Coinbase introduces the Advanced Trade Go SDK – a flexible sample application that allows customers to automate their crypto trading strategies on Coinbase Advanced.
This SDK is built on top of the Coinbase Advanced REST APIs and simplifies the development process, allowing merchants and developers to integrate advanced crypto trading functionality with ease.
Coinbase Advanced offers traders the construction tools needed for a host of significant benefits, including low volume-based fees, more in-depth technical analysis, real-time order books, and improved order reporting.
The Advanced Trade API complements these features by providing traders and developers with the necessary tools to build custom crypto trading solutions tailored to their specific needs. Even with robust APIs, integrating these capabilities into custom applications can be complex and time-consuming. By popular demand, Coinbase has released its first official Python SDK to simplify the integration process for Python developers.
Today, Coinbase announced the release of its community-based Advanced Trade Go SDK. This blog post explores the design and use of the Advanced Trade Go SDK, which is a sample application that aims to simplify this process. The SDK accelerates development by providing a clear framework for using REST APIs, reducing the complexity of building on top of the Advanced Trade API and improving the overall developer experience.
The Advanced Trade Go SDK is designed to make it significantly easier to write code on top of the Advanced Trade API. This API works across all Coinbase Advanced features and services and provides developers with simple methods to perform any specific endpoint request.
The SDK supports a wide range of features, including:
- Access to market data: Retrieve real-time market data, historical data and order book details
- Order Management: Place, modify and cancel orders programmatically, enabling automation of trading strategies
- Account Management: Access account information, including balances, order history and positions
- Portfolio Management: Manage multiple portfolios, including the ability to create, update and delete portfolios
- International Exchange (INTX) Support: For retail users integrated with Coinbase International Exchange, access exclusive media with a single integration.
The SDK also includes comprehensive error handling, ensuring that developers can quickly diagnose and resolve problems. With well-documented methods and consistent interfaces, the SDK reduces the learning curve for new users and speeds up the development process.
Additionally, the SDK provides well-structured request and response structures for each API endpoint. This integrated structure simplifies the process of making API calls and handling responses, ensuring that developers can focus on building their applications without worrying about the complexities of request formatting and response parsing.
In terms of architecture, the app maintains a simple design. Each endpoint in the API is represented by a corresponding method in the SDK. These methods handle the construction of API requests, submission to the server, and processing of responses.
The architecture is divided into several key elements:
- HTTP Communication: Handles interaction with the Advanced Trade API. This includes methods for sending GET, POST, PUT and DELETE requests and also manages JWT token authentication and session handling.
- Client initialization: This call handles the creation and configuration of the client used to make API requests. This client setting is required to establish a connection to the API
- Endpoint Handlers: Each API endpoint has a corresponding handler that encapsulates the request and response structures. The request structure specifies the parameters required for the endpoint, while the response structure encapsulates the data returned by the API
- Model: The model contains a collection of typed request and response constructs used throughout the SDK. These models represent the various entities involved in transactions, such as assets, orders and accounts. Using these models, developers can work with structured and type-safe interfaces, avoiding the complexity of directly manipulating raw data formats
- Utilities: Utility functions and utilities are provided to perform common tasks, such as handling pagination.
The architecture of the Advanced Trade Go SDK is designed to be extensible, allowing developers to easily add support for new endpoints, response objects, and functions as they become available. By providing a clear and consistent framework, the SDK enables developers to build sophisticated trading applications with minimal effort.
To use the Advanced Trade Go SDK, initialize the Credentials structure and create a new client. The Credentials structure is JSON enabled. Ensure that Advanced Trade API credentials are stored securely.