# 1-second Bars, please

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/1-second-bars-please/8185>\
**Category:** Alpaca Products Discussion\
**Created:** [January 30, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/1-second-bars-please/8185 "2022-01-30T04:33:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wilf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/wilf/32/3391_2.png) [@Wilf](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Wilf)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/1-second-bars-please/8185/1 "2022-01-30T04:33:56Z")

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It’d be nice to be able to stream 1-second bars via websockets, as well as download historic data.

Reconstituting it based on tick data sure is a pain. It adds points of failure, and it consumes time & sometimes dozens of HTTP requests for a day of historic data.