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Coinbase Sell API

Endpoints for discovering sell options and generating sell quotes for crypto-to-fiat transactions.

Coinbase Sell API is one of 29 APIs that Coinbase publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Sell. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.developer.coinbase.com/onramp/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.coinbase.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Coinbase Sell API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token authentication using a CDP API key.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Sell 2

Endpoints for discovering sell options and generating sell quotes for crypto-to-fiat transactions.

GET
/sell/options
Get sell options
getSellOptions 2 params → 200401
POST
/sell/quote
Create sell quote
createSellQuote body → 200400401429

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SellQuoteRequest (5 properties), PaymentCurrency (5 properties), PurchaseCurrency (5 properties), SellQuote (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PurchaseCurrency
object
A cryptocurrency available for purchase
5 properties
SellQuote
object
A price quote for selling cryptocurrency
4 properties
PaymentCurrency
object
A fiat currency available for payments
5 properties
SellQuoteRequest
object
Request body for generating a sell quote
5 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

coinbase-sell-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Coinbase publishes across the network.

Coinbase Wallet SDK
Coinbase Data API
Coinbase AgentKit
Coinbase Accounts API
Coinbase Activities API
Coinbase Address Book API
Coinbase Allocations API
Coinbase Assets API
Coinbase Balances API
Coinbase Buy API
Coinbase Charges API
Coinbase Checkouts API
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