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Drift emits events for all protocol activities. This guide shows how to listen to and process these events.

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Event Types

Drift emits events for:
  • Order placement, fills, and cancellations
  • Position changes
  • Liquidations
  • Funding rate updates
  • PnL settlements

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Listen to All Events

event-listener.ts
import {
  EventSubscriber,
  WrappedEvent,
  DriftClient,
} from '@drift-labs/sdk';

async function listenToEvents(driftClient: DriftClient) {
  // Create event subscriber
  const eventSubscriber = new EventSubscriber({
    connection: driftClient.connection,
    programId: driftClient.program.programId,
  });

  await eventSubscriber.subscribe();

  // Listen for all events
  eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event: WrappedEvent) => {
    console.log('\nNew event:', event.eventType);
    console.log('Slot:', event.slot);
    console.log('Tx:', event.txSig);
    console.log('Data:', event.data);
  });

  console.log('Listening for events...');
}

export { listenToEvents };

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Order Events

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OrderRecord (Order Placement)

import { OrderRecord } from '@drift-labs/sdk';

eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event: WrappedEvent) => {
  if (event.eventType === 'OrderRecord') {
    const orderRecord = event.data as OrderRecord;
    
    console.log('Order Placed:');
    console.log('  User:', orderRecord.user.toBase58());
    console.log('  Order ID:', orderRecord.orderId);
    console.log('  Market:', orderRecord.marketIndex);
    console.log('  Direction:', orderRecord.direction);
    console.log('  Size:', orderRecord.baseAssetAmount.toString());
    console.log('  Price:', orderRecord.price?.toString());
    console.log('  Order type:', orderRecord.orderType);
  }
});

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OrderActionRecord (Fills/Cancels)

import { OrderActionRecord } from '@drift-labs/sdk';

eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event: WrappedEvent) => {
  if (event.eventType === 'OrderActionRecord') {
    const actionRecord = event.data as OrderActionRecord;
    
    console.log('Order Action:');
    console.log('  Action:', actionRecord.action);
    console.log('  Taker:', actionRecord.taker?.toBase58());
    console.log('  Maker:', actionRecord.maker?.toBase58());
    console.log('  Fill amount:', actionRecord.baseAssetAmountFilled?.toString());
    console.log('  Fill price:', actionRecord.quoteAssetAmountFilled?.toString());
    console.log('  Taker fee:', actionRecord.takerFee?.toString());
    console.log('  Maker rebate:', actionRecord.makerRebate?.toString());
  }
});

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Position Events

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FundingPaymentRecord

import { FundingPaymentRecord, convertToNumber, QUOTE_PRECISION } from '@drift-labs/sdk';

eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event: WrappedEvent) => {
  if (event.eventType === 'FundingPaymentRecord') {
    const fundingRecord = event.data as FundingPaymentRecord;
    
    console.log('Funding Payment:');
    console.log('  User:', fundingRecord.user.toBase58());
    console.log('  Market:', fundingRecord.marketIndex);
    console.log('  Amount:', convertToNumber(fundingRecord.fundingPayment, QUOTE_PRECISION));
    console.log('  Position:', fundingRecord.baseAssetAmount.toString());
  }
});

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SettlePnlRecord

import { SettlePnlRecord } from '@drift-labs/sdk';

eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event: WrappedEvent) => {
  if (event.eventType === 'SettlePnlRecord') {
    const settlePnlRecord = event.data as SettlePnlRecord;
    
    console.log('PnL Settled:');
    console.log('  User:', settlePnlRecord.user.toBase58());
    console.log('  Market:', settlePnlRecord.marketIndex);
    console.log('  PnL:', convertToNumber(settlePnlRecord.pnl, QUOTE_PRECISION));
  }
});

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Liquidation Events

import { LiquidationRecord } from '@drift-labs/sdk';

eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event: WrappedEvent) => {
  if (event.eventType === 'LiquidationRecord') {
    const liquidationRecord = event.data as LiquidationRecord;
    
    console.log('Liquidation:');
    console.log('  User:', liquidationRecord.user.toBase58());
    console.log('  Liquidator:', liquidationRecord.liquidator.toBase58());
    console.log('  Market:', liquidationRecord.marketIndex);
    console.log('  Liquidation type:', liquidationRecord.liquidationType);
    console.log('  Base amount:', liquidationRecord.liquidatePerp?.baseAssetAmount?.toString());
    console.log('  Quote amount:', liquidationRecord.liquidatePerp?.quoteAssetAmount?.toString());
  }
});

