The Crypto Price API provides access to live market prices for several hundred different cryptocurrencies.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cryptoprice
Returns the current price and current time (in UNIX timestamp in seconds) for any cryptocurrency symbol. For historical price data, see /v1/cryptopricehistorical.
symbol requiredCryptocurrency symbol (e.g. LTCBTC). To get the full list of available symbols, use the Crypto Symbols API.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cryptoprice?symbol=LTCBTCHeaders
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key1
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{
"symbol": "LTCBTC",
"price": "0.00381400",
"timestamp": 1637809196
}1
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import requests
symbol = 'LTCBTC'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cryptoprice?symbol={}'.format(symbol)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cryptopricehistorical
Returns historical price data for any cryptocurrency pair in OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) format. The data is returned in descending order (most recent first).
symbol requiredCryptocurrency symbol (e.g. LTCBTC). Use the same values as the symbol parameter in /v1/cryptoprice.
interval optionalTime interval between data points. Valid values are: 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h, 1d. Default is 5m.
start optionalStart timestamp in Unix format (in seconds). If not provided, defaults to 24 hours ago.
end optionalEnd timestamp in Unix format (in seconds). If not provided, defaults to current time.
limit optionalMaximum number of data points to return. Default is 100, maximum is 1000.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/cryptopricehistorical?symbol=LTCBTC&interval=1h&start=1637809196&end=1637895596&limit=101
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[
{
"open": "0.00381100",
"high": "0.00381100",
"low": "0.00380100",
"close": "0.00380900",
"volume": "6.41000000",
"close_time": 1637812799999,
"timestamp": 1637812799,
"price": "0.00380900"
},
{
"open": "0.00379800",
"high": "0.00382900",
"low": "0.00377100",
"close": "0.00381400",
"volume": "338.95000000",
"close_time": 1637816399999,
"timestamp": 1637816399,
"price": "0.00381400"
},
{
"open": "0.00381400",
"high": "0.00381400",
"low": "0.00378100",
"close": "0.00378100",
"volume": "97.99000000",
"close_time": 1637819999999,
"timestamp": 1637819999,
"price": "0.00378100"
},
{
"open": "0.00379800",
"high": "0.00380600",
"low": "0.00375500",
"close": "0.00377400",
"volume": "143.66000000",
"close_time": 1637823599999,
"timestamp": 1637823599,
"price": "0.00377400"
},
{
"open": "0.00377400",
"high": "0.00378100",
"low": "0.00376700",
"close": "0.00376700",
"volume": "39.30000000",
"close_time": 1637827199999,
"timestamp": 1637827199,
"price": "0.00376700"
},
"..."
]