GET/price

Get market price

Retrieves the best market price for a specific token ID and side (bid or ask). Returns the best bid price for BUY side or best ask price for SELL side.

Base URL: https://clob.polymarket.com
Auth: Public, no key
Rate limit: 1,500 req / 10s (150 per second)
Limit applies to: /price

Things to know

There is a batch version at /prices. It has a lower request limit but covers many tokens per call, so it is cheaper per token than looping this one.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
token_id	query	string	yes	Token ID (asset ID)
side	query	string	yes	Order side

Example

curl -X GET "https://clob.polymarket.com/price?token_id=<token_id>&side=<side>"

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
price	number	Market price as a decimal number

Responses

Status	Meaning
200	Successfully retrieved market price
400	Bad request - Invalid token id or side
404	Not found - No orderbook exists for the requested token id
500	Internal server error

Errors this endpoint returns

Related endpoints

GET /prices CLOB API
POST /prices CLOB API

Polymarket's API serves current state only, so it cannot show what a market's book looked like after it resolved. PolyTest records Up/Down markets while they run and keeps the snapshots. Try it free, or read the full rate limit reference.

From Polymarket's published OpenAPI spec and rate-limit tables, synced 2026-10-04.