We build custom applications 5x faster and cheaper 🚀
Book a Free Consultation
Stuck on an error? Book a 30-minute call with an engineer and get a direct fix + next steps. No pressure, no commitment.
Direct answer: Integrate Polymarket Odds with OpenClaw by building a small, authenticated skill that calls Polymarket’s Odds API (either by receiving webhooks from Polymarket or by polling the API), exposing only the minimal runtime surface in the agent and pushing stateful or long-running work to external services (web server for webhooks, scheduler/queue for polling or retries, and a secure secret store for API keys/tokens). Configure the skill through ClawHub with environment variables and credentials, validate webhooks or OAuth exchanges server-side, implement idempotency and rate-limit handling, and use logs + API response inspection when debugging.
Example: read odds for a market ID with an API key (Node.js using fetch). Replace baseUrl and headers per Polymarket docs and your credentials.
// Fetch market odds (generic REST example)
const baseUrl = process.env.POLY_API_BASE; // e.g. https://api.polymarket.example
const apiKey = process.env.POLY_API_KEY;
async function fetchMarketOdds(marketId) {
const url = `${baseUrl}/markets/${marketId}/odds`;
const res = await fetch(url, {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json",
"Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}` // or "x-api-key": apiKey depending on provider
},
// // optional timeout using AbortController
});
// // check status and parse JSON
if (!res.ok) {
const body = await res.text();
throw new Error(`Polymarket API error ${res.status}: ${body}`);
}
return res.json();
}
If Polymarket can deliver webhooks for odds updates, run a public HTTPS endpoint that validates a signature header. The exact signature scheme depends on Polymarket; the code shows HMAC-SHA256 verification as a common pattern. Replace verification details with Polymarket's documented method.
// Minimal Express webhook receiver
const express = require("express");
const crypto = require("crypto");
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.raw({ type: "*/*" })); // read raw body for signature verification
const webhookSecret = process.env.WEBHOOK_SIGNING_SECRET;
function verifySignature(rawBody, signatureHeader) {
// // common pattern: HMAC-SHA256 hex of raw body, keyed by webhookSecret
const h = crypto.createHmac("sha256", webhookSecret);
h.update(rawBody);
const expected = h.digest("hex");
return crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(expected, "utf8"), Buffer.from(signatureHeader, "utf8"));
}
app.post("/webhook/polymarket/odds", (req, res) => {
const signature = req.get("x-polymarket-signature") || ""; // placeholder header name
if (!verifySignature(req.body, signature)) {
return res.status(401).send("invalid signature");
}
// // parse JSON after verification
const payload = JSON.parse(req.body.toString("utf8"));
// // enqueue for processing by your backend worker
// enqueueEvent(payload);
res.status(200).send("ok");
});
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000);
If there is no webhook support, a scheduled job in your external backend polls important markets and pushes diffs to your skill or to downstream consumers. Keep the agent out of the long-running scheduler.
// Poller job (run on a cron or scheduler)
const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000; // example: 30 seconds
async function pollMarkets(marketIds) {
for (const id of marketIds) {
try {
const odds = await fetchMarketOdds(id);
// // persist or enqueue diff logic
// saveOrPublish(odds);
} catch (err) {
console.error("poll error", id, err);
// // backoff and retry/requeue
}
}
}
// // scheduler run (use real scheduler for production)
setInterval(() => pollMarkets(["marketA", "marketB"]), POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
Summary: Build a small ClawHub-installed skill that delegates heavy work to an external backend: secure API keys/OAuth in a secrets store, validate webhooks or poll responsibly for odds, implement idempotency and retries, and use robust logging and monitoring to debug. Keep the skill stateless and explicit — configure everything in ClawHub and your backend so the integration is auditable and maintainable.
Speak one‑on‑one with a senior engineer about your no‑code app, migration goals, and budget. In just half an hour you’ll leave with clear, actionable next steps—no strings attached.
1
The registry fails to map Polymarket marketId because the adapter and the registry disagree about the identifier name or value at runtime: common causes are a casing/key mismatch, YAML formatting (unquoted values or wrong nesting), the feed emitting a different field than you configured, or the registry snapshot not loaded/refreshing so the key isn’t present. Authentication/permission errors can also prevent the adapter from resolving the instrument.
2
Polymarket websocket gaps and snapshot mismatches should be handled by detecting sequence discontinuities, pausing event application, fetching a fresh REST snapshot of the market state, reconciling events after the snapshot sequence, and resuming. Persist the last-applied sequence per market outside the agent (database or durable store), deduplicate by sequence id, and log+alert when resyncs occur.
On gap: pause processing, fetch snapshot, validate snapshot.seq, apply snapshot, reapply queued events with seq > snapshot.seq, update persisted last_seq.
// JS outline
if (msg.seq !== last_seq+1) {
pause();
snapshot = await http.get('/market/snapshot');
if (snapshot.seq>last_seq) apply(snapshot);
replayBufferedEventsAbove(snapshot.seq);
resume();
}
3
Convert Polymarket probability (0–1) to OpenClaw tick/precision by choosing a tick equal to the marketplace minimum price increment (e.g. 0.01, 0.0001). Derive precision as the decimals needed to represent that tick, then represent prices as integer ticks (price_ticks = round(probability / tick)). Use integer ticks inside strategy and risk manager to avoid floating errors.
// compute precision and convert price <-> ticks
function tickToPrecision(tick){
for(let p=0;p<=8;p++){
if(Math.abs(Math.round(tick*Math.pow(10,p))-tick*Math.pow(10,p))<1e-9) return p;
}
return 8;
}
function priceToTicks(price,tick){ return Math.round(price/tick); }
function ticksToPrice(ticks,tick){ return ticks*tick; }
// example
const tick=0.0001; const prec=tickToPrecision(tick);
const ticks=priceToTicks(0.37425,tick); // use in risk manager
4
Direct answer: Always gate order placement and PnL updates on the Polymarket market state; cancel or halt orders when a market becomes SUSPENDED and fully settle positions and realize PnL when it becomes RESOLVED. Keep an authoritative market-state record outside the agent runtime, validate before any skill executes orders, and make state transitions idempotent and logged.
Maintain a single source-of-truth (external DB) for market state updated by Polymarket webhooks and periodic API polls. In the order manager:
Ensure checks before skill execution, idempotent handlers, clear logs, and reconciliation jobs to prevent stale orders and incorrect PnL.
This prompt helps an AI assistant understand your setup and guide you through the fix step by step, without assuming technical knowledge.
From startups to enterprises and everything in between, see for yourself our incredible impact.
Need a dedicated strategic tech and growth partner? Discover what RapidDev can do for your business! Book a call with our team to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation. We’ll discuss your project and provide a custom quote at no cost.Â