CoinMarketCap Public API Documentation

Summary of Endpoints

• Listings
• Ticker
• Ticker (Specific Currency)
• Global Data

Listings

• Endpoint: /listings/
• Method: GET
• Description: This endpoint displays all active cryptocurrency listings in one call. Use the "id" field on the Ticker endpoint to query more information on a specific cryptocurrency.
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/listings/
• Sample Response:

  {
      "data": [
          {
              "id": 1, 
              "name": "Bitcoin", 
              "symbol": "BTC", 
              "website_slug": "bitcoin"
          }, 
          {
              "id": 2, 
              "name": "Litecoin", 
              "symbol": "LTC", 
              "website_slug": "litecoin"
          }, 
          ...
      },
      "metadata": {
          "timestamp": 1525137187, 
          "num_cryptocurrencies": 1602, 
          "error": null
      }
  ]                               

Ticker

• Endpoint: /ticker/
• Method: GET
• Description: This endpoint displays cryptocurrency ticker data in order of rank. The maximum number of results per call is 100. Pagination is possible by using the start and limit parameters.
• Optional parameters:
  • (int) start - return results starting from the specified number (default is 1)
  • (int) limit - return a maximum of [limit] results (default is 100; max is 100)
  • (string) sort - return results sorted by [sort] . Possible values are id, rank, volume_24h, and percent_change_24h (default is rank).
    Note: It is strongly recommended to use id to sort if paginating through all available results since id is the only sort option guaranteed to return in a consistent order.
  • (string) structure - specify the structure for the main data field. Possible values are dictionary and array (default is dictionary).
  • (string) convert - return pricing info in terms of another currency.
    Valid fiat currency values are: "AUD", "BRL", "CAD", "CHF", "CLP", "CNY", "CZK", "DKK", "EUR", "GBP", "HKD", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "INR", "JPY", "KRW", "MXN", "MYR", "NOK", "NZD", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "RUB", "SEK", "SGD", "THB", "TRY", "TWD", "ZAR"
    Valid cryptocurrency values are: "BTC", "ETH" "XRP", "LTC", and "BCH"
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/?limit=10
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/?limit=10&sort=id
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/?start=101&limit=10
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/?start=101&limit=10&sort=id
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/?start=101&limit=10&sort=id&structure=array
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/?convert=EUR&limit=10
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/?convert=BTC&limit=10
• Sample Response:

  {
      "data": {
          "1": {
              "id": 1, 
              "name": "Bitcoin", 
              "symbol": "BTC", 
              "website_slug": "bitcoin", 
              "rank": 1, 
              "circulating_supply": 17008162.0, 
              "total_supply": 17008162.0, 
              "max_supply": 21000000.0, 
              "quotes": {
                  "USD": {
                      "price": 9024.09, 
                      "volume_24h": 8765400000.0, 
                      "market_cap": 153483184623.0, 
                      "percent_change_1h": -2.31, 
                      "percent_change_24h": -4.18, 
                      "percent_change_7d": -0.47
                  }
              }, 
              "last_updated": 1525137271
          }, 
          "1027": {
              "id": 1027, 
              "name": "Ethereum", 
              "symbol": "ETH", 
              "website_slug": "ethereum", 
              "rank": 2, 
              "circulating_supply": 99151888.0, 
              "total_supply": 99151888.0, 
              "max_supply": null, 
              "quotes": {
                  "USD": {
                      "price": 642.399, 
                      "volume_24h": 2871290000.0, 
                      "market_cap": 63695073558.0, 
                      "percent_change_1h": -3.75, 
                      "percent_change_24h": -7.01, 
                      "percent_change_7d": -2.32
                  }
              }, 
              "last_updated": 1525137260
          } 
          ...
      },
      "metadata": {
          "timestamp": 1525137187, 
          "num_cryptocurrencies": 1602, 
          "error": null
      }
  ]                               

Ticker (Specific Currency)

• Endpoint: /ticker/{id}/
• Method: GET
• Description: This endpoint displays ticker data for a specific cryptocurrency. Use the "id" field from the Listings endpoint in the URL.
• Optional parameters:
  • (string) structure - specify the structure for the main data field. Possible values are dictionary and array (default is dictionary).
  • (string) convert - return pricing info in terms of another currency.
    Valid fiat currency values are: "AUD", "BRL", "CAD", "CHF", "CLP", "CNY", "CZK", "DKK", "EUR", "GBP", "HKD", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "INR", "JPY", "KRW", "MXN", "MYR", "NOK", "NZD", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "RUB", "SEK", "SGD", "THB", "TRY", "TWD", "ZAR"
    Valid cryptocurrency values are: "BTC", "ETH" "XRP", "LTC", and "BCH"
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/1/
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/1/?structure=array
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/1/?convert=EUR
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/ticker/1/?convert=BCH
• Sample Response:

  {
      "data": {
          "id": 1, 
          "name": "Bitcoin", 
          "symbol": "BTC", 
          "website_slug": "bitcoin", 
          "rank": 1, 
          "circulating_supply": 17008162.0, 
          "total_supply": 17008162.0, 
          "max_supply": 21000000.0, 
          "quotes": {
              "USD": {
                  "price": 9024.09, 
                  "volume_24h": 8765400000.0, 
                  "market_cap": 153483184623.0, 
                  "percent_change_1h": -2.31, 
                  "percent_change_24h": -4.18, 
                  "percent_change_7d": -0.47
              }
          }, 
          "last_updated": 1525137271
      },
      "metadata": {
          "timestamp": 1525237332, 
          "error": null
      }
  }               

• Sample Error Response:

  {
      "data": null, 
      "metadata": {
          "timestamp": 1525137187, 
          "error": "id not found"
      }
  }

Global Data

• Endpoint: /global/
• Method: GET
• Description: This endpoint displays the global data found at the top of coinmarketcap.com.
• Optional parameters:
  • (string) convert - return pricing info in terms of another currency.
    Valid fiat currency values are: "AUD", "BRL", "CAD", "CHF", "CLP", "CNY", "CZK", "DKK", "EUR", "GBP", "HKD", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "INR", "JPY", "KRW", "MXN", "MYR", "NOK", "NZD", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "RUB", "SEK", "SGD", "THB", "TRY", "TWD", "ZAR"
    Valid cryptocurrency values are: "BTC", "ETH" "XRP", "LTC", and "BCH"
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/global/
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/global/?convert=EUR
• Example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/global/?convert=BTC
• Sample Response:

  {
      "data": {
          "active_cryptocurrencies": 1594, 
          "active_markets": 10526, 
          "bitcoin_percentage_of_market_cap": 37.65, 
          "quotes": {
              "USD": {
                  "total_market_cap": 407690157494.0, 
                  "total_volume_24h": 30969801118.0
              }
          }, 
          "last_updated": 1525137271
      },
      "metadata": {
          "timestamp": 1525237332, 
          "error": null
      }
  }                       

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