# CoinGecko Tokens by Category Scraper (`v0iddo/coingecko-tokens-by-category`) Actor Pulls every token listed in a CoinGecko category (DeFi, meme, AI, L1, ecosystem tags) with current price, market cap, 24h volume, rank, and price change. Uses the free public CoinGecko API - no key needed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/v0iddo/coingecko-tokens-by-category.md - **Developed by:** [vøiddo](https://apify.com/v0iddo) (community) - **Categories:** Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.00 / 1,000 dataset items This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## CoinGecko Tokens by Category Scraper Pulls every token listed in a CoinGecko category (DeFi, meme, AI, L1, ecosystem tags, etc.) with current price, market cap, 24h volume, rank, and price change. Uses the free public CoinGecko API — **no API key required**. ### Example output row ```json { "category": "meme-token", "coin_id": "dogecoin", "symbol": "doge", "name": "Dogecoin", "price_usd": 0.1423, "market_cap_usd": 20895432198, "rank": 8, "volume_24h_usd": 1034598217, "change_pct_24h": 3.14, "circulating_supply": 146852429611.0, "all_time_high_usd": 0.7376, "logo_url": "https://coin-images.coingecko.com/coins/images/5/large/dogecoin.png", "last_updated": "2026-06-21T18:00:00.000Z", "snapshot_at": "2026-06-21T18:47:01+00:00" } ```` ### How to use Pass a JSON input with a `category` array of CoinGecko category slugs.\ Category slugs come from the `category_id` field of the [/coins/categories/list](https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/categories/list) endpoint — they are **not** human-readable names. ```json { "category": [ "layer-1", "meme-token", "decentralized-finance-defi", "artificial-intelligence", "gaming", "ethereum-ecosystem", "solana-ecosystem" ] } ``` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `category` | `string[]` | `["layer-1","meme-token","artificial-intelligence"]` | One or more CoinGecko category slugs. Invalid slugs are skipped gracefully. | Each category returns up to **100 tokens** ordered by market cap descending.\ Large categories (e.g. `ethereum-ecosystem` has 4000+ tokens) are intentionally truncated to the top 100 — buyers want the leaders, not the long tail. #### Known slug quirks - `polygon-ecosystem-` has a trailing dash (CoinGecko's bug, not ours). - CoinGecko deprecated some legacy slugs in 2025 — if a slug returns 0 results, verify it against `/coins/categories/list`. ### Pricing | Event | Cost | |---|---| | `dataset-item` — per token row returned | **$0.001** | A run over 3 categories averaging 80 tokens each costs $0.24. ### Buyer - **Portfolio trackers** monitoring which tokens dominate a sector (AI coins, RWA, L2s) without a CoinGecko Pro subscription. - **Quant researchers** seeding a watchlist from an entire category in one API call. - **Trading bots** that need a refreshed universe of tokens per sector on a schedule. - **DeFi dashboards** displaying sector-level market cap and volume aggregates. - **Crypto journalists** snapshotting category leaders at publication time. ### Source CoinGecko free public REST API — no authentication required. ``` GET https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/markets ?vs_currency=usd &category={category_slug} &order=market_cap_desc &per_page=100 &page=1 &sparkline=false &price_change_percentage=24h ``` Rate limit: ~10–30 requests/minute on the unauthenticated tier.\ The actor automatically backs off 60 seconds on a 429 response and retries once. # Actor input Schema ## `category` (type: `array`): CoinGecko category slug (from /coins/categories/list). Examples: layer-1, meme-token, decentralized-finance-defi, gaming, artificial-intelligence. ## Actor input object example ```json { "category": [ "layer-1", "meme-token", "artificial-intelligence" ] } ``` # 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 = { "category": [ "layer-1", "meme-token", "artificial-intelligence" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("v0iddo/coingecko-tokens-by-category").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "category": [ "layer-1", "meme-token", "artificial-intelligence", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("v0iddo/coingecko-tokens-by-category").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "category": [ "layer-1", "meme-token", "artificial-intelligence" ] }' | apify call v0iddo/coingecko-tokens-by-category --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=v0iddo/coingecko-tokens-by-category", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "CoinGecko Tokens by Category Scraper", "description": "Pulls every token listed in a CoinGecko category (DeFi, meme, AI, L1, ecosystem tags) with current price, market cap, 24h volume, rank, and price change. Uses the free public CoinGecko API - no key needed.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "iL7Pqz5xzD0MeoJaS" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/v0iddo~coingecko-tokens-by-category/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-v0iddo-coingecko-tokens-by-category", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/v0iddo~coingecko-tokens-by-category/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-v0iddo-coingecko-tokens-by-category", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/v0iddo~coingecko-tokens-by-category/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-v0iddo-coingecko-tokens-by-category", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "category": { "title": "category", "type": "array", "description": "CoinGecko category slug (from /coins/categories/list). Examples: layer-1, meme-token, decentralized-finance-defi, gaming, artificial-intelligence.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } } } }, "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 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "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": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```