CoinGecko Search API
Search for coins, exchanges, and categories.
CoinGecko Search API is one of 22 APIs that CoinGecko publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, pricing, and an AsyncAPI specification.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.0.1.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3, https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 4
CoinGecko Search API declares
4 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as x-cg-demo-api-key (demoApiKeyHeader).
An API key is passed in the query as x_cg_demo_api_key (demoApiKeyQuery).
An API key is passed in the header as x-cg-pro-api-key (proApiKeyHeader).
An API key is passed in the query as x_cg_pro_api_key (proApiKeyQuery).
demoApiKeyHeader— CoinGecko Demo API key passed via request header. Obtain a free key from the CoinGecko developer dashboard.demoApiKeyQuery— CoinGecko Demo API key passed via query string parameter.proApiKeyHeader— CoinGecko Pro API key passed via request header.proApiKeyQuery— CoinGecko Pro API key passed via query string parameter.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Search for coins, exchanges, and categories.
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TransactionCount (4 properties), Pool (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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