# Coinbase Exchange {% hint style="info" %} The market data is the property of Coinbase, Inc as applicable. All rights reserved, or otherwise licensed by Coinbase, Inc. See [Coinbase market data license restrictions](https://docs.tardis.dev/historical-data-details/pages/-LkYDB4Q2h9uctu9Kq7Y#id-23.-coinbase-market-data-license-restrictions) that apply. {% endhint %} Coinbase Exchange historical data for **all its currency pairs** is available since **2019-03-30**. {% embed url="" %} See Coinbase Exchange historical data coverage: available symbols, channels, date ranges and incidents {% endembed %} ### Downloadable **CSV** files Historical CSV datasets for the first day of each month are **available to download without API key**. See [downloadable CSV files documentation](/downloadable-csv-files/overview.md). | data type | symbol | date | | | --------------------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | incremental\_book\_L2 | BTC-USD | 2019-07-01 | [Download sample](https://datasets.tardis.dev/v1/coinbase/incremental_book_L2/2019/07/01/BTC-USD.csv.gz) | | trades | BTC-USD | 2019-07-01 | [Download sample](https://datasets.tardis.dev/v1/coinbase/trades/2019/07/01/BTC-USD.csv.gz) | | quotes | BTC-USD | 2019-07-01 | [Download sample](https://datasets.tardis.dev/v1/coinbase/quotes/2019/07/01/BTC-USD.csv.gz) | ### API Access and data format Historical data format is the same as provided by real-time Coinbase Exchange WebSocket API with addition of local timestamps. If you'd like to work with **normalized data format** instead (same format for each exchange) see [downloadable CSV files](/downloadable-csv-files/overview.md) or official [client libs](/api/quickstart.md) that perform data normalization client-side. {% tabs %} {% tab title="Python" %} ```python # pip install tardis-dev import asyncio from tardis_dev import Channel, replay async def main(): async for local_timestamp, message in replay( exchange="coinbase", from_date="2024-01-01", to_date="2024-01-02", filters=[Channel(name="l2update", symbols=["BTC-USD"])], api_key="YOUR_API_KEY", ): # messages as provided by Coinbase Exchange real-time stream print(message) asyncio.run(main()) ``` See [Python client docs](/python-client/quickstart.md). {% endtab %} {% tab title="Node.js" %} ```javascript // npm install tardis-dev import { replay } from 'tardis-dev'; const messages = replay({ exchange: 'coinbase', from: '2024-01-01', to: '2024-01-02', filters: [{ channel: 'l2update', symbols: ['BTC-USD'] }], apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' }); // messages as provided by Coinbase Exchange real-time stream for await (const { localTimestamp, message } of messages) { console.log(localTimestamp, message); } ``` See [Node.js client docs](/node-client/quickstart.md). {% endtab %} {% tab title="cURL & HTTP API" %} ```bash curl --compressed -g 'https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01&filters=[{"channel":"l2update","symbols":["BTC-USD"]}]&offset=0' ``` {% embed url="" %} Example API response for Coinbase Exchange historical market data request {% endembed %} See [HTTP API docs](/api/http-api-reference.md). {% endtab %} {% tab title="cURL & tardis-machine" %} ```bash curl -g 'localhost:8000/replay?options={"exchange":"coinbase","filters":[{"channel":"l2update","symbols":["BTC-USD"]}],"from":"2024-01-01","to":"2024-01-02"}' ``` [Tardis-machine](/tardis-machine/quickstart.md) is a locally runnable server that exposes API allowing efficiently requesting historical market data for whole time periods in contrast to [HTTP API](/api/http-api-reference.md) that provides data only in minute by minute slices. See [tardis-machine](/tardis-machine/quickstart.md) docs. {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} ### Captured real-time channels {% embed url="" %} See Coinbase Exchange WebSocket API docs providing documentation for each captured channel's format {% endembed %} {% hint style="info" %} Click any channel below to see [HTTP API](/api/http-api-reference.md#data-feeds-exchange) response with historical data recorded for it. {% endhint %} * [match](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22match%22}]) Trade match events from the matches channel * [l2update](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22l2update%22}]) Level 2 order book updates * [snapshot](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22snapshot%22}]) Level 2 order book snapshots * [ticker](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22ticker%22}]) Ticker updates with last trade and best bid and ask * [subscriptions](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22subscriptions%22}]) Subscription acknowledgements stream * [received](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22received%22}]) Order received events from the full channel * [open](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22open%22}]) Order open events from the full channel * [done](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22done%22}]) Order done and cancel events from the full channel * [change](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22change%22}]) Order change events from the full channel * [last\_match](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22last_match%22}]) Most recent trade included with ticker updates * [full\_snapshot](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22full_snapshot%22,%22symbols%22:\[%22BTC-USD%22]}]) — generated channel Generated full order book L3 snapshots stream. Coinbase full channel does not provide initial snapshots, so snapshots are fetched from REST API and emitted as `"type":"full_snapshot"` with `"generated":true`. This enables historical full (L3) order book reconstruction and sequence-overlap validation against websocket full updates (enabled since 2020-06-11). * [rfq\_matches](https://api.tardis.dev/v1/data-feeds/coinbase?from=2024-01-01\&filters=\[{%22channel%22:%22rfq_matches%22}]) RFQ match events stream ### Market data collection details [Market data collection infrastructure](/faq/general.md#what-is-your-infrastructure-setup) for Coinbase Exchange is located in GCP europe-west2 region (London, UK). Real-time market data is captured via **multiple WebSocket connections** to `wss://ws-direct.exchange.coinbase.com`. {% hint style="info" %} Coinbase Exchange servers are located in AWS us-east-1 region (N. 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