Barchart Cryptocurrency Data API
The Cryptocurrency Data API from Barchart — 2 operation(s) for cryptocurrency data.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: OnDemand Cryptocurrency Data API
version: 1.0.1
description: Barchart features a diverse set of market and information APIs that can be easily integrated into your website. Whether you're looking for a small, medium, large or enterprise solution, we'll create a custom package for you that exceeds your expectations.
contact:
name: onDemand API Support
url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand
email: support@barchart.com
termsOfService: https://www.barchart.com/solutions/company/terms-and-privacy
servers:
- url: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
tags:
- name: Cryptocurrency Data
paths:
/getCrypto.json:
get:
tags:
- Cryptocurrency Data
summary: getCrypto
operationId: get-getCrypto
description: The getCrypto API provides price data by symbol for spot market cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin and more. <a href="https://www.barchart.com/futures/bitcoin" target="_blank">Bitcoin futures</a> are available through <a href="https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote" target="_blank">getQuote</a>. In addition to last price, other fields such as open, high, low, close, price change, percent change are available.
parameters:
- in: query
name: apikey
description: Enter the secret API key.
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: YOUR_API_KEY
- in: query
name: symbols
description: A valid cryptocurrency symbol. Multiple symbols separated by a comma may be used.
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: ^BTCUSD
responses:
'200':
description: OK (Success)
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: object
description: The status object when an error occurs or when a response is successful.
required:
- code
- message
properties:
code:
description: The status code of the response.
type: integer
example: 200
message:
description: The status message corresponding to the status code.
type: string
example: Success.
results:
description: The results object of the API operation.
type: array
uniqueItems: true
items:
type: object
properties:
symbol:
description: The symbol or code that identifies the cryptocurrency
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: ^BTCUSD
name:
description: The name that identifies the cryptocurrency
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: Bitcoin - USD
lastPrice:
description: The last price the cryptocurrency traded at.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 51917.12
open:
description: The price at which the cryptocurrency opened for trading.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52125.16
high:
description: The highest price at which the cryptocurrency traded for the session.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52526.57
low:
description: The lowest price at which the cryptocurrency traded for the session.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 50932.95
previousClose:
description: The price at which the cryptocurrency closed the previous trade day.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52374.08
netChange:
description: The price change between the last price and previous close price.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: -463.46
percentChange:
description: The percent change between the last price and previous close price.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: -0.88
bid:
description: The current bid price.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 51909.9
ask:
description: The current ask price.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 51921.67
volume:
description: 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.
type:
- integer
- 'null'
example: 56280
serverTimestamp:
description: The time the message was generated on the server.
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: '2021-02-18T14:52:17-06:00'
tradeTimestamp:
description: The exchange timestamp for the last traded price.
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: '2021-02-18T14:52:16-06:00'
required:
- symbol
- name
- lastPrice
- open
- high
- low
- previousClose
- netChange
- percentChange
- bid
- ask
- volume
- serverTimestamp
- tradeTimestamp
'204':
description: No Content
'400':
description: Bad Request
'500':
description: Internal Server Error
/getCryptoHistory.json:
get:
tags:
- Cryptocurrency Data
summary: getCryptoHistory
operationId: get-getCryptoHistory
description: The getCryptoHistory API provides historical price data for spot cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin and more. Bitcoin futures historical data is available through the getHistory API.
parameters:
- in: query
name: apikey
description: Enter the secret API key.
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: YOUR_API_KEY
- in: query
name: symbol
description: A valid cryptocurrency symbol.
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: ^BTCUSD
- in: query
name: type
description: The type of historical data to return, including tick data, minute data, and end-of-day data.
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- ticks
- minutes
- nearbyMinutes
- formTMinutes
- daily
- weekly
- monthly
- quarterly
- yearly
example: minutes
- in: query
name: startDate
description: The start date of the historical data query. This parameter should be set to the desired start date/time for the query (the result set will include records back to, and including, this value). If not set, the value will default to the beginning of the day specified in the end parameter, if end is specified, or to the beginning of the current day, if end is not specified. The value should conform to the format yyyymmdd[hhmm[ss]], where fields in brackets are optional (Do not include the brackets themselves). Any optional fields that are not explicitly set will default to 0 (i.e. 20090203 will default to 20090203000000 or February 3, 2009 at 00:00:00).
required: false
schema:
type: string
example: '20260721'
- in: query
name: endDate
description: The end data of the historical data query. This parameter should be set to the desired end date/time for the query (the result set will include records up to, but not including, this value). If not set, the value will default to the end of the day specified in the start parameter, if specified, or to the end of the current day, if start is not specified. The value should conform to the format yyyymmdd[hhmm[ss]], where fields in brackets are optional (Do not include the brackets themselves). Any optional fields that are not explicitly set will default to 0 (i.e. 20090203 will default to 20090203000000 or February 3, 2009 at 00:00:00).
required: false
schema:
type: string
example: '20260722'
- in: query
name: maxRecords
description: The maximum amount of records returned. This parameter should be set to the maximum number of records desired. If not specified, there number of records returned will be determined by the date/time parameters specified as well as any defaults that apply to the query.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
example: 10
- in: query
name: interval
description: The number of minutes for a minute query.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
example: 60
- in: query
name: order
description: An arrangement of fields within a particular record (ascending or descending). This parameter can be set to one of two values ("asc" and "desc") in order to specify the chronological order of the result set returned. If this parameter is not specified, the order results is not guaranteed.
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- asc
- desc
example: asc
responses:
'200':
description: OK (Success)
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: object
description: The status object when an error occurs or when a response is successful.
required:
- code
- message
properties:
code:
description: The status code of the response.
type: integer
example: 200
message:
description: The status message corresponding to the status code.
type: string
example: Success.
results:
description: The results object of the API operation.
type: array
uniqueItems: true
items:
type: object
properties:
symbol:
description: A symbol or code that identifies a financial instrument.
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: ^BTCUSD
timestamp:
description: 'The exchange time of the price. Format: HH:MM:SS.FFF
'
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: '2021-02-18T00:00:00-06:00'
tradingDay:
description: 'The date of the trade. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
'
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: date
example: '2021-02-18'
sessionCode:
description: A code used to differentiate between composite market prices, overnight session prices, and day session prices for futures. Not all futures exchanges use session codes. "G" is electronic session and "R" is pit session.
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: ' '
tickPrice:
description: The price traded for a single transaction.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52200.85
tickSize:
description: The volume traded for a single transaction.
type:
- integer
- 'null'
example: 1
open:
description: The opening (first) price for the period.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52200.85
high:
description: The highest traded price for the period.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52201.39
low:
description: The lowest traded price for the period.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52192.97
close:
description: The last traded price for the period.
type:
- number
- 'null'
format: double
example: 52192.97
volume:
description: 24 hour volume is composed of the exchanges included in our data feed and reflects the number of contracts traded in the prior rolling 24 hour window. Volume is measured in the asset found in the numerator of the pair. Note that historical 24 hour volume is a snapshot of this measure at 5 EST for the day in question.
type:
- integer
- 'null'
example: 28
required:
- symbol
- timestamp
- tradingDay
'204':
description: No Content
'400':
description: Bad Request
'500':
description: Internal Server Error