How to use the CryptoCompare API

Official documentation here.

Generate an API key

Read this guide to generate an API key.

Tutorials

Here you can find a few code examples written in different languages so you can quickly get started.

• Python tutorials
• Node tutorials
• Javascript (frontend) tutorials
• Google Sheets tutorials
• Golang tutorials

Rate limit

You get the following error message if you are out of the rate limit:

{
	"Response": "Error",
	"Message": "You are over your rate limit please upgrade your account!",
	"HasWarning": false,
	"Type": 99,
	"RateLimit": {
		"calls_made": {
			"second": 53,
			"minute": 915,
			"hour": 63283,
			"day": 127321,
			"month": 6720577,
			"total_calls": 29374377
		},
		"max_calls": {
			"second": 50,
			"minute": 2000,
			"hour": 100000,
			"day": 1500000,
			"month": 15000000
		}
	},
	"Data": {}
}