The Prime CLI is a sample Command Line Interface (CLI) application that generates requests to and receives responses from Coinbase Prime's REST APIs. The Prime CLI is written in Go, using Cobra in conjunction with the Prime Go SDK.
The Prime CLI is free and open source and released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
The application and code are only available for demonstration purposes.
To begin, navigate to your preferred directory for development and clone the Prime CLI repository and enter the directory using the following commands:
git clone https://github.com/coinbase-samples/prime-cli
cd prime-cli
Next, pass an environment variable via your terminal called PRIME_CREDENTIALS with your API and portfolio information.
Coinbase Prime API credentials can be created in the Prime web console under Settings -> APIs. Entity ID can be retrieved by calling Get Portfolio. If you are not configured yet to call this endpoint, you may proceed without including the entityId key and value for the time being, but certain endpoints such as List Invoices and List Assets require it.
PRIME_CREDENTIALS should match the following format:
export PRIME_CREDENTIALS='{
"accessKey":"ACCESSKEY_HERE",
"passphrase":"PASSPHRASE_HERE",
"signingKey":"SIGNINGKEY_HERE",
"portfolioId":"PORTFOLIOID_HERE",
"svcAccountId":"SVCACCOUNTID_HERE",
"entityId":"ENTITYID_HERE"
}'
You may also pass an environment variable called primeCliTimeout which will override the default request timeout of 7 seconds. This value should be an integer in seconds.
Build the application binary and specify an output name, e.g. primectl:
go build -o primectl
To ensure your project's dependencies are up-to-date, run:
go mod tidy
To make your application easily accessible from any location, move the binary you created to a directory that's already in your system's PATH. For example, these are the commands to move primectl to /usr/local/bin, as well as set permissions to reduce risk:
sudo mv primectl /usr/local/bin/
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/primectl
To verify that your application is installed correctly and accessible from any location, run the following command. It will include all available requests:
primectl
Finally, to run commands for each endpoint, use the following format to test each endpoint. Please note that many endpoints require flags, which are detailed with the --help flag.
primectl list-portfolios
primectl create-order --help
primectl create-order-preview -b 0.001 -i ETH-USD -s BUY -t MARKET