CoinAPI Market Data REST API

Name: CoinAPI Market Data REST API API
Brand: CoinAPI Market Data REST API
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For Agents

Query unified cryptocurrency market data — assets, exchanges, OHLCV, trades, quotes, and conversion rates — across hundreds of crypto venues from a single API.

Quickstart

Get started with CoinAPI Market Data REST API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"get the current bitcoin to usd exchange rate"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with CoinAPI Market Data REST API API.

Convert any base asset to any quote asset using current or historical exchange rates

Retrieve OHLCV candles for crypto pairs across multiple time periods and date ranges

List supported exchanges and inspect trading symbols across spot and derivative markets

Pull recent trades and order book snapshots for a chosen symbol on a specific exchange

GET STARTED

Start building with CoinAPI Market Data REST API API

Explore with Jentic

View OpenAPI Document

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI document for CoinAPI Market Data REST API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for CoinAPI Market Data REST API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. CoinAPI aggregates real-time and historical cryptocurrency market data from hundreds of exchanges into a single normalized REST interface. It exposes assets, exchanges, symbols, OHLCV candles, trades, quotes, order books, and exchange-rate conversions across spot and derivative markets. Quants, trading bots, and analytics platforms use it to access uniform market data without integrating each exchange separately.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use CoinAPI Market Data REST API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Unified Crypto Market Data Feed

Pull normalized real-time and historical data from hundreds of cryptocurrency exchanges through a single REST interface. CoinAPI standardizes asset identifiers, exchange ids, and symbol formats so trading systems and analytics dashboards do not need per-exchange adapters. Integration takes a few hours instead of weeks of per-exchange work.

Call GET /v1/exchangerate/BTC/USD and return the current rate, timestamp, and source

Backtesting Crypto Trading Strategies

Retrieve historical OHLCV candles and exchange-rate history to backtest algorithmic trading strategies. The history endpoints support multiple time periods and date ranges, returning consistently formatted data across exchanges. Useful for quant researchers and trading firms validating models before deploying capital.

Fetch hourly OHLCV history for ETH-USD between two given timestamps via GET /v1/exchangerate/ETH/USD/history and return the candle series

Portfolio Valuation in Fiat

Convert holdings of arbitrary crypto assets into a chosen fiat currency using current exchange rates. The exchangerate endpoints accept any base and quote pair and return a normalized rate sourced from aggregated venues. Suitable for portfolio trackers, accounting systems, and tax reporting tools.

For each holding in a portfolio, call GET /v1/exchangerate/{asset_id_base}/USD and sum the converted values to compute total portfolio value in USD

AI Trading Agent via Jentic

Build an AI trading agent that retrieves live crypto prices, historical context, and order book depth through Jentic. The agent expresses intents in natural language; Jentic resolves the right CoinAPI endpoint and executes the call with stored credentials. Decisions and analysis stay in the agent layer; data retrieval is one hop.

Through Jentic, fetch the latest BTC-USD rate and the last 24 hourly candles, then summarise the short-term trend

Key Endpoints

50 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for coinapi market data rest api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/v1/assets

List all supported assets

GET

/v1/exchanges

List supported cryptocurrency exchanges

GET

/v1/exchangerate/{asset_id_base}/{asset_id_quote}

Get current exchange rate between two assets

GET

/v1/exchangerate/{asset_id_base}/{asset_id_quote}/history

Retrieve historical exchange rates between two assets

GET

/v1/metrics/asset/listing

List metrics available for assets

GET

/v1/assets

List all supported assets

GET

/v1/exchanges

List supported cryptocurrency exchanges

GET

/v1/exchangerate/{asset_id_base}/{asset_id_quote}

Get current exchange rate between two assets

GET

/v1/exchangerate/{asset_id_base}/{asset_id_quote}/history

Retrieve historical exchange rates between two assets

GET

/v1/metrics/asset/listing

List metrics available for assets

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

CoinAPI keys are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive scoped execution tokens; the X-CoinAPI-Key value never enters the agent's prompt or logs.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent (e.g. get the current BTC to USD rate) and Jentic returns the matching CoinAPI operation with its parameter schema, so the agent calls the correct endpoint without browsing docs.

Time to first call

Direct integration: 1-2 days for auth, pagination, and per-tier rate limit handling. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

CoinGecko API

Free crypto market data with broader coverage of altcoins and DeFi tokens

Choose CoinGecko when you need free-tier broad coverage, including long-tail tokens and DeFi metrics not on major exchanges

Alternative

CoinMarketCap API

Crypto market cap, rankings, and listings across thousands of assets

Choose CoinMarketCap when ranking and market-cap data matter more than exchange-level granularity

Alternative

CoinCap API

Free real-time crypto pricing data with simpler endpoint surface

Choose CoinCap for lightweight free-tier price queries when full exchange-level granularity is not required

FAQs

Specific to using CoinAPI Market Data REST API API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for CoinAPI Market Data REST API?

CoinAPI does not publish an OpenAPI specification on its own developer portal. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call CoinAPI Market Data REST API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the CoinAPI Market Data REST API use?

CoinAPI uses an API key sent in the X-CoinAPI-Key header (a JWT alternative is also supported). When called through Jentic, the key is stored in the encrypted Jentic vault and the agent receives a scoped execution token rather than the raw secret.

Can I retrieve historical OHLCV candles with this API?

Yes. Use GET /v1/exchangerate/{asset_id_base}/{asset_id_quote}/history with period_id and time_start/time_end parameters to retrieve historical candles for any supported pair. Period definitions are listed at GET /v1/exchangerate/history/periods.

What are the rate limits for the CoinAPI Market Data REST API?

CoinAPI enforces request and credit limits per subscription tier — free, startup, streamer, and enterprise. Limits are headers-driven (x-ratelimit-remaining and x-ratelimit-reset) and the OpenAPI spec does not declare them; check the tier attached to your API key for exact thresholds.

How do I get a current crypto exchange rate through Jentic?

Install the SDK with pip install jentic, then search Jentic for get current crypto exchange rate, load the schema for GET /v1/exchangerate/{asset_id_base}/{asset_id_quote}, and execute the call with your asset pair (for example BTC and USD).

Does CoinAPI support derivative and spot markets in the same endpoint set?

Yes. Symbols, trades, quotes, and OHLCV endpoints all expose spot and derivative instruments — symbol metadata indicates the type. Filter by symbol_id_filter or exchange_id to scope queries to the markets you care about.