COcoinpaprika
Coins

Get coin by ID

Returns detailed descriptive information about a single coin, without price or volume data. For price data, check the /tickers and /tickers/{coin_id} endpoints.

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Update interval: Every 1 minute.

get/coins/{coin_id}

Request

Path parameters

coin_idstring required
Example:btc-bitcoin

Response

successful operation

idstring

ID of coin on coinpaprika.com

namestring

Name of the cryptocurrency

symbolstring

Symbol of the cryptocurrency

rankinteger

Current coin ranking position on coinpaprika.com

is_newboolean

Flag indicating if the currency was added within the last 5 days

is_activeboolean

Flag indicating if the currency is active, which means that we can calculate the current price and volume

typestring

Type of the cryptocurrency. Currently supported values are coin and token

logostring

Logo image URL

descriptionstring nullable

Text description of the cryptocurrency

messagestring

An important message about current status of the cryptocurrency

open_sourceboolean

Set to true if the cryptocurrency is Open Source project

hardware_walletboolean

Set to true if the cryptocurrency is supported by any hardware wallet

started_atstring nullable

Launch date of the cryptocurrency

development_statusstring nullable

Development status of the cryptocurrency - if it is a working project, beta version, just an idea, etc.

proof_typestring nullable

Cryptocurrency proof type: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, etc.

org_structurestring nullable

The cryptocurrency organization structure: centralized, decentralized, hierarchical, flat, etc.

hash_algorithmstring nullable

Name of the hash algorithm used by the cryptocurrency

contractstring nullable

This field is deprecated. Use contracts field instead

platformstring nullable

This field is deprecated. Use contracts field instead

first_data_atstring

Date of the first available ticker data for the coin. RFC3999 (ISO-8601) format

last_data_atstring

Date of the last available ticker data for the coin. RFC3999 (ISO-8601) format

Example response

{
  "id": "btc-bitcoin",
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "symbol": "BTC",
  "parent": {
    "id": "eth-ethereum",
    "name": "Ethereum",
    "symbol": "ETH"
  },
  "rank": 1,
  "is_active": true,
  "type": "coin",
  "logo": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/coin/bnb-binance-coin/logo.png",
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "blockchain-service",
      "name": "Blockchain Service",
      "coin_counter": 160,
      "ico_counter": 80
    }
  ],
  "team": [
    {
      "id": "vitalik-buterin",
      "name": "Vitalik Buterin",
      "position": "Author"
    }
  ],
  "description": "Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator.",
  "open_source": true,
  "hardware_wallet": true,
  "started_at": "2009-01-03T00:00:00Z",
  "development_status": "Working product",
  "proof_type": "Proof of work",
  "org_structure": "Decentralized",
  "hash_algorithm": "SHA256",
  "links": {
    "explorer": [
      "http://blockchain.com/explorer",
      "https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/blocks",
      "https://blockexplorer.com/",
      "https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/"
    ],
    "facebook": [
      "https://www.facebook.com/bitcoins/"
    ],
    "reddit": [
      "https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin"
    ],
    "source_code": [
      "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin"
    ],
    "website": [
      "https://bitcoin.org/"
    ],
    "youtube": [
      "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo"
    ]
  },
  "links_extended": [
    {
      "url": "http://blockchain.com/explorer",
      "type": "explorer"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin",
      "type": "reddit",
      "stats": {
        "subscribers": 1009135
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin",
      "type": "source_code",
      "stats": {
        "contributors": 730,
        "stars": 36613
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bitcoin.org/",
      "type": "website"
    }
  ],
  "whitepaper": {
    "link": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/storage/cdn/whitepapers/215.pdf",
    "thumbnail": "https://static.coinpaprika.com/storage/cdn/whitepapers/217.jpg"
  },
  "first_data_at": "2018-10-03T11:48:19Z",
  "last_data_at": "2019-05-03T11:00:00"
}

Changes

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