Luno API

Build custom applications or integrate payments with our powerful cryptocurrency API

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The Luno API gives you the ability to:

  • Access to our websocket feed for real-time market data

  • A space to develop secure, programmatic trading bots

  • Dynamic fee structure with lower fees for higher volume trading

The Luno API makes Bitcoin and Ethereum available to anyone

API reference

View the official Luno API documentation or download the Swagger file

View API Documentation

Official Luno SDKs

Luno provides three officially supported SDKs for easy integration, available in Go, Python and Php

Luno Go SDK

User Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs on common use cases of our api

Getting started guide

Luno API features

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Multi currency wallets

  • Create Wallets and Addresses for multiple cryptocurrencies

  • Retrieve balances and wallet events

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Secure Transactions

  • Send and Receive Cryptocurrency

  • Transaction Monitoring & Notifications

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API key permissions

  • IP whitelisting

  • API key expiration

  • Send whitelists

  • Per-key permissioning

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Data streams

  • Low latency streams via websockets

  • Access an identical view of the server's order book

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Security

  • Accept crypto payments seamlessly via our Merchant API

  • BIP70 Payment Protocol Support

Why the Luno API?

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Proven

Extensively used by Enterprise Clients

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Reliable

Over $5Bn of volume traded

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Secure

Built on highly secure, bank grade infrastructure

It’s free to use the Luno API

Use our high quality API to ensure easy and robust integration and automation for your trading and payments requirements. Luno’s API enables a variety of capabilities and with security and flexibility in mind allows you to customise permissions for API keys

API Documentation

It’s never too late to get started

Buy, store and learn about Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Litecoin now

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Cryptocurrency is an unregulated high risk investment. The value of cryptocurrency can fluctuate and capital may be lost, without recourse to financial regulators. Fees apply to transactions on Luno and tax (including Capital Gains Tax) may be payable on any profits.