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Upbit

Upbit is a leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange operated by Dunamu Inc., offering REST and WebSocket APIs for market data retrieval, order management, account balances, and transaction history. Developers must register an Upbit account with security level 2 or higher to issue API keys. Authenticated requests use JWT bearer tokens (HS512) generated from an Access Key and Secret Key pair, while public quotation endpoints (market data, tickers, orderbooks, candles) require no authentication. Upbit supports KRW, BTC, and USDT trading markets and complies with travel-rule regulations for digital asset transfers. Regional API endpoints are available for Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand.

Upbit publishes 8 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Exchange - Account API, Exchange - Deposits API, Exchange - Orders API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Cryptocurrency, Exchange, Market Data, Order, and Trading.

The Upbit catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Upbit’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, GitHub presence, support, and 14 more developer resources.

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36.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
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CryptocurrencyExchangeMarket DataOrderTradingWebSocket

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Composite quality — 36.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 9.4 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 8.2 / 15
Access Clarity 0.6 / 15
Operational Transparency 2.1 / 10
Contract Governance 1.2 / 9
Discoverability 5.5 / 8
Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Pagination 0 / 5
Distinct Operations 3 / 3
MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6
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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

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OpenAPI
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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Upbit WebSocket API

The Upbit WebSocket API delivers real-time streaming data for market and account events. Public streams include live tickers, full orderbook updates, OHLCV candles, and trade fe...

Upbit Exchange - Account API

Account balance and portfolio endpoints — JWT required

Upbit Exchange - Deposits API

Deposit management endpoints — JWT required

Upbit Exchange - Orders API

Order management endpoints — JWT required

Upbit Exchange - Service API

Service status and API key endpoints — JWT required

Upbit Exchange - Travel Rule API

Travel Rule compliance endpoints — JWT required

Upbit Exchange - Withdrawals API

Withdrawal management endpoints — JWT required

Upbit Quotation API

Public market data endpoints — no authentication required

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Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Upbit REST Exchange - Account API

OPEN COLLECTION

Upbit REST Exchange - Account Exchange - Deposits API

OPEN COLLECTION

Upbit REST Exchange - Account Exchange - Orders API

OPEN COLLECTION

Upbit REST Exchange - Account Exchange - Service API

OPEN COLLECTION

Upbit REST Exchange - Account Exchange - Travel Rule API

OPEN COLLECTION

Upbit REST Exchange - Account Exchange - Withdrawals API

OPEN COLLECTION

Upbit REST Exchange - Account Quotation API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Upbit API pricing

Not yet checked against Upbit's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-13 from global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
Public Quotation Access free Free
Authenticated Exchange Access free Free

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Upbit's documentation. All 4 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Upbit Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Upbit Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Upbit Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apis Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Upbit API Rules

69 rules · 64 error-severity 4 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Upbit Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Upbit Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Upbit Vulnerability Disclosure

no policy recorded

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Upbit Agentic Access

44 operations · 13 acting

44 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits
 Support
Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Announcements
Announcements

