Alchemy Token Balances API
Retrieve ERC-20 token balances for wallet addresses.
Retrieve ERC-20 token balances for wallet addresses.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Alchemy Token Token Balances API
description: The Alchemy Token API provides comprehensive access to ERC-20 token data across EVM-compatible networks. Developers can retrieve token balances by wallet address, token metadata (name, symbol, decimals, logo), and real-time pricing data. The API supports multi-chain queries and returns standardized responses for easy integration into wallets, portfolio trackers, and DeFi applications.
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: Alchemy Support
url: https://www.alchemy.com/support
x-generated-from: documentation
servers:
- url: https://eth-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/{apiKey}
description: Ethereum Mainnet
variables:
apiKey:
default: your-api-key
description: Your Alchemy API key.
- url: https://polygon-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/{apiKey}
description: Polygon Mainnet
variables:
apiKey:
default: your-api-key
description: Your Alchemy API key.
tags:
- name: Token Balances
description: Retrieve ERC-20 token balances for wallet addresses.
paths:
/getTokenBalances:
post:
operationId: getTokenBalances
summary: Alchemy Get Token Balances
description: Returns ERC-20 token balances for a specified wallet address across all tokens or a specified list of token contract addresses. Supports both paginated full-portfolio queries and targeted balance lookups.
tags:
- Token Balances
security:
- apiKeyHeader: []
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonRpcRequest'
examples:
GetTokenBalancesRequestExample:
summary: Default getTokenBalances request
x-microcks-default: true
value:
id: 1
jsonrpc: '2.0'
method: alchemy_getTokenBalances
params:
- address: '0x2791bca1f2de4661ed88a30c99a7a9449aa84174'
tokenType: erc20
responses:
'200':
description: Token balances retrieved successfully.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenBalancesResponse'
examples:
GetTokenBalances200Example:
summary: Default getTokenBalances 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
id: 1
jsonrpc: '2.0'
result:
address: '0x2791bca1f2de4661ed88a30c99a7a9449aa84174'
tokenBalances:
- contractAddress: '0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48'
tokenBalance: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000de0b6b3a7640000'
error: null
pageKey: null
'400':
description: Bad request - invalid parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonRpcErrorResponse'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
schemas:
TokenBalance:
type: object
title: Token Balance
description: ERC-20 token balance entry for a wallet address.
properties:
contractAddress:
type: string
description: Token contract address.
example: '0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48'
tokenBalance:
type: string
description: Token balance in hexadecimal (raw units, divide by 10^decimals).
example: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000de0b6b3a7640000'
error:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Error message if the balance could not be retrieved.
example: null
JsonRpcErrorResponse:
type: object
title: JSON-RPC Error Response
description: JSON-RPC error response envelope.
properties:
id:
type: integer
example: 1
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
error:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonRpcError'
JsonRpcError:
type: object
title: JSON-RPC Error
description: Error object for a failed JSON-RPC response.
properties:
code:
type: integer
description: JSON-RPC error code.
example: -32602
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable error description.
example: Invalid params
TokenBalancesResult:
type: object
title: Token Balances Result
description: Result payload for token balance queries.
properties:
address:
type: string
description: Wallet address queried.
example: '0x2791bca1f2de4661ed88a30c99a7a9449aa84174'
tokenBalances:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenBalance'
description: List of token balances for the wallet.
pageKey:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Pagination key for fetching the next page.
example: null
JsonRpcRequest:
type: object
title: JSON-RPC Request
description: Standard JSON-RPC 2.0 request envelope for Alchemy API methods.
required:
- id
- jsonrpc
- method
- params
properties:
id:
type: integer
description: Request identifier for response correlation.
example: 1
jsonrpc:
type: string
description: JSON-RPC protocol version.
example: '2.0'
method:
type: string
description: Alchemy or Ethereum JSON-RPC method name.
example: alchemy_getTokenBalances
params:
type: array
description: Method-specific parameters array.
items: {}
TokenBalancesResponse:
type: object
title: Token Balances Response
description: JSON-RPC response containing token balance results.
properties:
id:
type: integer
example: 1
jsonrpc:
type: string
example: '2.0'
result:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenBalancesResult'
securitySchemes:
apiKeyHeader:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-Alchemy-Token
description: Alchemy API key. Also embedded in server URL path variable.