# CoinGecko Scraper: Prices, Market Caps & Volume (`arman-bd/coingecko-crypto-scraper`) Actor

Scrape CoinGecko market data: price, market cap, 24h volume, supply, all-time highs and price changes across multiple windows. 17,000+ assets, no key on the public tier.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/arman-bd/coingecko-crypto-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Arman Hossain](https://apify.com/arman-bd) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, MCP servers
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.37 / 1,000 data scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## CoinGecko Scraper: Prices, Market Caps & Volume

![CoinGecko Scraper: Price, market cap, 24h volume, supply, all-time highs and price changes across multiple windows, for any coin](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/ZQOcNAOHrIgTacAmy/records/coingecko-crypto-scraper.jpg)

**Agent skill: [SKILL.md](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/t7YoTxpZEJOWvw4Ug/records/coingecko-crypto-scraper.md)**

```
https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/t7YoTxpZEJOWvw4Ug/records/coingecko-crypto-scraper.md
```

### What it does

Scrape CoinGecko market data: price, market cap, 24h volume, supply, all-time highs and price changes across multiple windows. 17,000+ assets, no key on the public tier. Give it `coinIds` and it returns one structured record per coin.

You can drive it three ways:

- **By coin.** Pass `coinIds` (`["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"]`) and get exactly those assets.
- **By category.** Pass `category` (`"layer-1"`, `"stablecoins"`, `"meme-token"`) and get that whole slice ranked by market cap.
- **By rank.** Pass neither and get the top `maxCoins` assets by market cap.

Everything is quoted in whichever of CoinGecko's 63 supported currencies you name, fiat (`usd`, `eur`, `gbp`, `jpy`) or crypto (`btc`, `eth`).

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `coinIds` | array | `[]` | CoinGecko **IDs**, not ticker symbols, the slug in the coin URL (`coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin` → `bitcoin`). Full CoinGecko URLs are accepted and normalised automatically. Empty = take the top coins by market cap. |
| `vsCurrency` | string | `"usd"` | Quote currency for every price, market cap and volume figure. One of CoinGecko's 63 supported quote currencies. An unsupported value makes the API return HTTP 400. |
| `category` | string | - | Restrict to one CoinGecko category, e.g. `layer-1`, `stablecoins`, `decentralized-finance-defi`. **Ignored when `coinIds` is set.** An unknown category returns HTTP 404 and is recorded as a failure. |
| `priceChangeWindows` | array | `["1h","24h","7d","30d","1y"]` | Extra price-change percentages to request, returned in `priceChanges`. Allowed: `1h`, `24h`, `7d`, `14d`, `30d`, `200d`, `1y`. `24h` is always included. Unknown values are warned about and dropped. |
| `maxCoins` | integer | `250` | Total cap on saved coins. Coins arrive 250 per request, so 1,000 coins = 4 requests ≈ 9 s of built-in rate-limit delay. |

#### Which combinations make sense

- `coinIds` **and** `category` together: `category` is ignored. Pick one.
- `coinIds` **and** `maxCoins`: the ID list is truncated to `maxCoins` before fetching.
- `category` **and** `maxCoins`: the category is paged until the cap is met or the category runs out (a 300-coin cap on `layer-1` returned 300 of 409 available).
- IDs that do not exist are silently dropped by CoinGecko. The Actor detects this and lists them in `RUN_SUMMARY.unknownCoinIds`.

#### Example input

```json
{
 "coinIds": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"],
 "vsCurrency": "usd",
 "priceChangeWindows": ["1h", "24h", "7d", "30d", "1y"],
 "maxCoins": 250
}
```

