Upbit Data Parser & API
Upbit is South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, operated by Dunamu, and StockAPIS extracts its real-time market data — KRW, BTC and USDT prices, order books, OHLCV candles, recent trades and 24h volume across 200+ trading pairs — through a single REST API. Upbit offers an official public API, and StockAPIS normalizes it to the same schema you use for every other exchange, so you query Upbit, Binance and Coinbase the same way without maintaining separate integrations.
| Type | Crypto exchange (spot) |
|---|---|
| HQ | South Korea (Seoul) |
| Owner | Dunamu Inc. |
| Asset classes | Crypto spot, KRW markets, BTC markets, USDT markets |
| Coverage | 200+ trading pairs |
| Scale | #1 crypto exchange in South Korea by volume |
| API access | Official API |
| Parse priority | ★★★★☆ |
| Official site | upbit.com |
Platform Overview
Market Position
- South Korea’s #1 crypto exchange by trading volume and the dominant venue for the Korean retail market
- 200+ trading pairs across KRW, BTC and USDT markets
- The reference price source for Korean won crypto markets, where local premiums (the “Kimchi premium”) often diverge from global prices
- Official public REST + WebSocket API, complemented by StockAPIS’s unified normalization
Data Coverage
StockAPIS exposes the full Upbit market surface:
- Ticker data — real-time trade price, 24h change, change rate, high/low and accumulated volume
- Order book — live bid/ask depth snapshots with configurable levels
- Trades — recent executions with price, volume and timestamps
- Candles (OHLCV) — minute, day, week and month candlesticks for charting and backtesting
- Markets — full list of KRW, BTC and USDT trading pairs and warnings
- Korean won markets — KRW-quoted pairs for regional premium and arbitrage analysis
Quick Start
import stockapis
client = stockapis.Client(api_key="your-api-key")
# Real-time ticker for a KRW market
btc = client.upbit.get_market_data(symbol="KRW-BTC")
print(f"Bitcoin: ₩{btc['trade_price']:,} · 24h vol {btc['acc_trade_volume_24h']:,.0f}")const { StockAPIS } = require("stockapis");
const client = new StockAPIS({ apiKey: "your-api-key" });
// Live order book (KRW-BTC)
const book = await client.upbit.getOrderBook({ symbol: "KRW-BTC" });
console.log(book.bids[0], book.asks[0]);Sample API Response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"market": "KRW-BTC",
"trade_date": "20240115",
"trade_time": "103000",
"trade_price": 60500000,
"trade_volume": 0.5,
"prev_closing_price": 60000000,
"change": "RISE",
"change_price": 500000,
"change_rate": 0.0083,
"high_price": 61000000,
"low_price": 59000000,
"acc_trade_volume_24h": 25000.5,
"acc_trade_price_24h": 1512500000000,
"timestamp": 1640995200000
},
"metadata": { "source": "upbit", "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z" }
}Use Cases
- Kimchi-premium arbitrage — compare Upbit KRW prices against global venues on one schema to capture Korean market spreads
- Algorithmic trading — real-time price and order-book feeds for market-making and execution bots
- Quant research — historical candles and trades for backtesting and Korean-market signal development
- Portfolio & risk — real-time KRW marks for valuation, P&L and exposure monitoring
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Upbit have an official API? Yes — Upbit provides a public REST and WebSocket API documented at docs.upbit.com. StockAPIS wraps it in a unified schema so Upbit data matches every other source you pull.
What data can I get from Upbit through StockAPIS? Real-time trade prices, 24h change and volume, full order books, recent trades and OHLCV candles across 200+ KRW, BTC and USDT pairs.
Can I stream Upbit data in real time? Yes — StockAPIS supports real-time streaming for tickers, trades and order-book depth via WebSocket.