Bitfinex
Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
- Authentication
- API Key
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Cryptocurrency
- Documentation / URL
- https://docs.bitfinex.com/docs
Overview
Bitfinex offers a public REST API for market data — tickers, candles, order books, and trades — plus authenticated trading. Public endpoints are keyless (verified live).
Quick Start
Ticker (verified live):
curl "https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/ticker/tBTCUSD"[77090.5, 43.2, 77091.2, 11.5, 4621.3, 0.0316, 77089.9, 38129100.5, 77080.5, 77098.3]Candles:
curl "https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/candles/trade:1h:tBTCUSD/hist?limit=5"Order book:
curl "https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/book/tBTCUSD/P0"Authentication
- Public endpoints: none (keyless).
- Private endpoints (v2 auth routes): API key + secret with signed payloads.
Rate Limits & Notes
- Public endpoints: generous but throttled — check the docs.
- Symbols are
t-prefixed pairs:tBTCUSD,tETHUSD(v2 format). - The
api-pub.bitfinex.comhost is the public-data host. - Ticker response is a positional array — read the docs for field order.
FAQ
Is Bitfinex public data free? Yes — public market data is keyless (verified).
What’s the symbol format?
t-prefixed: tBTCUSD, tETHUSD.
What host for public data?
api-pub.bitfinex.com (v2).
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