### Output

One dataset item per coin. A real record, exactly as produced by a live run:

```json
{
 "id": "bitcoin", // CoinGecko ID, stable join key
 "symbol": "BTC", // ticker, upper-cased
 "name": "Bitcoin", // display name
 "vsCurrency": "usd", // quote currency for every figure below
 "currentPrice": 64530, // last price
 "marketCap": 1294891648024, // circulating supply × price
 "marketCapRank": 1, // global rank by market cap
 "fullyDilutedValuation": 1294891648024, // max supply × price; null when max supply is unknown
 "totalVolume": 22208254108, // 24h traded volume
 "high24h": 64933, // 24h high
 "low24h": 63878, // 24h low
 "priceChange24h": 38.08, // absolute 24h move
 "priceChangePercentage24h": 0.7, // percentage 24h move
 "priceChanges": { // one entry per requested window, in %
 "24h": 0.7,
 "1h": -0.1,
 "7d": 0,
 "30d": 2.1,
 "1y": -43.4
 },
 "circulatingSupply": 20066496, // coins in circulation
 "totalSupply": 20066496, // issued supply
 "maxSupply": 21000000, // hard cap; null when uncapped (e.g. ETH)
 "ath": 126080, // all-time high in the quote currency
 "athDate": "2025-10-06T10:57:42.000Z", // when the ATH was set
 "atl": 67.81, // all-time low
 "lastUpdated": "2026-08-06T11:25:20.000Z",// CoinGecko's own data timestamp
 "scrapedAt": "2026-08-06T11:27:19.911Z" // when this Actor read it
}
```

Every numeric field is `null` rather than `0` when CoinGecko has no value, so an uncapped token gets `"maxSupply": null`, and you can tell "no data" apart from "zero".

#### `RUN_SUMMARY`

Written to the default key-value store at the end of every run:

```json
{
 "requestsMade": 1,
 "requestsFailed": 0,
 "failures": [],
 "coinsRequested": 5,
 "coinsReturnedByApi": 4,
 "coinsSaved": 4,
 "unknownCoinIds": ["notarealcoin"],
 "filters": {
 "vsCurrency": "usd",
 "category": null,
 "priceChangeWindows": ["24h", "1h", "7d", "30d", "1y"],
 "maxCoins": 10
 },
 "finishedAt": "2026-08-06T11:27:19.916Z"
}
```

`failures` holds one `{ request, error }` entry per request that could not be recovered, a rate-limit wall, a 404 category, a network drop. The run continues past them.

### Use cases

#### 1. Build a crypto portfolio tracker

Poll the exact assets you hold, in your reporting currency, on a schedule.

```json
{
 "coinIds": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana", "chainlink", "uniswap"],
 "vsCurrency": "eur",
 "priceChangeWindows": ["24h", "7d", "30d"]
}
```

Multiply `currentPrice` by your position size; `priceChanges` gives you the period P\&L columns for free.

#### 2. Screen assets by market cap and volume

Pull a whole category and filter it downstream on `marketCap`, `totalVolume` and `priceChanges["7d"]`.

```json
{
 "category": "layer-1",
 "vsCurrency": "usd",
 "priceChangeWindows": ["24h", "7d", "30d"],
 "maxCoins": 300
}
```

A liquidity screen is one expression away: `totalVolume / marketCap > 0.05`.

#### 3. Feed a market-data dashboard

Take the top of the market in one sweep and refresh it hourly.

```json
{
 "vsCurrency": "usd",
 "maxCoins": 1000,
 "priceChangeWindows": ["1h", "24h", "7d", "30d", "1y"]
}
```

`marketCapRank` is already sorted, `lastUpdated` tells you how stale CoinGecko's own tick is, and `scrapedAt` tells you how stale your copy is.

### Limits and behaviour

- **Public tier rate limit.** CoinGecko's free API allows roughly 10-30 calls/minute and throttles hard above it. The Actor batches through the `/coins/markets` endpoint, **250 coins per request, never one call per coin**, and waits 3 s between requests (~20 req/min). A 1,000-coin run is 4 requests.
- **429 backoff.** A rate-limit response is retried up to 3 times. If CoinGecko sends `Retry-After`, that value is honoured exactly; otherwise the Actor waits 15 s, then 30 s. Transient 5xx errors use a shorter 1 s / 2 s linear backoff.
- **Failures never abort the run.** A failed page is logged, recorded in `RUN_SUMMARY.failures`, and the Actor moves on. It only throws when *every* request failed.
- **Unknown IDs are dropped, not fatal.** CoinGecko silently omits IDs it does not recognise. The Actor diffs requested against returned and reports the gap in `RUN_SUMMARY.unknownCoinIds`.
- **Unknown categories are fatal for that request.** CoinGecko answers 404; there is nothing to retry, so it fails fast and is recorded.
- **Deduplication.** A coin is saved once per run even if it appears in overlapping pages.
- **`maxCoins` is honoured across pages.** Fetching stops as soon as the cap is met, no wasted requests, no wasted spend.
- **Public data only.** No authentication, no personal data, no access-control bypass.

