Coinbase API

Coinbase Exchange prices, candles, order books, trades and movers as clean JSON, read-only.

The API.SH Coinbase API returns public Coinbase Exchange market data as JSON. List every trading pair with its status and trading rules, get a pair's ticker with last price, best bid and ask and 24-hour stats, OHLCV candles, the order book with spread, and recent trades. A movers route ranks every pair in a quote currency by 24-hour change or volume.

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6 endpoints
from $1 / 1,000 calls
1,000 free credits / month
failed calls free

Coinbase candles

GET https://api.api.sh/coinbase/v1/candles

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the Coinbase API

Price charts and backtests

Pull OHLCV candles at your chosen granularity and page back through history for charts and strategy backtests.

/candles

Market dashboards

Show top gainers, losers and volume leaders, with each pair's last price and 24-hour range.

/movers /ticker

Liquidity and spread monitoring

Read the order book's bids, asks and spread, and recent trades with taker side, to watch depth and activity.

/orderbook /trades

Listing and network checks

Track which pairs are online or delisted and look up an asset's supported networks and withdrawal limits.

/products

Crypto agents and alerts

Give an AI agent or alert bot price and mover lookups without handing it trading keys.

/ticker /movers

Coinbase data you get

Field names from real responses. Numbers come parsed, URLs absolute, dates in ISO 8601.

Coinbase API endpoints and prices

Every Coinbase endpoint costs 1 credit per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Products, listings and places2

Coinbase order book /coinbase/v1/orderbook	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
Coinbase trading pairs /coinbase/v1/products	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit

More data4

Coinbase candles /coinbase/v1/candles	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
Coinbase movers /coinbase/v1/movers	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
Coinbase pair ticker /coinbase/v1/ticker	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
Coinbase recent trades /coinbase/v1/trades	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit

Call the Coinbase API

Coinbase candles: GET https://api.api.sh/coinbase/v1/candles

curl "https://api.api.sh/coinbase/v1/candles?pair=BTC-USD" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/coinbase/v1/candles",
    params={"pair": "BTC-USD"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/coinbase/v1/candles");
url.searchParams.set("pair", "BTC-USD");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

# Google Sheets (API.SH add-on)
=APISH("/coinbase/v1/candles", "pair", "BTC-USD")

# Zapier, Make, n8n (verified node): pick the API.SH app,
# choose "Coinbase" and "Coinbase candles".

# AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor): add the
# API.SH MCP server https://api.sh/mcp

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Send the requestJSON back in one call. Add output=csv or output=ndjson for files.

Why API.SH for Coinbase data

Public data only: no Coinbase login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for Coinbase and 481 other platforms
Built and maintained by API.SH, not third-party publishers
Pay per call; errors on our side cost nothing
Live status for every endpoint

API.SH vs the official Coinbase API

Coinbase has official APIs through its Developer Platform, including the Exchange API and the Advanced Trade API for trading and market data, with SDKs and API keys. API.SH does not trade; it is a read-only way to get public Coinbase Exchange market data in the same JSON format and with the same key as other exchanges and sites, with no key and secret to manage.

If you only need market data, API.SH saves you managing Coinbase API keys and secrets or running your own data collector: one key, one JSON shape, a fixed price per call.

Coinbase API questions

What Coinbase data can I get?+

Trading pairs with status and trading rules (/coinbase/v1/products), a pair's ticker (/coinbase/v1/ticker), OHLCV candles (/coinbase/v1/candles), the order book (/coinbase/v1/orderbook), recent trades (/coinbase/v1/trades) and 24-hour movers ranked by change or volume (/coinbase/v1/movers).

How much does the Coinbase API cost?+

Every Coinbase endpoint costs 1 credit per call. On a monthly plan 1,000 credits cost $1 (Starter is $50/month for 50,000 credits). Pay-as-you-go is $2 per 1,000 credits, with top-ups from $15 that never expire.

Is there a free trial?+

Yes. Every account gets 1,000 free credits every month. That is 1,000 calls to /coinbase/v1/candles at 1 credit each.

Does Coinbase have an official API?+

Yes. Coinbase offers the Exchange API, Advanced Trade API and other Developer Platform APIs, which you need for trading and account access. API.SH covers public market data only, in one JSON format shared with its other platforms.

Do I need a Coinbase account or API key and secret?+

No. API.SH reads public Coinbase Exchange market data only. No Coinbase account, API key, secret or login is involved, so nothing can touch your funds.

Can I place trades with it?+

No. Every route is read-only market data. To place or manage orders, use Coinbase's own Advanced Trade or Exchange API with your account keys.

Can I get historical price data?+

Yes. /coinbase/v1/candles returns open, high, low, close and volume, oldest first. Pass next_end back as end to page further back in time.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key from the dashboard. 3. Call /coinbase/v1/ticker with a pair such as BTC-USD, or /coinbase/v1/candles for price history. Request examples and every parameter are in the docs at https://api.sh/docs. You can also use the JS or Python SDK, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n or the MCP server at https://api.sh/mcp.