CoinPaprika Scraper

Most crypto sources give you a 24 hour change and stop. CoinPaprika publishes percent change from nine windows, from 15 minutes out to a full year, and this Actor returns all of them in one record alongside price, market cap, rank, volume, supply and the all-time high. That makes it the source to reach for when you care about how fast a move is happening, not just that it happened.

What it does

• Returns one record per coin, in order. A coin id CoinPaprika does not know comes back with status: "failed" and a reason.
• Carries nine change windows in one record: 15m, 30m, 1h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 7d, 30d and 1y. No other source in this fleet gives you the short end.
• Keeps both names: requested is the id you sent and tickerSymbol is the ticker, so records join back to a watchlist keyed either way.
• Prices in any quote currency CoinPaprika supports, not just USD.
• Carries the all-time high with its date, so a price has context.
• Needs no API key. CoinPaprika's free tier is open and this Actor uses it.

Use cases

You need to	How this Actor does it
Catch a move as it happens	Read percentChange15m and percentChange1h rather than waiting for the daily number
Compare momentum across windows	Chart 1h against 24h against 7d in the same record
Rank a watchlist	Sort on rank and marketCap
Find how far a coin is off its high	Read ath and athDate
Feed a crypto research agent	Call the Actor over MCP and let the model ask for the coin it needs
Track a market every 15 minutes	Schedule the run to match the shortest change window

Quick start

1. Click Try for free.
2. Add CoinPaprika coin ids, one per line: btc-bitcoin, eth-ethereum, sol-solana. The id is the ticker and the name joined by a hyphen.
3. Set Quote currency if you want something other than USD.
4. Click Start. Rows appear within seconds.
5. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or read the dataset over the API.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it controls
coinIds	array	btc-bitcoin, eth-ethereum	CoinPaprika coin ids to read, written ticker-name
quoteCurrency	string	USD	The quote currency code
maxItems	integer	0	Caps how many coins are read. 0 reads them all

{
    "coinIds": [
        "btc-bitcoin",
        "eth-ethereum",
        "sol-solana"
    ],
    "quoteCurrency": "USD",
    "maxItems": 0
}

Output

One dataset item per coin. Fields CoinPaprika does not publish for a coin are dropped rather than returned as null.

Field group	Fields
Identity	status, requested, tickerSymbol, name, rank, url
Price	value, quoteCurrency
Short-window change	percentChange15m, percentChange30m, percentChange1h, percentChange6h, percentChange12h
Long-window change	percentChange24h, percentChange7d, percentChange30d, percentChange1y
Market and supply	marketCap, volume24h, circulatingSupply, totalSupply, maxSupply
Extremes	ath, athDate, percentFromPriceAth
Timing	validFrom, scrapedAt

{
    "status": "ok",
    "requested": "btc-bitcoin",
    "tickerSymbol": "BTC",
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "rank": 1,
    "value": 104238.61,
    "quoteCurrency": "USD",
    "percentChange15m": 0.08,
    "percentChange1h": -0.31,
    "percentChange24h": -1.84,
    "percentChange7d": 3.12,
    "percentChange1y": 62.4,
    "marketCap": 2068442110394,
    "volume24h": 41220118844,
    "circulatingSupply": 19842193.0,
    "maxSupply": 21000000.0,
    "ath": 126198.0,
    "athDate": "2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z",
    "validFrom": "2026-09-04T20:00:01.000Z"
}

Integrations

Run it over the API and get the rows back in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/publicmoney~coinpaprika-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"coinIds": ["btc-bitcoin", "eth-ethereum", "sol-solana"], "quoteCurrency": "USD", "maxItems": 0}'

From Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("publicmoney/coinpaprika-scraper").call(run_input={"coinIds": ["btc-bitcoin", "eth-ethereum", "sol-solana"], "quoteCurrency": "USD", "maxItems": 0})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["tickerSymbol"], item["name"], item["value"])

Give an AI agent the Actor over MCP:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=publicmoney/coinpaprika-scraper"
        }
    }
}

Schedules run it on any cron, webhooks fire when a run finishes, and platform integrations push the dataset to Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable, Zapier or your own endpoint.

Cost

Pay per event, so you pay for records rather than compute time.

Event	Free tier	Top volume tier
Record with data	$0.002	$0.0007
Actor start	$0.00005 per GB	Same

A record that returned no data is published as a failure row and is never charged. Six volume tiers apply, so the per-record price falls with monthly volume.

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
A coin returns failed	You sent a bare ticker. CoinPaprika ids are ticker-name, so it is btc-bitcoin, not BTC and not bitcoin.
The short-window changes are all zero	The coin barely trades, so nothing moved in 15 or 30 minutes. Check volume24h.
maxSupply is missing	CoinPaprika publishes no max supply for coins that have none. That is the source, not a gap.
A change window is missing	CoinPaprika omits a window it has too little history for, which happens on newly listed coins.
Prices differ from CoinGecko or CoinMarketCap	Each aggregator weights a different set of venues. Read validFrom and compare like for like.

FAQ

Is the CoinPaprika API free?

CoinPaprika has an open free tier, which is what this Actor uses, so there is no key to register. The Actor itself is charged per record.

What is a CoinPaprika coin id?

The ticker and the name joined by a hyphen: btc-bitcoin, eth-ethereum, sol-solana. It is neither a bare ticker nor a bare name.

Why use CoinPaprika over CoinGecko or CoinMarketCap?

The short change windows. CoinPaprika is the only source in this fleet that publishes 15 minute, 30 minute and 1 hour change, which matters when you are watching a move rather than reporting on a day.

Does it return historical prices?

No series, but the nine change windows in each record cover 15 minutes out to a year. To build a series, schedule the Actor and let the dataset accumulate.

Can I price in something other than USD?

Yes. Set the quote currency to any code CoinPaprika supports.

Do I need a CoinPaprika API key?

No. You need an Apify token to call the Actor over the API. No CoinPaprika credential is involved anywhere.

Can I get this data in Python?

Yes, with the apify-client package as shown above. It returns parsed JSON, so there is no HTML or response handling on your side.

Can I get the data into Excel or Google Sheets?

Yes. Export the dataset as XLSX or CSV, or connect the Google Sheets integration so each run appends to a sheet.

Can an AI agent call this Actor?

Yes. Add it to an MCP client with the config above and the model can request what it needs on its own. Every record is flat JSON with named fields, so no post-processing is needed.

Is it legal to scrape CoinPaprika?

This Actor reads public CoinPaprika data that needs no login and collects no personal data. Scraping public data is generally lawful, and how you store, redistribute or act on market data is governed by your own agreements and local rules. Take your own legal advice for your use case.

Changelog

• 0.0.2 Added the full set of nine change windows and the all-time high date.
• 0.0.1 First release. Market data for any listed coin.

Feedback

Found a field CoinPaprika publishes that this Actor misses, or an input it rejects? Open an issue on the Issues tab with the input and what you expected. A daily test runs every Actor in the fleet against live sources, so parser fixes ship fast.