# Backtesting with Alpaca native api

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/backtesting-with-alpaca-native-api/1831>\
**Category:** Alpaca Integration Applications\
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/backtesting-with-alpaca-native-api/1831 "2020-06-16T18:49:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/backtesting-with-alpaca-native-api/1831/1 "2020-06-16T18:49:10Z")

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Is there a backtest library where you use alpaca rest APIs instead of quantopian/zipline like code.  
Basically you change your base url to a backtest api and run your code in a loop and iterate over dates.

Thanks