Prediction Market API

The Prediction Market API provides methods to initialize and manage prediction markets on Solana.

Access

from dflow import DFlowClient
 
client = DFlowClient()
pm_api = client.prediction_market

Methods

initialize_market

Initialize a new prediction market (requires authorization).

def initialize_market(
    event_ticker: str,
    market_ticker: str,
    title: str,
    description: str,
    expiration_time: int,
    user_public_key: str,
    oracle_public_key: str | None = None
) -> PredictionMarketInitResponse

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`event_ticker`	`str`	Parent event ticker
`market_ticker`	`str`	Unique market ticker
`title`	`str`	Market title
`description`	`str`	Market description
`expiration_time`	`int`	Unix timestamp for expiration
`user_public_key`	`str`	Creator's public key
`oracle_public_key`	`str \| None`	Oracle for settlement

Example

import time
 
market = client.prediction_market.initialize_market(
    event_ticker="CRYPTO-2025",
    market_ticker="BTC-100K-JAN",
    title="Will BTC reach $100K by January 2025?",
    description="Resolves YES if Bitcoin reaches $100,000 USD",
    expiration_time=int(time.time()) + 86400 * 30,  # 30 days
    user_public_key=str(keypair.pubkey())
)
 
signature = sign_and_send_transaction(market.transaction, keypair)
print(f"Market created: {market.market_address}")

Types

PredictionMarketInitResponse

class PredictionMarketInitResponse(BaseModel):
    market_address: str
    transaction: str  # Base64 encoded
    yes_token_mint: str
    no_token_mint: str

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