A 5-minute tutorial to connect to cryptocurrency exchange websockets.
Check the time - I have 5 minutes to get you connected to a cryptocurrency exchange’s websocket.
That’s a bold assertion, so let’s not waste any time.
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Plot candlestick data across every major exchange in less than 15 minutes.
Starting from complete scratch, you will be able to plot your first cryptocurrency candlestick data chart by the end of the article - In less than 15 minutes.
Building tools which take advantage of exchange data is a nightmare in the cryptocurrency space. The limited number of available tools means you need to develop features from scratch.
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Reliable historical cryptocurrency market data is hard to find. While there are a handful of providers which had the foresight to begin collecting data from exchanges during the early days of cryptocurrency, most people still haven’t realized the importance of cryptocurrency market data.
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Historical crypto exchange market data has long been a concern for application developers and active traders. To design robust trading strategies, it’s important to first understand how the strategy has performed over historical data sets. This process is called “backtesting”.
Backtesting isn’t the only reason to need access to historical market data. Everything from charting prices to analyzing historical trends requires detailed historical data.
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Data is the backbone of the financial world. It’s a vital component to constructing a robust portfolio strategy, building trading tools, or analyzing the market. Without the necessary data, both individuals and institutions feel like they are left in the dark.
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Pricing plans are NOT changing!
Let’s get that out of the way so there is no confusion. None of our pricing plans will change. All of the data endpoints are still free. The difference is you will now be required to send your public API key in order to access higher rate limits.
To prevent disruption of service, please follow the updated documentation in our developer APIs here. Start sending each of your data requests with the public API key in the header. That way you have a smooth transition to the new request format.
Keep reading to get all of your questions answered!
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The Shrimpy team is excited to announce we have released a python library for the Shrimpy developer APIs. This library provides a convenient way for our Python developers to build on top of the Shrimpy developer APIs.
Access the Python library here.
Throughout the rest of this article, we will cover examples of how this library can be used to convenient access everything the Shrimpy developer APIs have to offer.
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Taking advantage of everything the Shrimpy APIs have to offer requires an understanding of how the APIs work and the way users are managed. This reference will guide you through the details of how to conceptually think about the Shrimpy APIs, discuss how users can be managed, and highlight a few of the most common request flows. Since our APIs are an institutional grade solution designed to enable large scale developments, mastering this topic will allow you to seamlessly scale your application to millions of active users and countless exchanges.
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The Shrimpy team is excited to announce we have released free websockets for trade data across the 16 top exchanges. This universal websocket allows crypto application developers, traders, and institutions to access real-time trade streams in the most simple way possible.
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Cryptocurrency startups are struggling. Exchanges have become increasingly difficult to manage and developers don’t have the resources available to integrate proper solutions into their applications. Our team is on a mission to solve this growing problem.
Shrimpy is opening up our live websockets for everyone. Collect real-time order book data from 16 different exchanges with a single endpoint.
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Shrimpy has been rocking the cryptocurrency data scene lately and we aren’t slowing down. Our team is excited to announce we now support free charting data across the 16 exchanges we currently support. This OHLCV data can be accessed through our Universal Crypto Exchange APIs.
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The Shrimpy team is excited to announce we will be bringing advanced order types to each of our supported exchanges. This endeavor begins with the release of our Smart Order Routing (SOR) trading endpoints. Available to every developer for immediate integration now, we encourage you to try it out for free today!
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Being a small startup, every day is new and exciting. One day we are working on releasing a new feature, the next day we are redesigning our logo. We are always on a roll. This time our objective was to launch a completely new project.
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The Shrimpy team is proud to announce we have solved the problem of trade execution across crypto exchanges. No more living in a nightmare. Take back your sanity with a single endpoint which can execute a limit order on every major exchange. Instead of 16 different implementations, you only need to manage one simple API which is consistent for every exchange. Developing this feature was met with agonizing pain, but we know the space will appreciate a unified interface which simplifies the development process.
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Cryptocurrency exchanges have an abundance of data. In an industry that never sleeps, neither does the stream of information. The shear volume of this information has caused many services to restrict the resolution or availability of price movements. CoinMarketCap is one of these services. While their data is useful for some situations, it lacks the precision that is necessary for real-time trade execution. It neither updates in real-time nor does it allow for the collection of full order book data.
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There is a drive in the cryptocurrency space to make everything open, decentralized, and free. When it comes to financial services, features such as trading, order execution, and portfolio management absolutely require a degree of centralization to work properly. Shrimpy’s Universal Crypto Exchange API is the solution for driving innovation in a decentralized economy.
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Feeling the itch to develop your own crypto application? Whether you’re a cryptocurrency developer, trader, or just passionate about all things crypto, there are APIs available that are designed to make your crypto journey smoother. Whether you want to develop a personal trading bot, a payments application, or business settlement solution, there are APIs that can help you get started.
Let’s explore some of the best crypto APIs in the market.
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Shrimpy’s Universal Crypto Exchange API takes away the painstaking process of integrating with each exchange, allowing developers to focus on building out their actual trading product.
By providing an underlying trading and exchange infrastructure to accelerate development within the space, Shrimpy hopes to address the commonly encountered issue of maintaining infrastructure to support each and every exchange.
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