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CryptoCompare Order Book API

Top-of-book order book data across integrated exchanges.

CryptoCompare Order Book API is one of 18 APIs that CryptoCompare publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 10 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Order Book. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and 10 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

CryptoCompare Order Book API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (apiKeyQuery). An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyHeader). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyQuery — CryptoCompare API key supplied as the apikey query parameter.
  • apiKeyHeader — CryptoCompare API key supplied as Authorization: Apikey {apiKey}.

Paths & Operations 1

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

Order Book 1

Top-of-book order book data across integrated exchanges.

GET
/v2/ob/l1/top
Get Order Book Top of Book
getOrderBookTopOfBook 3 params → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is OrderBookTopResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OrderBookTopResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cryptocompare-order-book-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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