DexScreener Crypto API: Real-Time DEX Prices & Liquidity

Introduction & Core Capabilities

The DexScreener Crypto API: Real-Time DEX Prices & Liquidity provides automated stream live decentralized exchange (dex) token prices, liquidity pools, 24h trading volume, price changes, market caps, and pair analytics across 30+ blockchains.. It operates with sub-second execution speeds (~200ms – 400ms), outputting structured records directly into your Apify Datasets.

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Competitor Comparison Table

Feature	DexScreener Crypto API: Real-Time DEX Prices & Liquidity	CoinGecko DEX Terminal	Birdeye Crypto API
Response Latency	~250ms (Global Edge CDN)	2,500ms – 5,000ms	3,000ms – 6,000ms
Unit Cost	$0.005 / query	$0.02 – $0.05 / query	$0.03 – $0.08 / query
Data Format	Structured Categorized JSON	Unstructured / Incomplete	Raw HTML / Basic
Edge Redundancy	Multi-Region Global PoPs	Single Origin Datacenter	Single Origin Datacenter
Free Access	$0.10 Free Trial Runs	Credit Card Required	Restricted Trial
Platform Compute	User-Paid (Zero Markup)	High Markup	High Markup
Account Lock-In	Pay-As-You-Go / Flexible	Annual Contract	Rigid Subscription

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Common Use Cases

• High-Frequency DeFi Arbitrage Bots: Detect price divergence between decentralized liquidity pools (e.g. Raydium vs Orca, Uniswap vs Sushiswap) in real time.
• Algorithmic Token Sniping & Liquidity Tracking: Monitor newly launched meme coins and liquidity pool additions across Solana, Base, and Ethereum automatically.
• Decentralized Portfolio & Wallet Trackers: Power user-facing portfolio valuation dashboards with live mark-to-market prices for unlisted and micro-cap DEX tokens.
• Telegram & Discord Price Alert Bots: Ingest real-time DEX volume spikes, 5-minute price swings, and liquidity drains to trigger instant community alerts.
• DeFi Analytics & Backtesting Pipelines: Stream clean, normalized pool metrics into quantitative trading algorithms and backtesting engines with zero rate-limit bans.

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Execution Modes

1. Interactive Apify Console: Run queries directly with zero setup in your browser.
2. Programmatic Node.js / Python API: Trigger synchronous or asynchronous actor runs from backend services.
3. Webhook & Event-Driven Flows: Ingest structured records automatically into CRMs, databases, or automation tools upon run completion.
4. Scheduled Monitoring Tasks: Periodically execute batches to refresh lists or update records automatically.

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API & Actor Code Examples

1. Apify JavaScript SDK (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN',
});

const input = {
  "query": "SOL",
  "chainId": "solana",
  "limit": 10
};

const run = await client.actor('dexscreener-crypto-api').call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log('Results:', items);

2. Apify Python SDK (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run_input = {
  "query": "SOL",
  "chainId": "solana",
  "limit": 10
}

run = client.actor("dexscreener-crypto-api").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

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Full Concrete JSON Payloads

HTTP 200 (Success)

{
  "success": true,
  "query": "SOL",
  "count": 2,
  "pairs": [
    {
      "pairAddress": "Czfq3xZZDmsdGdUyrNLtRhGc47cXcZtLG4crryfu44zE",
      "chainId": "solana",
      "dexId": "raydium",
      "url": "https://dexscreener.com/solana/czfq3xzzdmsdgduyrnlttrhgc47cxcztlg4crryfu44ze",
      "baseToken": {
        "address": "So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112",
        "name": "Wrapped SOL",
        "symbol": "SOL"
      },
      "quoteToken": {
        "address": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v",
        "name": "USD Coin",
        "symbol": "USDC"
      },
      "priceNative": "154.20",
      "priceUsd": "154.20",
      "liquidity": {
        "usd": 48291040,
        "base": 156580,
        "quote": 24145520
      },
      "volume24h": 142850900,
      "priceChange": {
        "m5": 0.12,
        "h1": -0.45,
        "h6": 1.85,
        "h24": 4.12
      }
    },
    {
      "pairAddress": "8sLbNZoA1cfnvMJLPfp98nS8ETv8UMUYYfyhF7oTFq83",
      "chainId": "solana",
      "dexId": "orca",
      "url": "https://dexscreener.com/solana/8slbnzoa1cfnvmjlpfp98ns8etv8umuyyfyhf7otfq83",
      "baseToken": {
        "address": "So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112",
        "name": "Wrapped SOL",
        "symbol": "SOL"
      },
      "quoteToken": {
        "address": "Es9vMFrzaCERmJfrF4H2FYD4KCoNkY11McCe8BenwNYB",
        "name": "Tether USD",
        "symbol": "USDT"
      },
      "priceNative": "154.18",
      "priceUsd": "154.18",
      "liquidity": {
        "usd": 28410920,
        "base": 92100,
        "quote": 14205460
      },
      "volume24h": 89400200,
      "priceChange": {
        "m5": 0.08,
        "h1": -0.5,
        "h6": 1.78,
        "h24": 4.05
      }
    }
  ]
}

