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The Coinbase Advanced Trade API is a professional-grade REST and WebSocket API that lets you integrate directly with Coinbase’s brokerage infrastructure. You can manage accounts, place and cancel orders, monitor positions, and consume live market data — all through a single, consistent interface designed for developers building everything from algorithmic trading systems to retail-facing investment apps.

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What you can build

The API covers four core capability areas, giving you everything you need to build a full-featured trading application.

Trading

Place market orders, limit orders, and stop orders across hundreds of trading pairs. Cancel open orders, preview order fills, and query your complete order history in real time.

Market Data

Access live best-bid/offer quotes, historical OHLCV candles, full order book snapshots, and real-time trade feeds via REST or the WebSocket Advanced Trade channel.

Account Management

List all brokerage accounts, inspect available and hold balances per currency, and retrieve detailed transaction histories for reconciliation and reporting.

Portfolio Tracking

Group accounts into named portfolios, monitor aggregate positions, and move funds between portfolios — ideal for building multi-strategy or multi-client systems.

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Base URL and API version

All REST endpoints are served from a single base URL. Append the versioned brokerage path prefix to every request. A typical endpoint therefore looks like:

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REST and WebSocket support

The Coinbase Advanced Trade API offers two complementary protocols:
  • REST — Request/response endpoints for account management, order placement, and historical queries. All REST endpoints require a JWT Bearer token on every request.
  • WebSocket — Long-lived subscription channels for real-time price tickers, order book updates, and user order status events. WebSocket connections are authenticated with the same JWT credential scheme.

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Supported assets

The API covers Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and more than 500 additional trading pairs listed on Coinbase Advanced Trade, including major fiat-to-crypto (e.g., BTC-USD, ETH-EUR) and crypto-to-crypto (e.g., ETH-BTC) markets. Use the List Products endpoint to retrieve the full catalog of tradable instruments with their current status and precision rules.

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Next steps

With an understanding of what the API provides, you are ready to start building.
  • Authentication — Learn how to create an API key and generate the JWT tokens required for every request.
  • Quickstart — Follow a step-by-step guide to fetch your account balances, list products, and place your first order.