CoinMarketCap Scraper

A powerful Apify actor that scrapes real-time cryptocurrency data from CoinMarketCap through a secure Lambda API endpoint. Get comprehensive data on top cryptocurrencies, trending coins, new entries, gainers, and more.

🚀 Features

• Multiple Categories: Access 6 different cryptocurrency data categories
• Real-time Data: Fresh data directly from CoinMarketCap
• Flexible Parameters: Customize count, intervals, and pagination
• Async Processing: Fast and efficient data retrieval
• Immediate Push: Data is pushed to dataset as soon as it's received
• Metadata Enrichment: Each record includes category and scrape timestamp

📊 Available Categories

1. Top List (By Market Cap)

Get the top cryptocurrencies ranked by market capitalization.

• Default count: 100
• Sortable up to 5000 items

2. Trending List

Discover trending cryptocurrencies based on time intervals.

• Intervals: 24h, 7d, 30d
• Pagination support (100 items per page)

3. Most Viewed List

Track the most viewed cryptocurrencies in the last 24 hours.

• Shows user interest and attention
• Up to 5000 items available

4. New Crypto Entry

Find newly listed cryptocurrencies.

• Sorted by date added
• Perfect for discovering new projects

5. Gainer List

Identify the biggest gainers in the last 24 hours.

• Sorted by percentage gain
• Find trending upward coins

6. Real World Assets

Explore tokenized real-world assets.

• Special category for RWA tokens
• Growing DeFi sector

🔧 Input Configuration

Required Fields

• Category (dropdown): Select the data category to scrape
  • top_list - Top cryptocurrencies by market cap
  • trending_list - Trending cryptocurrencies
  • most_viewed_list - Most viewed coins
  • new_crypto_entry - Newly listed cryptocurrencies
  • gainer_list - Top gainers
  • real_world_assets - Tokenized real-world assets

Optional Fields

• Count (integer): Number of items to retrieve

  • Default: 100
  • Range: 1-5000

• Interval (dropdown, for Trending List only): Time period

  • 24h - Last 24 hours
  • 7d - Last 7 days
  • 30d - Last 30 days

• Page Count (integer, for Trending List only): Number of pages

  • Default: 1
  • Each page contains 100 items
  • Range: 1-50

📝 Example Input

Basic Top 100 Cryptos

{
  "category": "top_list",
  "count": 100
}

Trending in Last 7 Days

{
  "category": "trending_list",
  "interval": "7d",
  "page_count": 2,
  "count": 200
}

Top 50 Gainers

{
  "category": "gainer_list",
  "count": 50
}

📤 Output Format

Each cryptocurrency record includes:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "symbol": "BTC",
  "slug": "bitcoin",
  "cmcRank": 1,
  "marketPairCount": 12474,
  "circulatingSupply": 19948812.0,
  "totalSupply": 19948812.0,
  "maxSupply": 21000000.0,
  "ath": 126198.07,
  "atl": 0.048,
  "high24h": 97301.96,
  "low24h": 94000.73,
  "isActive": 1,
  "lastUpdated": "2025-11-15T11:31:00.000Z",
  "dateAdded": "2010-07-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "isAudited": false,
  "auditInfoList": [],
  "badges": [1, 5],
  "_category": "top_list",
  "_scraped_at": "2025-11-15T11:36:12.408Z"
}

Additional Metadata Fields

• _category: The category used for scraping
• _scraped_at: ISO timestamp of when data was collected

💡 Use Cases

• Market Analysis: Track top cryptocurrencies and market trends
• Investment Research: Monitor gainers and new entries
• Portfolio Management: Keep tabs on your crypto holdings
• Data Analytics: Build crypto dashboards and reports
• Price Alerts: Set up monitoring for specific coins
• Research: Study cryptocurrency market patterns
• Trading Bots: Feed real-time data to trading algorithms

⚡ Performance

• Speed: Async processing for fast data retrieval
• Efficiency: Immediate data push to dataset
• Scalability: Handle up to 5000 records per run
• Reliability: Built-in error handling and logging

📊 Data Update Frequency

The data is as fresh as the CoinMarketCap API provides:

• Market data: Updated every ~1-2 minutes
• Rankings: Updated continuously
• New listings: Real-time

🛠️ Technical Details

• Runtime: Python 3.11+
• Framework: Apify SDK
• HTTP Client: aiohttp (async)
• Data Format: JSON
• Rate Limiting: Handled by Lambda API

📖 Example Usage

Get Top 50 Cryptocurrencies

{
  "category": "top_list",
  "count": 50
}

Find New Listings

{
  "category": "new_crypto_entry",
  "count": 25
}

Track 24h Gainers

{
  "category": "gainer_list",
  "count": 100
}

Most Viewed This Week

{
  "category": "most_viewed_list",
  "count": 50
}

🔍 Output Dataset

All scraped data is automatically pushed to the default dataset. You can:

• Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML
• Use in subsequent actors via Apify API
• Integrate with your applications
• Schedule regular runs for continuous monitoring

🔄 Updates

• v1.0.0: Initial release with 6 categories
  • Top list by market cap
  • Trending cryptocurrencies
  • Most viewed coins
  • New crypto entries
  • Gainer list
  • Real world assets

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Happy Scraping! 🚀💰