Bitcompare Prices API

Aggregated spot prices from multiple feeds

Operations 2

GET /api/v1/prices/summary Aggregated exchange price #
GET /api/v1/prices/{symbol} Aggregated price for a single symbol #

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OpenAPI Specification

bitcompare-net-prices-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Bitcompare Prices API
  summary: Crypto yield data, coin metadata, prices, market stats, and stablecoin data.
  description: Public REST API powering Bitcompare and the Bitcompare MCP server. Live and historical crypto yield data across lending, staking, borrowing, and stablecoin products, plus coin metadata, aggregated prices, market stats, and stablecoin peg-stability. Every endpoint is also exposed as an MCP tool at https://api.bitcompare.net/mcp.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Bitcompare API support
    email: info@bitcompare.net
    url: https://docs.bitcompare.net
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://bitcompare.net/terms-of-use
  termsOfService: https://bitcompare.net/terms-of-use
servers:
- url: https://api.bitcompare.net
  description: Production
security:
- {}
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Prices
  description: Aggregated spot prices from multiple feeds
paths:
  /api/v1/prices/summary:
    get:
      tags:
      - Prices
      operationId: get_price
      summary: Aggregated exchange price
      description: Current aggregated price for one or more symbols, computed from multiple exchange feeds.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  prices:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        symbol:
                          type: string
                          description: Coin symbol
                        price:
                          type: number
                          description: Aggregated price in `currency` (default USD)
                        currency:
                          type: string
                          description: ISO 4217 currency code the price is denominated in
                        providers:
                          type: integer
                          description: Number of providers included in the aggregation
                        min:
                          type: number
                          description: Lowest provider price after outlier filtering
                        max:
                          type: number
                          description: Highest provider price after outlier filtering
                        median:
                          type: number
                          description: Median provider price
                        timestamp:
                          type: string
                          description: ISO-8601 timestamp of the aggregation
                      required:
                      - symbol
                      - price
                      - currency
                      - providers
                      - min
                      - max
                      - median
                      - timestamp
                      additionalProperties: true
                  count:
                    type: integer
                  timestamp:
                    type: string
                required:
                - prices
                - count
                - timestamp
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          description: Plan rate limit exceeded
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
      parameters:
      - name: symbols
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Single symbol or array of symbols (e.g. "btc" or ["btc","eth"])
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: array
            items:
              type: string
          description: Single symbol or array of symbols (e.g. "btc" or ["btc","eth"])
        example:
        - btc
        - eth
      x-mcp-annotations:
        readOnlyHint: true
        destructiveHint: false
        idempotentHint: true
        openWorldHint: true
  /api/v1/prices/{symbol}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Prices
      operationId: get_price_by_symbol
      summary: Aggregated price for a single symbol
      description: Aggregated exchange price for one symbol, plus the raw per-provider prices that fed the aggregate. Use get_price for multiple symbols in one call.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      symbol:
                        type: string
                      aggregated:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          symbol:
                            type: string
                            description: Coin symbol
                          price:
                            type: number
                            description: Aggregated price in `currency` (default USD)
                          currency:
                            type: string
                            description: ISO 4217 currency code the price is denominated in
                          providers:
                            type: integer
                            description: Number of providers included in the aggregation
                          min:
                            type: number
                            description: Lowest provider price after outlier filtering
                          max:
                            type: number
                            description: Highest provider price after outlier filtering
                          median:
                            type: number
                            description: Median provider price
                          timestamp:
                            type: string
                            description: ISO-8601 timestamp of the aggregation
                        required:
                        - symbol
                        - price
                        - currency
                        - providers
                        - min
                        - max
                        - median
                        - timestamp
                        additionalProperties: true
                      providers:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            provider:
                              type: string
                            symbol:
                              type: string
                            price:
                              type: number
                            category:
                              type: string
                            updatedAt:
                              type: string
                          required:
                          - provider
                          - symbol
                          - price
                          - category
                          - updatedAt
                          additionalProperties: true
                        description: Per-provider prices that fed the aggregate
                    required:
                    - symbol
                    - aggregated
                    - providers
                    additionalProperties: true
                required:
                - data
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          description: Plan rate limit exceeded
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
      parameters:
      - name: symbol
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Single coin symbol, e.g. "btc"
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Single coin symbol, e.g. "btc"
        example: btc
      x-mcp-annotations:
        readOnlyHint: true
        destructiveHint: false
        idempotentHint: true
        openWorldHint: true
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
            - error
            properties:
              error:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                    example: INVALID_API_KEY
    RateLimited:
      description: Plan rate limit exceeded — see X-RateLimit-* headers and Retry-After
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
            - error
            properties:
              error:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  code:
                    type: string
                    example: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: ck_live_*
      description: 'API keys issued from https://pro.bitcompare.net/dashboard/keys. Send as `Authorization: Bearer ck_live_...`.'
externalDocs:
  description: Developer documentation
  url: https://docs.bitcompare.net