Service

Ping the WhiteBIT WebSocket server to check connection health and keep the connection alive.

Check API availability with ping/pong and query the current server time. The Service channel supports one-time queries only — no subscription or push events. Use ping to verify connection health and retrieve the server timestamp for clock synchronization.

Connect to wss://api.whitebit.com/ws — see WebSocket Overview for protocol details and keepalive requirements.

Rate limits

Update frequency

Client-initiated via server.time request. The server enforces a 60-second ping timeout — send a ping within 60 seconds to keep the connection alive.

Error codes

Ping

Send a ping every 50 seconds to keep the connection alive. The server closes the connection after 60 seconds of inactivity.

Request

Response

Server time

Request

Response

result is the current server time as a Unix timestamp (integer seconds).