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: upbit
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/upbit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Upbit
x-docs-platform: readme
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
tags:
- Cryptocurrency
- Exchange
- Market Data
- Order
- Trading
- WebSocket
tags_raw:
- Cryptocurrency
- Exchange
- Market Data
- Orders
- Trading
- WebSocket
type: Index
kind: company
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/upbit.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-10-06'
position: Consuming
description: Upbit is a leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange operated by Dunamu Inc., offering REST and WebSocket
  APIs for market data retrieval, order management, account balances, and transaction history. Developers must register an
  Upbit account with security level 2 or higher to issue API keys. Authenticated requests use JWT bearer tokens (HS512) generated
  from an Access Key and Secret Key pair, while public quotation endpoints (market data, tickers, orderbooks, candles) require
  no authentication. Upbit supports KRW, BTC, and USDT trading markets and complies with travel-rule regulations for digital
  asset transfers. Regional API endpoints are available for Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand.
apis:
- aid: upbit:websocket-api
  name: Upbit WebSocket API
  tags:
  - Candles
  - Market Data
  - Order
  - Real-Time
  - Trade
  - WebSocket
  tags_raw:
  - Candles
  - Market Data
  - Orders
  - Real-time
  - Trades
  - WebSocket
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: wss://api.upbit.com
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  properties:
  - url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
    type: LlmsText
  description: The Upbit WebSocket API delivers real-time streaming data for market and account events. Public streams include
    live tickers, full orderbook updates, OHLCV candles, and trade feeds for any trading pair. Authenticated streams provide
    personal order and trade fill notifications and asset balance change events, enabling reactive trading systems. JWT bearer
    token authentication is required for personal (private) streams. Clients can list active subscriptions to monitor and
    manage connections.
  x-features:
  - Real-time ticker streams for all trading pairs
  - Live orderbook update feeds with configurable depth
  - OHLCV candle streams at multiple timeframes
  - Trade execution feeds per market pair
  - Personal order fill and trade notifications (authenticated)
  - Asset balance change events (authenticated)
  - Active subscription listing and management
  x-use-cases:
  - Drive low-latency trading UIs with live orderbook feeds
  - Trigger execution logic on real-time price events
  - Build portfolio dashboards that react to balance changes
  - Monitor order fills in event-driven trading systems
- aid: upbit:upbit-exchange-account-api
  name: Upbit Exchange - Account API
  description: Account balance and portfolio endpoints — JWT required
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.upbit.com
  tags:
  - Exchange - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/upbit-exchange-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key
- aid: upbit:upbit-exchange-deposits-api
  name: Upbit Exchange - Deposits API
  description: Deposit management endpoints — JWT required
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.upbit.com
  tags:
  - Exchange - Deposits
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/upbit-exchange-deposits-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key
- aid: upbit:upbit-exchange-orders-api
  name: Upbit Exchange - Orders API
  description: Order management endpoints — JWT required
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.upbit.com
  tags:
  - Exchange - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/upbit-exchange-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key
- aid: upbit:upbit-exchange-service-api
  name: Upbit Exchange - Service API
  description: Service status and API key endpoints — JWT required
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.upbit.com
  tags:
  - Exchange - Service
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/upbit-exchange-service-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key
- aid: upbit:upbit-exchange-travel-rule-api
  name: Upbit Exchange - Travel Rule API
  description: Travel Rule compliance endpoints — JWT required
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.upbit.com
  tags:
  - Exchange - Travel Rule
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/upbit-exchange-travel-rule-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key
- aid: upbit:upbit-exchange-withdrawals-api
  name: Upbit Exchange - Withdrawals API
  description: Withdrawal management endpoints — JWT required
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.upbit.com
  tags:
  - Exchange - Withdrawals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/upbit-exchange-withdrawals-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key
- aid: upbit:upbit-quotation-api
  name: Upbit Quotation API
  description: Public market data endpoints — no authentication required
  humanURL: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.upbit.com
  tags:
  - Quotation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/upbit-quotation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
  - type: LlmsText
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/api-key
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/upbit-plans-pricing.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/upbit-finops.yml
- url: https://www.upbit.com/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/upbit-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/upbit-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/upbit-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/upbit-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://upbit.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/first-exchange-api-call
- type: Authentication
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference/auth
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/reference/rate-limits
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/upbit-exchange
- type: SDKs
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/sdk
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://upbit.com/service_center/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://upbit.com/service_center/privacy_policy
- type: Support
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/support
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/llms.txt
- type: Announcements
  url: https://global-docs.upbit.com/docs/announcements
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'

Upbit API — frequently asked questions

Does Upbit have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 8 APIs from Upbit, including Upbit WebSocket API, Upbit Exchange - Account API and Upbit Exchange - Deposits API, and 5 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Upbit API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Upbit, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Upbit API?

Upbit uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Upbit Authentication.

How much does the Upbit API cost?

APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Upbit, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Upbit API ready for AI agents?

Upbit has a Kin Score of 36.4 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 22.4 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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