Crypto Data API

getCrypto

The getCrypto API provides price data by symbol for spot market cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin and more. Bitcoin futures are available through getQuote. In addition to last price, other fields such as open, high, low, close, price change, percent change are available.

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Inputs

symbols^required

A valid cryptocurrency symbol. Multiple symbols separated by a comma may be used.

Type

list (A comma or semi-colon delimited string.)

Example

^BTCUSD

Outputs

symbol
always returned

The symbol or code that identifies the cryptocurrency

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

name
always returned

The name that identifies the cryptocurrency

string
A sequence of characters. (example: GOOG)

lastPrice
always returned

The last price the cryptocurrency traded at.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

open
always returned

The price at which the cryptocurrency opened for trading.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

high
always returned

The highest price at which the cryptocurrency traded for the session.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

low
always returned

The lowest price at which the cryptocurrency traded for the session.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

previousClose
always returned

The price at which the cryptocurrency closed the previous trade day.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

netChange
always returned

The price change between the last price and previous close price.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

percentChange
always returned

The percent change between the last price and previous close price.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

bid
always returned

The current bid price.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

ask
always returned

The current ask price.

double
A numeric type defining a number with fractional parts. (example: 2.14)

volume
always returned

24 hour volume is composed of the exchanges included in our data feed and reflects the notional number of contracts traded in the prior rolling 24 hour window. Volume is measured in the asset found in the numerator of the pair.

int
A numeric type defining a whole number. (example: 2)

serverTimestamp
always returned

The time the message was generated on the server.

dateTime
A date and time in the format of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS<TIMEZONE_OFFSET>.

tradeTimestamp
always returned

The exchange timestamp for the last traded price.

dateTime
A date and time in the format of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS<TIMEZONE_OFFSET>.

Status Code Responses

200

OK

Success

400

Bad Request

The request was invalid, please see the message for more information.

500

Internal Server Error

Something is not working correctly, please contact support.

JSON

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getCrypto.json?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=%5EBTCUSD
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getCrypto.json
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=%5EBTCUSD

Response

{
    "status": {
        "code": 200,
        "message": "Success."
    },
    "results": [
        {
            "symbol": "^BTCUSD",
            "name": "Bitcoin - USD",
            "lastPrice": 97475.03,
            "open": 97854.78,
            "high": 99575.21,
            "low": 96483.69,
            "previousClose": 97608.48,
            "netChange": 852.3399999999965,
            "percentChange": 0.88,
            "bid": 97467.2,
            "ask": 97510.09,
            "volume": 7796,
            "serverTimestamp": "2024-12-21T08:48:04-06:00",
            "tradeTimestamp": "2024-12-21T08:48:03-06:00"
        }
    ]
}

XML

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getCrypto.xml?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=%5EBTCUSD
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getCrypto.xml
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=%5EBTCUSD

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<getCrypto>
  <status>
    <code>200</code>
    <message>Success.</message>
  </status>
  <item>
    <symbol>^BTCUSD</symbol>
    <name>Bitcoin - USD</name>
    <lastPrice>97475.03</lastPrice>
    <open>97854.78</open>
    <high>99575.21</high>
    <low>96483.69</low>
    <previousClose>97608.48</previousClose>
    <netChange>852.34</netChange>
    <percentChange>0.88</percentChange>
    <bid>97467.2</bid>
    <ask>97510.09</ask>
    <volume>7796</volume>
    <serverTimestamp>2024-12-21T08:48:04-06:00</serverTimestamp>
    <tradeTimestamp>2024-12-21T08:48:03-06:00</tradeTimestamp>
  </item>
</getCrypto>

CSV

GET

GET https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getCrypto.csv?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=%5EBTCUSD
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com

POST

POST https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/getCrypto.csv
Host: ondemand.websol.barchart.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=%5EBTCUSD

Response

symbol,name,lastPrice,open,high,low,previousClose,netChange,percentChange,bid,ask,volume,serverTimestamp,tradeTimestamp
"^BTCUSD","Bitcoin - USD","97475.03","97854.78","99575.21","96483.69","97608.48","852.34","0.88","97467.2","97510.09","7796","2024-12-21T08:48:04-06:00","2024-12-21T08:48:03-06:00"

PHP

<?php

$ondemand = new SoapClient('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl');

$params = [
    'apikey' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'symbols' => '^BTCUSD',
];

$result = $ondemand->getCrypto($params);
var_dump($result);

Classic ASP

Dim ondemand
Dim result

Set ondemand = Server.CreateObject("MSSOAP.SoapClient30")
ondemand.ClientProperty("ServerHTTPRequest") = True
ondemand.MSSoapInit("https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl")

Set result = ondemand.getCrypto("YOUR_API_KEY", "^BTCUSD")

Perl

use SOAP::Lite;
use SOAP::WSDL;

my $ondemand = SOAP::Lite
    -> service('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl');

my $result = $ondemand->getCrypto('YOUR_API_KEY', '^BTCUSD');

print $result;

Python

from suds.client import Client
ondemand = Client('https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl')

result = ondemand.service.getCrypto('YOUR_API_KEY', '^BTCUSD')

print(result)

Ruby

require 'savon'

ondemand = Savon.client(wsdl: 'https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com/service?wsdl')

response = ondemand.call(
    :getCrypto,
    message: {
        apikey: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
        symbols: '^BTCUSD',
    }
)

response.body