Zaif Data Parser & API

Zaif is an established Japanese cryptocurrency exchange licensed by the JFSA and operated by Caica Inc., and StockAPIS extracts its real-time market data — JPY-denominated prices, bid/ask spreads, order books, recent trades and OHLCV candles across 15+ trading pairs — through a single REST API. Zaif offers an official public API, and StockAPIS normalizes it to the same schema you use for every other exchange, so you query Zaif, Binance and Coinbase the same way without maintaining separate integrations.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• A long-established, JFSA-licensed Japanese spot exchange focused on the local JPY market
• 15+ trading pairs, most quoted directly against the Japanese yen (btc_jpy, eth_jpy and more)
• A reference venue for Japan-specific liquidity and regional price discovery
• Official public REST API, complemented by StockAPIS’s unified normalization

Data Coverage

StockAPIS exposes the full Zaif market surface:

• Spot market data — real-time last price, 24h high/low, volume and bid/ask spreads in JPY
• Order book — live depth snapshots of bids and asks for market-depth analysis
• Trades — recent trade history with prices, sizes and timestamps
• OHLCV / candles — candlestick data across intervals for historical and technical analysis
• JPY fiat pairs — yen-denominated quotes for the Japanese market
• Exchange info — supported trading pairs and currency listings

Quick Start

import stockapis
 
client = stockapis.Client(api_key="your-api-key")
 
# Real-time ticker for a Zaif JPY pair
btc = client.zaif.get_market_data(symbol="btc_jpy")
print(f"Bitcoin: ¥{btc['last_price']}  ·  24h vol {btc['volume']}")

const { StockAPIS } = require("stockapis");
const client = new StockAPIS({ apiKey: "your-api-key" });
 
// Live order book for a JPY pair
const book = await client.zaif.getOrderBook({ symbol: "btc_jpy" });
console.log(book.bids[0], book.asks[0]);

Sample API Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "symbol": "btc_jpy",
    "last_price": 6750000,
    "bid": 6749990,
    "ask": 6750010,
    "high": 6800000,
    "low": 6700000,
    "volume": "25000.5",
    "timestamp": 1640995200
  },
  "metadata": { "source": "zaif", "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z" }
}

Use Cases

• Algorithmic trading — JPY-pair price and order-book feeds for market-making and arbitrage bots
• Japan-focused arbitrage — compare Zaif yen prices against global venues on one normalized schema
• Quant research — historical candles and trades for backtesting Japanese-market strategies
• Portfolio & risk — real-time JPY marks for valuation, P&L and exposure monitoring

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Zaif have an official API? Yes — Zaif provides a public REST API for market data and trading. StockAPIS wraps it in a unified schema so Zaif data matches every other source you pull.

What data can I get from Zaif through StockAPIS? Real-time JPY prices, bid/ask spreads, 24h high/low and volume, full order books, recent trades and OHLCV candles across 15+ trading pairs.

Which trading pairs does Zaif support? Zaif focuses on the Japanese market with 15+ pairs, most quoted against the yen — including btc_jpy, eth_jpy and other JPY-denominated markets.

Related Resources

• API reference
• Crypto exchanges