# DeFiLlama Protocols TVL Scraper (`parseforge/defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper`) Actor
Grab every protocol indexed by DeFiLlama with filters for category, chain, name substring, and minimum TVL. Returns name, category, primary chain, all chains, TVL, 1d change, 7d change, market cap, and token symbol. Useful for DeFi screening, competitor research, and dashboards.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Integrations, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $7.50 / 1,000 results
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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# README
## DeFiLlama Protocols TVL Scraper
> ๐ **Export every DeFi protocol with TVL, category, and chain coverage. Direct from DeFiLlama public API.**
> ๐ **Last updated:** 2026-06-05 . **๐ 11 fields** per record . Public API . Real-time
The DeFiLlama Protocols TVL Scraper turns the [DeFiLlama protocols API](https://api.llama.fi) public REST endpoint into a clean, structured dataset.
| ๐ฏ Target Audience | ๐ก Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| ๐ DeFi analysts | Rank protocols by TVL |
| ๐ผ VCs | Discover new categories |
| ๐ช Token researchers | Track chain coverage |
| ๐ค ML engineers | Build VC dashboards |
### ๐ What the DeFiLlama Protocols TVL Scraper does
- Calls https://api.llama.fi/protocols.
- Flattens each protocol into a row with TVL and chain coverage.
- Supports category, chain, and min TVL filters.
- Surfaces upstream errors as clean rows.
> ๐ก **Why it matters.** The source returns raw API payloads that most data tools cannot ingest directly. This actor normalizes everything into a flat row format ready for analysis.
### ๐ฌ Full Demo
_๐ง Coming soon._
### โ๏ธ Input
Field
Type
Required
Description
maxItems
integer
No
Free users limited to 10. Paid users up to 1,000,000. Prefill 10.
**Example 1.**
```json
{
"category": "Dexes",
"maxItems": 50
}
````
**Example 2.**
```json
{
"chain": "Solana",
"minTvl": 50000000,
"maxItems": 30
}
```
> โ ๏ธ **Good to Know.** This actor uses a public endpoint. No login or API key is required.
### ๐ Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ท๏ธ `name` | string | Protocol name. |
| ๐ท๏ธ `category` | string | DeFi category (e.g. Dexes, Lending). |
| โ๏ธ `chain` | string | Primary chain. |
| โ๏ธ `chains` | array | All chains the protocol is on. |
| ๐ฐ `tvl` | number | Total value locked in USD. |
| ๐ `change_1d` | number | 24h TVL percent change. |
| ๐ `change_7d` | number | 7d TVL percent change. |
| ๐ `mcap` | number | Token market cap in USD. |
| ๐ช `symbol` | string | Native token symbol. |
| ๐ `scrapedAt` | string | Fetch time. |
| โ `error` | string | Set if upstream error. |
**Sample record.**
```json
{
"name": "Lido",
"category": "Liquid Staking",
"chain": "Ethereum",
"chains": [
"Ethereum"
],
"tvl": 30000000000,
"change_1d": 0.5,
"change_7d": -1.2,
"mcap": 1500000000,
"symbol": "LDO",
"scrapedAt": "2026-06-05T12:00:00.000Z",
"error": null
}
```
### โจ Why choose this Actor
| ๐ | Public source, no API key required. |
| ๐งน | Clean snake\_case fields ready for BI tools. |
| ๐ข | Numeric values auto-cast for spreadsheets. |
| ๐ | Errors surfaced as a clean record instead of crashing. |
| ๐พ | Push to dataset for instant export in multiple formats. |
### ๐ How it compares to alternatives
| Approach | Setup time | Clean fields? | Numeric casting? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roll your own fetch | 30 min+ | โ | โ |
| Custom Python script | 1 hr+ | partial | partial |
| **This Actor** | 5 sec, no install | โ | โ |
### ๐ How to use
1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Adjust `maxItems` if needed (defaults to 10).
