Cryptocurrency — entry 052 of 53
VALR
VALR is South Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange, offering spot and futures trading with a base spot fee of 0% for makers and 0.1% for takers, undercutting the industry average. Its REST API provides public market data — tickers, order books, trades — alongside a WebSocket service for order, balance, and trade updates, with authenticated endpoints signed via an API key and secret. The API is free to use for any VALR account holder.
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/valr/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/valr.svg" alt="Scored 70 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- Sign up with the provider to get an API key.
- Send it on every request as a header
Authorization: <key> - The exact header isn't documented — Authorization is a common default; confirm in the provider's docs.
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.
Developer reference
REST (keyed, same tier for all keys): 2,000 requests/minute per API key AND 1,200 requests/minute per IP address (both enforced simultaneously, reset each minute); WebSocket 60 new connections/minute per IP; per-route overrides documented (e.g. /v1/public/time 20/s, batch orders 400/s, loans 1/s), per docs.valr.com