Coinbase API call to get crypto spot prices

Question

Just started exploring CoinBase APIs.
I found that

• there is a new set of APIs under the umbrella of Coinbase Cloud: https://www.coinbase.com/cloud
• there is an older(legacy?) set of APIs known as Coinbase Digital API: https://developers.coinbase.com/

I need to programmatically fetch current spot price for certain cryptocurrencies, I found an endpoint for this in the old API: https://api.coinbase.com/v2/prices/
Is this the correct API call to get the prices? Is there an equivalent endpoint in one of the new Coinbase Cloud APIs?

Answer 1

you can use the spot price api

https://docs.cloud.coinbase.com/sign-in-with-coinbase/docs/api-prices#get-spot-price

example: https://api.coinbase.com/v2/prices/BTC-USD/spot

or you can use the ticker api (I think this is the better option)

https://docs.cloud.coinbase.com/exchange/reference/exchangerestapi_getproductticker

example: https://api.pro.coinbase.com/products/BTC-USD/ticker