# Crypto Price Tracker (`m_ctim/crypto-price-tracker`) Actor

Look up current price, market cap, 24h/7d change, volume, supply, and all-time high/low for any cryptocurrency via the public CoinGecko API. For trading, portfolio, and market-research tools.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/m\_ctim/crypto-price-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [Timothy Kelvin](https://apify.com/m_ctim) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## Crypto Price Tracker

Look up current price, market cap, 24h/7d change, volume, supply, and
all-time high/low for any cryptocurrency, via the public [CoinGecko
API](https://www.coingecko.com/en/api).

Built for trading, portfolio, and market-research tools that need a
quick price/market-cap snapshot without wiring up a full exchange API.

### Input

```json
{
  "coinIds": ["bitcoin", "ethereum"],
  "vsCurrency": "usd"
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `coinIds` | array of strings (required) | One or more CoinGecko coin IDs (not ticker symbols), e.g. `"bitcoin"`, `"ethereum"`, `"solana"`, `"dogecoin"`. Find the exact ID on a coin's CoinGecko page URL. |
| `vsCurrency` | string | The fiat or crypto currency to price against, e.g. `"usd"`, `"eur"`, `"btc"`. Default `"usd"`. |

### Output

One record per requested coin:

```json
{
  "coinId": "bitcoin",
  "found": true,
  "symbol": "btc",
  "name": "Bitcoin",
  "vsCurrency": "usd",
  "currentPrice": 64154,
  "marketCap": 1287658233263,
  "marketCapRank": 1,
  "totalVolume": 21109041334,
  "high24h": 64516,
  "low24h": 63246,
  "priceChangePercentage24h": 1.8,
  "priceChangePercentage7d": 0.3,
  "circulatingSupply": 20071518,
  "totalSupply": 20071518,
  "maxSupply": 21000000,
  "allTimeHigh": 126080,
  "allTimeHighDate": "2025-10-06T10:57:42.000Z",
  "allTimeLow": 67.81,
  "allTimeLowDate": "2013-07-05T16:00:00.000Z",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-18T02:13:30.000Z"
}
```

An unrecognized coin ID returns `{ "coinId": "...", "found": false }`
for that entry rather than being silently dropped — CoinGecko's own
API omits unknown IDs from its response with no error, so this actor
detects the gap and reports it explicitly.

### How it works

Direct calls to the public [CoinGecko
API](https://www.coingecko.com/en/api/documentation) — no proxy, no
key, no scraping. The free public tier is shared and rate-limited; the
actor retries with backoff on a throttle before surfacing a real
error.

### Pricing note

Billed per **lookup** (one run), not per coin returned — one charge
whether you request 1 coin or 20.

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more CoinGecko coin IDs (not ticker symbols), e.g. "bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana", "dogecoin". Find the exact ID on a coin's CoinGecko page URL.

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

The fiat or crypto currency to price against, e.g. "usd", "eur", "btc".

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "vsCurrency": "usd"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("m_ctim/crypto-price-tracker").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("m_ctim/crypto-price-tracker").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 '{}' |
apify call m_ctim/crypto-price-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,m_ctim/crypto-price-tracker"
        }
    }
}

```

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/SXQpunVeSbQAQWIjq/builds/idQBMf8I2COmbaotR/openapi.json