Introduction - KUCOIN API

Document Structure

Under each endpoint, there are several modules, as follows:

1. domain

Prefix domain name. The request URL needs to be determined by BASE and the specific endpoint combination.

Unified Account

Spot & Margin Public Websocket Push: wss://x-push-spot.kucoin.com

Futures Public Websocket Push: wss://x-push-futures.kucoin.com

Private Websocket Push: wss://wsapi-push.kucoin.com

Websocket Add/Cancel Order: wss://wsapi.kucoin.com

Classic Account

Spot & Margin Websocket Push: wss://ws-api-spot.kucoin.com

Futures Websocket Push: wss://ws-api-futures.kucoin.com

Websocket Add/Cancel Order: wss://wsapi.kucoin.com

2. api-channel

Private or Public endpoint. If it is a private interface, apikey is required to access it.

3. api-permission

You can manage the API permission on KuCoin’s official website. Please refer to the documentation below to see what API key permissions are required for a specific route. The permissions are:

General: Limited to read-only operations such as querying account information, account statements, and order information. The API cannot be used to perform operations such as order placement or withdrawals.

Spot: This API can be used for spot trading to perform order placements, order cancellations, etc.

Margin: This API can be used for margin trading to perform order placements, order cancellations, etc.

Futures: This API can be used for futures trading to perform order placements, order cancellations, etc.

Earn: You may use this API to subscribe to, redeem, or make early redemptions of KuCoin Earn products.

Withdrawal: This permission allows you to withdraw assets, acquire deposit addresses, cancel withdrawals, and execute other operations. To use this permission, you must enable IP Restriction. Please note that when authorizing the Transfer permission, you can use the API to transfer money without email verification or Google verification.

FlexTransfers: Allow this API key for FlexTransfers. This will enable asset transfers across the multiple supported transfer types. The respective permissions for each individual transfer type remains unaffected. If this option is enabled, IP access restriction filters must also be applied.

LeadtradeFutures: Allow this apikey to use the Futures CopyTrading function. Please note that only the TRADER (Lead Trader) need use this permission, not the FOLLOWER (Copy Trader).

Unified ：Trade spot and derivatives simultaneously from a single account with multiple currencies, without needing to transfer between your different accounts.

4. api-rate-limit-pool

Each API resource pool has a certain quota, the specific amount of which depends on the VIP level. Please refer to Resource pool

5. api-rate-limit-weight

When a user requests any API, the weight of this interface will be deducted and updated every 30 seconds (starting from the arrival time of the user's first request), Please refer to Weight.

6. sdk-service

The package name of this method in the SDK.

7. sdk-sub-service

The sub package name of this method in the SDK.

8. sdk-method-name

The method name of this method in the SDK.