You can access the COT Report programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "url": "https://www.apify.com/" }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("bleffoo/cot-report").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

COT Report API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use COT Report API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

COT Report API in JavaScript

COT Report API through CLI

COT Report OpenAPI definition

COT Report API

COT report visualizer

bleffoo/cot-report-visualizer

Automated CFTC COT Report analyzer. Extracts institutional positioning to generate Buy/Sell trading signals for Forex, Indices (SPX, DAX, Nikkei), and Commodities. Outputs clean JSON with Open Interest, Net Positioning, and Sentiment Scores. Perfect for trading bots and financial dashboards.

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