cs2.sh

How to Get CSFloat Buy-Order Prices

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API reference: GET /v1/prices/latest · POST /v1/prices/history

cs2.sh collects CSFloat's highest active buy order for most CS2 items and serves it as csfloat.bid beside the cheapest listing and listing count.

A CSFloat buy order is a standing offer to purchase an item. The highest order is the current executable sell-side quote. It is different from the lowest listing, which is what a buyer would pay to purchase immediately.

Available CSFloat buy-order data#

  • bid is the highest current buy order for most items. It refreshes every ~10-30 minutes based on item liquidity.
  • ask is the cheapest active listing and ask_volume is the number of active listings.
  • CSFloat does not expose bid_volume, so the response gives the top bid price without buy-order depth.
  • Doppler and Gamma Doppler bids can appear per phase in variants. The same object carries display_name and stable version codes such as p2, ruby, or emerald.
  • Bid OHLC history begins July 18, 2026. Daily CSFloat completed-sale price and volume are available separately from 2022 onward.

Prices are normalized to USD.

Read the current CSFloat bid#

Fetch GET /v1/prices/latest and select the item from the items map by its exact market_hash_name. Read bid, ask, and ask_volume from its csfloat object. The endpoint returns the full tracked catalog across all six marketplaces and is available on all plans.

For a Doppler or Gamma Doppler item, start at the base item and read the desired entry under variants. Match on the stable version value. A phase quote must stay attached to that phase rather than falling back to the parent item.

To study changes over time, query POST /v1/prices/history with csfloat as the source. Its OHLC buckets preserve separate bid and ask series. See CSFloat bid price history for the July 18 boundary.

Applicable endpoints#

Endpoint Returns Plans
GET /v1/prices/latest Current CSFloat bid, ask, and listing count All plans
POST /v1/prices/history Bid and ask OHLC, with bids from July 18, 2026 Scale, Enterprise
POST /v1/archive/csfloat Daily completed-sale averages and counts since 2022 Scale, Enterprise

What can change the interpretation#

  • The bid and ask can come from different collection passes. If bid is above ask, treat the pair as stale and refresh it before calculating a spread.
  • ask_volume counts listings. Using it as buy-order volume would reverse the side of the market being measured.
  • updated_at and collected_at describe the listing observation in the merged source object. There is no separate public bid timestamp.
  • A standing bid does not prove that items sell at that price. Compare it with CSFloat completed sales when execution evidence matters.

The full source fields are documented in current prices.