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OKEx

OKEx — free tier with API key

🪙 Crypto & Web3HEALTHYchecked 3h ago
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OKEx exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 95 · healthy
Uptime history
96.1%90 days
100%30 days
306P50 · ms
620P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 232 ms, slowest 464 ms, most recent 313 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/instruments?instType=SPOT

{
  "code": "0",
  "data": [
    {
      "alias": "",
      "auctionEndTime": "",
      "baseCcy": "USDT",
      "category": "1",
      "contTdSwTime": "",
      "ctMult": "",
      "ctType": "",
      "ctVal": ""
    },
    {
      "alias": "",
      "auctionEndTime": "",
      "baseCcy": "USDC",
      "category": "1",
      "contTdSwTime": "",
      "ctMult": "",
      "ctType": "",
      "ctVal": ""
    }
  ],
  "msg": ""
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/instruments?instType=SPOT"
const res = await fetch("https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/instruments?instType=SPOT");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.okx.com/api/v5/public/instruments?instType=SPOT")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /api/v5/public/instruments?instType=SPOT306 mschecked 3h ago
GET/api/v5/public/instruments?instType=SPOTPROBED

OKEx — free tier with API key

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/api/v5/public/instruments?limit=5

Instruments — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

OKEx: common questions

Is OKEx free to use?

Yes — OKEx is a free crypto & web3 API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does OKEx need an API key?

Yes — OKEx needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Retry-After: 0s.

Can I call OKEx from the browser?

Yes — OKEx returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is OKEx up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, OKEx is healthy with 96.1% uptime over 90 days and a 306 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.