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Public endpoint examples (you can try them directly in a web browser)

Last updated: March 31, 2025

The REST API public endpoints provide historical and live market data for all of Kraken's markets. The market data endpoints are publicly available (a Kraken account is not required), and they can be called using any HTTP client.

The following are some examples of calls to the public endpoints that you can try directly in your web browser:

Ticker

https://api.kraken.com/0/public/Ticker?pair=xbtusd

{"error":[],"result":{"XXBTZUSD":{"a":["8466.90000","1","1.000"],"b":["8464.10000","1","1.000"],"c":["8464.50000","0.21218942"],"v":["3171.04602409","5795.97762632"],"p":["8528.77032","8611.98288"],"t":[8319,17457],"l":["8350.00000","8350.00000"],"h":["8746.00000","8841.30000"],"o":"8740.00000"}}}

Depth (Order Book)

https://api.kraken.com/0/public/Depth?pair=xbteur&count=4

{"error":[],"result":{"XXBTZEUR":{"asks":[["7582.00000","124.361",1559555764],["7582.90000","0.072",1559555761],["7583.00000","0.020",1559555751],["7584.90000","0.533",1559555761]],"bids":[["7581.90000","11.080",1559555766],["7581.80000","0.750",1559555747],["7581.50000","0.009",1559555666],["7580.90000","1.000",1559555758]]}}}

Trades (Time and Sales)

https://api.kraken.com/0/public/Trades?pair=ltcusd

{"error":[],"result":{"XLTCZUSD":[["111.90000","0.03005451",1559555405.2338,"s","l",""],["111.90000","8.59994549",1559555405.2396,"s","l",""],["111.90000","2.80005000",1559555467.7643,"s","l",""],["111.90000","0.00000451",1559555467.849,"s","l",""],["111.90000","30.00000000",1559555603.7179,"b","l",""],["111.90000","0.11189150",1559555644.354,"b","l",""],["111.89000","2.98000000",1559555649.8295,"b","l",""],["111.90000","0.52350350",1559555649.835,"b","l",""],["111.90000","12.00000000",1559555773.2877,"b","l",""]],"last":"1559555773287652563"}}

Additional information about the public market data endpoints is available via our REST API documentation.

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