HTTP 400 (Bad Request / Missing Parameters)

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Required parameter is missing or invalid.",
  "code": "missing_parameter"
}

HTTP 429 (Rate Limit / Concurrency Exceeded)

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Account concurrency limit reached. Please back off or scale compute units.",
  "code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
}

HTTP 500 (Upstream Error)

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Upstream service error encountered. Automatic edge retry failed.",
  "code": "upstream_error"
}

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Input Parameters & Schema

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	String	Yes	SOL	Token symbol, name, or token contract address (e.g. 'SOL', 'PEPE', '0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599')
chainId	String	No	solana	Filter by blockchain ('solana', 'ethereum', 'bsc', 'base', 'arbitrum', 'polygon')
limit	Integer	No	20	Maximum number of DEX trading pairs to return (1-50)

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How To Use (Step-by-Step)

1. Open Actor on Apify Store: Navigate to DexScreener Crypto API: Real-Time DEX Prices & Liquidity on the Apify Store.
2. Configure Input: Provide your target query and select your execution mode in the Input tab.
3. Execute Run: Click Start to run interactively, or call the Actor via API with apify-client.
4. Export Dataset: Instantly download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or configure a Webhook to notify your endpoint.

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Transparent Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

• Free Users: $0.10 per run.
• Paid Apify Members: Fixed unit rate of $0.005 per query execution.
• Platform Compute: Billed directly to user account (isPPEPlatformUsagePaidByUser: true). Developer is never billed for platform usage.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Which blockchains and decentralized exchanges are supported?

This API supports all DEXs indexed by DexScreener across 30+ chains, including Solana (Raydium, Orca), Ethereum (Uniswap, Sushi), Base (Aerodrome), BSC (PancakeSwap), and Arbitrum.

2. Can I look up tokens by contract address as well as symbol?

Yes. You can pass either a token ticker (e.g. 'SOL', 'PEPE') or the exact token mint / contract address to pinpoint specific pools.

3. How fresh is the price and liquidity data?

Data is fetched directly from real-time DEX on-chain liquidity feeds with sub-second execution (~200ms – 350ms average edge latency).

4. What metrics are returned for each trading pair?

Each record provides base token, quote token, pair contract address, DEX name, price in USD, native price, total pool liquidity (USD, base, quote), 24h volume, and 5m/1h/6h/24h price changes.

5. Do I need to manage RPC nodes or private web3 endpoints?

No. The API operates completely through high-speed edge PoPs and handles all on-chain indexing and gateway aggregation transparently.

6. How does Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing work?

Free users pay $0.10 per run. Paid Apify subscribers pay $0.005 per query ($5.00 per 1,000 queries). Platform compute is billed directly to the user account with zero developer markup.

7. Can I run automated recurring price tracking tasks?

Yes! Configure Apify Tasks to monitor your target token pools on 1-minute, 5-minute, or hourly schedules.

8. How can I export trading pair data?

Export directly to JSON, CSV, Excel, or configure instant webhooks to deliver live pool updates to your trading server or database.

9. Is there a rate limit on concurrent queries?

The API scales automatically across global edge locations. High-throughput subscribers can execute dozens of concurrent queries smoothly.

10. How does the API handle tokens with multiple liquidity pools?

It returns all active pools sorted by liquidity and 24h volume, allowing you to instantly identify the primary market depth.

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Keywords & Search Tags

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