3. Click **Start**. Within seconds, your dataset is ready for download or integration.
### ๐ผ Business use cases
**๐ Analytics dashboards.** Pipe results into BI tools.
**๐ผ Backtesting.** Snapshot data daily for reproducible analysis.
**๐ฐ Reporting.** Embed live numbers in newsletters or briefings.
**๐ค ML feature engineering.** Build training sets from public data.
### ๐ Automating DeFiLlama Protocols TVL Scraper
- **Make / Zapier.** Trigger this actor on a schedule, push results to Airtable, Google Sheets, or Slack.
- **Cron schedule.** Native Apify scheduler.
- **Webhooks.** POST to your endpoint when a run finishes.
- **Pipe to BigQuery, Snowflake, Postgres.** Native Apify integrations.
### ๐ Beyond business use cases
**๐ Education.** Use real data in finance and economics classes.
**๐งช Personal research.** Track your own metrics without coding.
**๐ค Non-profit and open data.** Build public dashboards with current numbers.
**๐งฐ Tinkering and prototyping.** Spin up a feed in seconds for new ideas.
### ๐ค Ask an AI assistant about this scraper
Pop this README into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant and ask it to map your workflow to the actor inputs.
### โ Frequently Asked Questions
**โ Do I need an API key?** No. Endpoint is public.
**โ How fresh is TVL?** Updated roughly every 5 minutes.
**โ Can I filter by category?** Yes via the category input.
**โ Can I filter by chain?** Yes via the chain input.
**โ What if upstream errors?** A single record with error is pushed.
**โ Will the schema change?** name, category, chain, tvl are stable.
**โ Can I schedule runs?** Yes via Apify scheduler, Make, Zapier, or cron.
**โ Which export formats?** Apify dataset UI exposes multiple structured formats.
**โ Is rate limiting strict?** DeFiLlama is generous.
**โ Is this scraping or API?** API.
### ๐ Integrate with any app
Apify ships native integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, Discord, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Gmail, Airbyte, Keboola, Telegram, GitHub, and any REST API or webhook endpoint.
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|---|---|
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> ๐ก **Pro Tip.** Browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for 900+ production-grade scrapers.
***
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# Actor input Schema
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000
## `category` (type: `string`):
DeFiLlama protocol category (e.g. Dexes, Lending, Liquid Staking).
## `chain` (type: `string`):
Filter protocols to a specific chain.
## `nameContains` (type: `string`):
Case-insensitive substring match on protocol name.
## `minTvl` (type: `integer`):
Only return protocols with TVL at least this many USD.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"maxItems": 10
}
```
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"maxItems": 10
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`๐พ 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);
});
// ๐ Want to learn more ๐? Go to โ 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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxItems": 10 }
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("๐พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# ๐ Want to learn more ๐? Go to โ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "DeFiLlama Protocols TVL Scraper",
"description": "Grab every protocol indexed by DeFiLlama with filters for category, chain, name substring, and minimum TVL. Returns name, category, primary chain, all chains, TVL, 1d change, 7d change, market cap, and token symbol. Useful for DeFi screening, competitor research, and dashboards.",
"version": "0.1",
"x-build-id": "TDwbl4bwIyzByGsD4"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/parseforge~defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/parseforge~defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/parseforge~defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-defillama-protocols-tvl-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"maxItems": {
"title": "Max Items",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1000000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
},
"category": {
"title": "Category",
"type": "string",
"description": "DeFiLlama protocol category (e.g. Dexes, Lending, Liquid Staking)."
},
"chain": {
"title": "Chain",
"type": "string",
"description": "Filter protocols to a specific chain."
},
"nameContains": {
"title": "Name contains",
"type": "string",
"description": "Case-insensitive substring match on protocol name."
},
"minTvl": {
"title": "Min TVL USD",
"type": "integer",
"description": "Only return protocols with TVL at least this many USD."
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
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},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
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"example": 0
},
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"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
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},
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},
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},
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"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
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},
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},
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"type": "integer",
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},
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"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
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"example": 0
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```