### FAQ

**Do I need a proxy?** No. Proxy configuration is not required to run this Actor.

**Do I need a CoinGecko account or API key?** No. You supply no credentials.

**What happens if CoinGecko is unavailable?** The failing request is retried, then recorded in `RUN_SUMMARY.failures`, and the run continues with whatever else succeeded. The run only errors out if every request failed.

**Can I schedule it?** Yes, it is designed for scheduled runs. Hourly at 250-1,000 coins is comfortably inside the free tier's limits.

**Where do I find a coin's ID?** It is the last path segment of its CoinGecko URL: `coingecko.com/en/coins/avalanche-2` → `avalanche-2`. Note that IDs often differ from tickers (`AVAX` is `avalanche-2`, `MATIC` is `matic-network`). You can also paste the full URL, the Actor extracts the ID.

**Why is `fullyDilutedValuation` null?** Because CoinGecko has no max supply for that asset. Same reason `maxSupply` is null for Ethereum.

**Can I get historical prices?** Not from this Actor, `/coins/markets` is a point-in-time snapshot. Schedule it and store the results; `lastUpdated` and `scrapedAt` give you clean time series keys.

**Can I integrate it with something else?** Yes, Apify API, client libraries, webhooks, scheduled runs, dataset exports (JSON/CSV/Excel) or MCP. Output is structured JSON.

### API example

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/arman-bd~coingecko-crypto-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{
 "coinIds": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana"],
 "vsCurrency": "usd"
 }'
```

### JavaScript example

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('arman-bd/coingecko-crypto-scraper').call({
 category: 'layer-1',
 vsCurrency: 'usd',
 maxCoins: 100,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const c of items) console.log(`#${c.marketCapRank} ${c.name}, ${c.currentPrice} (${c.priceChanges['24h']}% 24h)`);
```

# Actor input Schema

## `coinIds` (type: `array`):

CoinGecko coin IDs. the slug in the coin's CoinGecko URL (coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin → 'bitcoin'). Not ticker symbols. Leave empty to take the top coins by market cap instead.

## `vsCurrency` (type: `string`):

Currency every price, market cap and volume figure is denominated in. Any of CoinGecko's 63 supported quote currencies. fiat (usd, eur, gbp, jpy) or crypto (btc, eth).

## `category` (type: `string`):

Restrict to one CoinGecko category, e.g. 'layer-1', 'stablecoins', 'decentralized-finance-defi', 'meme-token'. Ignored when Coin IDs are given. An unknown category makes the API return 404.

## `priceChangeWindows` (type: `array`):

Extra price-change percentages to request, returned in the 'priceChanges' object. The 24h window is always included.

## `maxCoins` (type: `integer`):

Cap on how many coins are saved in total. Coins are fetched 250 per request, so a higher cap means more requests and a slower run on the rate-limited public tier.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "coinIds": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum",
    "ripple"
  ],
  "vsCurrency": "usd",
  "category": "layer-1",
  "priceChangeWindows": [
    "1h",
    "24h",
    "7d"
  ],
  "maxCoins": 250
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Every record the run produced.

## `runsummary` (type: `string`):

The RUN\_SUMMARY record from the run's key-value store.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "coinIds": [
        "bitcoin",
        "ethereum",
        "solana"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("arman-bd/coingecko-crypto-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "coinIds": [
        "bitcoin",
        "ethereum",
        "solana",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("arman-bd/coingecko-crypto-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "coinIds": [
    "bitcoin",
    "ethereum",
    "solana"
  ]
}' |
apify call arman-bd/coingecko-crypto-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,arman-bd/coingecko-crypto-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/3OJcwblGxTipwnQsf/builds/f2WTDtfDqwg6ZXJdN/openapi.json