Coinbase Advanced Trade API

api.coinbase.com · Finance

Finance API Key Free Tier Cryptocurrency Trading Finance

Coinbase exchange API — real-time market data, portfolio management, order execution, and fills. Public market data requires no auth. Trading requires API key.

Authentication

API Key Free API key from coinbase.com/settings/api. Pass as CB-ACCESS-KEY header. Requires HMAC signature for private endpoints.

Sample Requests

GET Get BTC-USD price

Get current BTC-USD price and volume. No auth needed.

https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET List products

List available trading pairs.

https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products?limit=5&product_type=SPOT

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products?limit=5&product_type=SPOT"

import requests
params = {
    "limit": "5",
    "product_type": "SPOT"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products');
url.searchParams.set('limit', '5');
url.searchParams.set('product_type', 'SPOT');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("limit", "5")
	q.Set("product_type", "SPOT")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "limit" => "5",
  "product_type" => "SPOT"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products?" . http_build_query([
    "limit" => "5",
    "product_type" => "SPOT"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

Get Postman ↗

Public market data needs no API key
GET https://api.coinbase.com/api/v3/brokerage/market/products/BTC-USD/ticker
For trading: get API key from coinbase.com/settings/api
Private endpoints need HMAC-SHA256 signature — see docs for signing details
Sandbox: use api-sandbox.coinbase.com (requires separate sandbox account)

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