Status of GDAX Sandbox?

Question

In the gdax-java library there's a note that the sandbox was shutdown. The GDAX API still mentions it, though, so I tried it and can get lists of orders, make a web socket connection, etc.

However, trying to place an order on the sandbox simply returns {"message":"forbidden"}

Does anyone know the current status of the sandbox? Should I be able to place orders on it?

Answer 1

GDAX Sandbox appears to be up.

Submitted order moments ago:

def test3():
buy = auth_client.buy(price=10500,size=1,product_id='BTC-USD')
print(buy)

Received this output of buy:

{'type': 'limit', 'stp': 'dc', 'size': '1.00000000', 'filled_size': '0.00000000', 'executed_value': '0.0000000000000000', 'status': 'pending', 'settled': False, 'post_only': False, 'price': '10500.00000000', 'fill_fees': '0.0000000000000000', 'side': 'buy', 'id': 'removed the order id', 'product_id': 'BTC-USD', 'created_at': '2018-03-02T07:36:04.297056Z', 'time_in_force': 'GTC'}

Ensure you are using currency pairing BTC/USD as I did above. It will work.

Also, make sure your API is allowed to "Trade." In the past, I had API's built that were only in the view type. This would forbid you from Trading using the API.