Is there a Python SDK for CS2 skin prices?

The official Skinstrack SDK is TypeScript, but the API is plain REST with an X-API-KEY header, so requests or httpx is all you need in Python.

How do I avoid using up my quota in Python?

Fetch /v2/paid/items once with the providers you need, store the result, and refresh it on a schedule. Prices refresh about every 15 minutes, so polling faster gains nothing.

Which marketplaces can I request?

Pass provider keys such as buff163, csfloat, skinport, steam, waxpeer, dmarket, bitskins, skinbaron, youpin or tradeit. /v2/paid/marketplace-ids returns the full current list.

Get CS2 skin prices in Python

The Skinstrack API is plain REST and JSON, so Python only needs the requests library. This example fetches one skin, finds the cheapest marketplace and prints every market side by side.

Stack: Python 3.9+, requests
Plan: Paid (Standard and up)
Data: 34+ marketplaces, refreshed ~15 min

1
Get a free Skinstrack API key
Sign in with Steam on skinstrack.com and create a key in the dashboard. The free plan gives 50 requests a month on Steam prices with no card. Paid plans from $24.99 a month unlock all 34+ marketplaces. Keep the key in an environment variable, never in source code.
terminal
bash
export SKINSTRACK_API_KEY=your-api-key
2
Install requests
That is the only dependency.
terminal
bash
pip install requests

Fetch a skin and compare markets

The item endpoint returns one price entry per marketplace. min() picks the cheapest, and the loop prints the rest for comparison.

prices.py

python

import os
from urllib.parse import quote

import requests

API = "https://api.skinstrack.com/v2"
HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["SKINSTRACK_API_KEY"]}


def get_item(name: str, currency: str = "USD") -> dict:
    url = f"{API}/paid/item/{quote(name, safe='')}"
    response = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, params={"currency": currency}, timeout=30)
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()


item = get_item("AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)")
cheapest = min(item["prices"], key=lambda p: p["price"])
print(f"{item['market_hash_name']}: {cheapest['price']} {item['currency']} on {cheapest['provider']}")

for entry in sorted(item["prices"], key=lambda p: p["price"]):
    print(f"  {entry['provider']:<12} {entry['price']:>10.2f}  updated {entry['updated_at']}")

Fetch the whole catalog in one call

Quotas are monthly, not per second, so you can pull every item from the markets you need in a single request and cache it locally.

catalog.py

python

response = requests.get(
    f"{API}/paid/items",
    headers=HEADERS,
    params={"providers": "csfloat,buff163,skinport", "changes": "true"},
    timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
items = response.json()
print(f"{len(items)} items")

Example response

Shortened response from /v2/paid/item/{itemName}. Field names are snake_case and every marketplace price has its own updated_at. Full schemas are in the Skinstrack API docs.

response.json

json

{
  "market_hash_name": "AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)",
  "slug": "ak-47-redline-field-tested",
  "wear_name": "Field-Tested",
  "rarity_name": "Classified",
  "skinstrack_url": "https://skinstrack.com/item/ak-47-redline?variant=field-tested",
  "liquidity": 85,
  "currency": "USD",
  "price_changes": { "1d": 0.5, "7d": 2.3, "30d": 5.4 },
  "prices": [
    {
      "price": 12.5,
      "count": 150,
      "volume": 0,
      "meta": {},
      "provider": "csfloat",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-02T10:30:00Z"
    },
    {
      "price": 11.9,
      "count": 420,
      "volume": 0,
      "meta": {},
      "provider": "buff163",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-02T10:24:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

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Get CS2 skin prices in Python

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