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Why am I receiving "message": "Forbidden - Your API key don't have privileges to data type"?

This occurs on WebSocket whenever a certain data type is being accessed that is not included in your current subscription tier.

Example:

{ "type": "hello", "apikey": "73034021-SAMPLE-STARTUP-KEY", "heartbeat": false, "subscribe_data_type": ["quote"] }

You will receive:

{ "message": "Forbidden - Your API key don't have privileges to data type 'quote'.", "type": "error" }

This is because the Quote data type is not available for the Startup Subscription via WebSocket. 

If you'd like to upgrade your account, submit a request here: https://support.coinapi.io/hc/en-us/requests/new