshi ticker or Polymarket slug. Supply exactly one.

## Query parameters

- `ticker` string, nullable — Exact Kalshi ticker (e.g. KXNBA-26-DET)
- `slug` string, nullable — Exact Polymarket slug (e.g. will-the-denver-nuggets-win-the-2026-nba-finals)

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- MarketSearchResult — Schema for a single market search result.
  - `river_id` integer, required
  - `exchange_value` integer, required
  - `exchange_name` string, required
  - `ticker` string, nullable
  - `token_id_yes` string, nullable
  - `token_id_no` string, nullable
  - `slug` string, nullable
  - `tick_size_price` number, required
  - `tick_size_qty` number, required
  - `tick_structure` string
  - `minimum_order_size` number, required
  - `expiration_datetime` string, nullable — Market expiration datetime (UTC)
  - `start_datetime` string, nullable — Game/event start datetime (UTC). Populated for sports; null otherwise.
  - `neg_risk` boolean, required
  - `neg_risk_id` string, nullable
  - `condition_id` string, nullable
  - `name` string, required
  - `subtitle` string, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `status` 'active' | 'closed' | 'inactive', required — Instrument status derived in instruments table from exchange-specific fields. Kalshi: maps from kalshi_markets.status - 'active' -> ACTIVE - everything else (closed, determined, finalized, settled, amended, inactive, initialized) -> CLOSED Polymarket: maps from polymarket_markets.closed and polymarket_markets.active booleans - closed=true -> CLOSED - active=true (and not closed) -> ACTIVE - else (active=false, closed=false) -> INACTIVE
  - `category` string
  - `subcategory` string, nullable
  - `rank` number, nullable
  - `event_ticker` string, nullable
  - `event_title` string, nullable
  - `is_combo` boolean — True for parlays.
  - `volume` integer, nullable
  - `volume_24h` integer, nullable
  - `series_ticker` string, nullable
  - `image` string, nullable
  - `last_price` number, nullable — Most recent YES price normalized to 0.0–1.0 (probability). Kalshi cents / 100; Polymarket already 0.0–1.0. NULL when no trade has been observed.
  - `primary_entity_name` string, nullable — Resolved display name of the canonical structured-target entity (player, team, competitor, …) referenced by the market. NULL for markets without a structured target. Kalshi only — Polymarket has no equivalent concept.
  - `event_market_count` integer, nullable — Total number of markets in this row's event. Only populated on the event-paginated path; when markets_per_event trims an event, this is how clients know more markets exist than were returned.

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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