So... I do the following:

# perl -e 'print time'
1367244848

# curl 'http://data.mtgox.com/api/2/BTCUSD/money/trades/fetch?Currency=USD&since=1367244848000000'

{"result":"success","data": [
{"date":1367244849,
"price":"143.25661",
"amount":"2.28045686",
"price_int":"14325661",
"amount_int":"228045686",
"tid":"1367244849353590",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"bid",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"market"},
{"date":1367244849,
"price":"143.25661",
"amount":"1.6445",
"price_int":"14325661",
"amount_int":"164450000",
"tid":"1367244849654839",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"bid",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244857,
"price":"142.63001",
"amount":"0.03795578",
"price_int":"14263001",
"amount_int":"3795578",
"tid":"1367244857007284",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244857,
"price":"142.63",
"amount":"2.17982948",
"price_int":"14263000",
"amount_int":"217982948",
"tid":"1367244857061458",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244857,
"price":"143.25599",
"amount":"0.8028",
"price_int":"14325599",
"amount_int":"80280000",
"tid":"1367244857426715",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"bid",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"market"},
{"date":1367244859,
"price":"142.63",
"amount":"0.63613875",
"price_int":"14263000",
"amount_int":"63613875",
"tid":"1367244859424413",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"market"},
{"date":1367244859,
"price":"142.62",
"amount":"1.42786125",
"price_int":"14262000",
"amount_int":"142786125",
"tid":"1367244859497547",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"market"},
{"date":1367244860,
"price":"142.62",
"amount":"2.2706509",
"price_int":"14262000",
"amount_int":"227065090",
"tid":"1367244860239912",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"market"},
{"date":1367244860,
"price":"143.25599",
"amount":"0.6",
"price_int":"14325599",
"amount_int":"60000000",
"tid":"1367244860839385",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"bid",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244861,
"price":"143.25599",
"amount":"0.41954114",
"price_int":"14325599",
"amount_int":"41954114",
"tid":"1367244861158710",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"bid",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244861,
"price":"143.256",
"amount":"1",
"price_int":"14325600",
"amount_int":"100000000",
"tid":"1367244861198775",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"bid",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244865,
"price":"143.25662",
"amount":"1.79058811",
"price_int":"14325662",
"amount_int":"179058811",
"tid":"1367244865385919",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244865,
"price":"143.25661",
"amount":"8.20941189",
"price_int":"14325661",
"amount_int":"820941189",
"tid":"1367244865433889",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"},
{"date":1367244866,
"price":"143.25661",
"amount":"0.2782",
"price_int":"14325661",
"amount_int":"27820000",
"tid":"1367244866968567",
"price_currency":"USD",
"item":"BTC",
"trade_type":"ask",
"primary":"Y",
"properties":"limit"}]
}

Can someone tell me the *meaning* of those 4 combinations bid+limit, bid+market, ask+limit, ask+market?

Also - are these things the actual trades that have taken place, or are some of them "orders". If they're not orders - does anyone know where to get a list of orders from?

Also - does anyone know how Mt.Gox handles "partial" stuff? e.g. if I want 1 BTC, and the best price has someone is selling 2, does that other guy just sell me half of what he's got for sale? What about the opposite - what if I want 2, and a pair of different people are each selling 1 - I assume I get both of theirs? How does the above data reflect these things - as a pair of orders perhaps?

Thanks!!!

cnd

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