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Account Updates

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User Account Updates

import { User, positionIsAvailable, OrderStatus } from '@drift-labs/sdk';

const user = new User({
  driftClient,
  userAccountPublicKey: await driftClient.getUserAccountPublicKey(),
  accountSubscription: {
    type: 'websocket',
  },
});

await user.subscribe();

user.eventEmitter.on('userAccountUpdate', (userAccount) => {
  console.log('User account updated');
  console.log('  Settled PnL:', userAccount.settledPerpPnl.toString());
  console.log('  Active positions:', userAccount.perpPositions.filter(
    p => !positionIsAvailable(p)
  ).length);
  console.log('  Open orders:', userAccount.orders.filter(
    o => o.status === OrderStatus.OPEN
  ).length);
});

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Market Updates

driftClient.eventEmitter.on('perpMarketAccountUpdate', (market) => {
  console.log(`Market ${market.marketIndex} updated`);
  console.log('  Base reserve:', market.amm.baseAssetReserve.toString());
  console.log('  Quote reserve:', market.amm.quoteAssetReserve.toString());
  console.log('  Last funding rate:', market.amm.lastFundingRate.toString());
});

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Oracle Updates

driftClient.eventEmitter.on('oraclePriceUpdate', (pubkey, source, data) => {
  console.log('Oracle price update:');
  console.log('  Oracle:', pubkey.toBase58());
  console.log('  Source:', source);
  console.log('  Price:', convertToNumber(data.price, PRICE_PRECISION));
  console.log('  Confidence:', data.confidence.toString());
  console.log('  Slot:', data.slot);
});

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Parse Transaction Logs

import { parseLogsForEvents } from '@drift-labs/sdk';

// Get transaction
const tx = await connection.getTransaction(txSig, {
  commitment: 'confirmed',
});

if (tx?.meta?.logMessages) {
  // Parse events from logs
  const events = parseLogsForEvents(tx.meta.logMessages);
  
  for (const event of events) {
    console.log('Event from tx:', event.eventType);
    console.log('Data:', event.data);
  }
}

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Filter Events

// Filter events for specific user
const myUserPubkey = await driftClient.getUserAccountPublicKey();

eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event: WrappedEvent) => {
  if (event.eventType === 'OrderRecord') {
    const orderRecord = event.data as OrderRecord;
    
    if (orderRecord.user.equals(myUserPubkey)) {
      console.log('My order placed:', orderRecord.orderId);
    }
  }
});

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Event Monitoring Dashboard

class EventMonitor {
  private orderCount = 0;
  private fillCount = 0;
  private liquidationCount = 0;

  async start(driftClient: DriftClient) {
    const eventSubscriber = new EventSubscriber({
      connection: driftClient.connection,
      programId: driftClient.program.programId,
    });

    await eventSubscriber.subscribe();

    eventSubscriber.eventEmitter.on('newEvent', (event) => {
      switch (event.eventType) {
        case 'OrderRecord':
          this.orderCount++;
          break;
        case 'OrderActionRecord':
          const action = event.data as OrderActionRecord;
          if (action.action === 'Fill') {
            this.fillCount++;
          }
          break;
        case 'LiquidationRecord':
          this.liquidationCount++;
          break;
      }
    });

    // Print stats every 10 seconds
    setInterval(() => {
      console.log('\nEvent Stats:');
      console.log('  Orders:', this.orderCount);
      console.log('  Fills:', this.fillCount);
      console.log('  Liquidations:', this.liquidationCount);
    }, 10000);
  }
}

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Best Practices

Implement reconnection logic for WebSocket disconnects.
Buffer events during processing to avoid missing data.
Filter for relevant events early to reduce processing load.
Always handle errors gracefully and log for debugging.

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Next Steps

Market Making

Use events in market making

Event Types

All event type definitions

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