---
title: "Get coin by ID"
method: GET
path: "/coins/{coin_id}"
tags: ["Coins"]
---

# Get coin by ID

`GET /coins/{coin_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/{coin_id}`
- Auth: none required
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/coinpaprika/apis/coinpaprika-api/docs/coins/:coin_id/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns detailed descriptive information about a single coin, without price or volume data. For price data, check the [/tickers](#operation/getTickers) and [/tickers/{coin_id}](#operation/getTickersById) endpoints.

**Available on the following API plans:**
- Free
- Starter
- Pro
- Business
- Ultimate
- Enterprise

**Update interval:** Every 1 minute.

## Path parameters

- `coin_id` string, required

## Response `200`

successful operation

- CoinExtended
  - `id` string: ID of coin on coinpaprika.com
  - `name` string: Name of the cryptocurrency
  - `symbol` string: Symbol of the cryptocurrency
  - `parent` CoinParent
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
    - `symbol` string
  - `rank` integer: Current coin ranking position on coinpaprika.com
  - `is_new` boolean: Flag indicating if the currency was added within the last 5 days
  - `is_active` boolean: Flag indicating if the currency is active, which means that we can calculate the current price and volume
  - `type` string: Type of the cryptocurrency. Currently supported values are `coin` and `token`
  - `logo` string: Logo image URL
  - `tags` TagSimplified[]: The array of tags to which this coin was assigned on coinpaprika.com
    - `id` string: ID of the tag
    - `name` string: Name of the tag
    - `coin_counter` integer: Number of coins with this tag
    - `ico_counter` integer: Number of ico projects with this tag
  - `team` PersonWithPosition[]: The cryptocurrency founding and/or developing team
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
    - `position` string
  - `description` string, nullable: Text description of the cryptocurrency
  - `message` string: An important message about current status of the cryptocurrency
  - `open_source` boolean: Set to true if the cryptocurrency is Open Source project
  - `hardware_wallet` boolean: Set to true if the cryptocurrency is supported by any hardware wallet
  - `started_at` string, nullable: Launch date of the cryptocurrency
  - `development_status` string, nullable: Development status of the cryptocurrency - if it is a working project, beta version, just an idea, etc.
  - `proof_type` string, nullable: Cryptocurrency proof type: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, etc.
  - `org_structure` string, nullable: The cryptocurrency organization structure: centralized, decentralized, hierarchical, flat, etc.
  - `hash_algorithm` string, nullable: Name of the hash algorithm used by the cryptocurrency
  - `contract` string, nullable: This field is deprecated. Use `contracts` field instead
  - `platform` string, nullable: This field is deprecated. Use `contracts` field instead
  - `contracts` Contract[]
    - `contract` string, required: The contract identifier, which is usually its address
    - `platform` string, required: ID of the contract platform. For Ethereum contracts it is `eth-ethereum`, for Tron `trx-tron`, etc.
    - `type` string, required: Type of the contract. Currently supported values are: `ERC20`, `BEP2`, `TRC10`, `TRC20`, `Stellar Asset`, `Other`
  - `links` CoinLinks
    - `explorer` string[], nullable: List of links to blockchain explorers, if any
    - `facebook` string[], nullable: List of links to Facebook pages of the cryptocurrency, if any
    - `reddit` string[], nullable: List of links to Reddit communities and profiles, if any
    - `source_code` string[], nullable: List of links to source code repositories, if any
    - `website` string[], nullable: List of the cryptocurrency websites, if any
    - `youtube` string[], nullable: List of links to Youtube channels of the cryptocurrency, if any
    - `medium` string[], nullable: List of links to Medium profiles of the cryptocurrency, if any
  - `links_extended` LinkExtended[]: Contains all links of the `{coin_id}` coin together with statistics for some of them, e.g. number of twitter followers, reddit subscribers, telegram members or github repository stars and contributors
    - `url` string, required: The link URL
    - `type` string, required: Type of the link: `website`, `reddit`, `source_code`, etc.
    - `stats` object: An object containing the link stats like `subscribers` (for reddit), `followers` (for twitter), `members` (for telegram), `stars`, `contributors` (for source code)
  - `whitepaper` Whitepaper
    - `link` string: The whitepaper URL
    - `thumbnail` string: Link to the whitepaper thumbnail
  - `first_data_at` string: Date of the first available ticker data for the coin. RFC3999 (ISO-8601) format
  - `last_data_at` string: Date of the last available ticker data for the coin. RFC3999 (ISO-8601) format

## Other responses

- `404`: not found
- `429`: too many requests

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/coinpaprika/apis/coinpaprika-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/coinpaprika/apis/coinpaprika-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/coinpaprika/apis/coinpaprika-api/revisions/36a2a796d93f?raw)