Real-Time Price API
Get the latest price for any crypto pair, stock or forex symbol with a single API call. Our Price API returns real-time and historical close prices on any timeframe across 20+ exchanges — the simplest way to feed live prices into a bot, alert system or dashboard without wiring up exchange WebSockets yourself.
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Code samples: Node · Python · PHP · cURL →[GET] https://v2.taapi.io/indicator/price
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?exchange=binance
&symbol=BTC/USDT
&timeframe=1h
{
"value": [67854.30],
"timestamp": [1718233200]
}
What is Price?
The Price endpoint returns the latest close price for any symbol on any supported exchange and timeframe. It is the simplest data point in the TAAPI catalogue — but also one of the most requested. Use it to power price displays, trigger alerts, calculate returns, or as an input to custom indicator calculations. For full OHLCV data (open, high, low, close, volume), use the Candles endpoint.
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Price alerts & triggers
Poll the Price API on a short interval (1m or 5m) and trigger notifications when price crosses a threshold. No WebSocket management, no order book subscriptions — just a simple GET request in any language.
Multi-exchange price comparison
Query the same symbol across multiple exchanges (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken) in a single bulk call and detect arbitrage spreads. The 20+ exchange coverage in TAAPI makes this trivial.
Input to custom calculations
Need to calculate your own indicator? The Price API gives you the close price series you need. Combine with the Candles endpoint for full OHLCV history, or the Volume endpoint for volume-adjusted calculations.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Price API return?
The Price endpoint returns a single 'value' — the latest close price for the requested symbol, exchange, and candle interval. For the most current tick price (not the closed candle price), see the real-time streaming docs.
How is the Price API different from exchange APIs?
Instead of connecting to each exchange's individual API, normalising the data formats, and managing separate rate limits and authentication, the TAAPI Price API gives you a single unified endpoint for 20+ exchanges. One secret key. One URL format. Clean JSON every time.
Can I get historical prices?
Yes. Use the 'backtrack' parameter to retrieve the close price from a specific historical candle, or use the Candles endpoint with the 'results' parameter for bulk historical data.
What is the difference between Price and Candles?
The Price endpoint returns just the close price — a single number. The Candles endpoint returns the full OHLCV object (open, high, low, close, volume) per candle, optionally for multiple historical candles in one call.
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The developer documentation covers the full technical reference: the /price endpoint, every parameter, the response schema, rate limits, bulk queries and ready-to-run samples in Node.js, Python, PHP and cURL.
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