CoinGecko Global API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: CoinGecko Crypto Market Data Asset Platforms Global API
  description: The CoinGecko Crypto Market Data API provides comprehensive and reliable cryptocurrency price and market data through RESTful JSON endpoints. It offers over 70 endpoints covering real-time and historical prices, trading volumes, market capitalization, OHLCV data, exchange information, NFT metrics, derivatives data, and public treasury holdings for over 18,000 coins. The Demo API plan provides free access with 30 calls per minute to a subset of 30 publicly accessible endpoints.
  version: 3.0.1
  contact:
    name: CoinGecko Support
    url: https://support.coingecko.com
  termsOfService: https://www.coingecko.com/en/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3
  description: CoinGecko Demo API Server
security:
- demoApiKeyHeader: []
- demoApiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Global
  description: Global cryptocurrency and DeFi market data.
paths:
  /global:
    get:
      operationId: getGlobal
      summary: Get global cryptocurrency data
      description: Get aggregated global cryptocurrency market data including total market cap, total volume, market cap percentage by coin, and number of active cryptocurrencies and markets.
      tags:
      - Global
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlobalData'
  /global/decentralized_finance_defi:
    get:
      operationId: getGlobalDeFi
      summary: Get global DeFi market data
      description: Get aggregated global decentralized finance (DeFi) data including DeFi market cap, trading volume, DeFi dominance, and top DeFi coin information.
      tags:
      - Global
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/GlobalDeFiData'
  /global/market_cap_chart:
    get:
      operationId: getGlobalMarketCapChart
      summary: Get global market cap chart
      description: Get historical global market capitalization and volume chart data. This endpoint is exclusive to paid plan subscribers.
      tags:
      - Global
      parameters:
      - name: days
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Number of days of historical data
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: vs_currency
        in: query
        description: The target currency for market cap data
        schema:
          type: string
          default: usd
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  market_cap_chart:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      market_cap:
                        type: array
                        description: Market cap data points as [timestamp, value]
                        items:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: number
                      volume:
                        type: array
                        description: Volume data points as [timestamp, value]
                        items:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: number
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing Pro API key
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - endpoint not available on current plan
components:
  schemas:
    GlobalDeFiData:
      type: object
      properties:
        defi_market_cap:
          type: string
          description: Total DeFi market cap in USD
        eth_market_cap:
          type: string
          description: Ethereum market cap in USD
        defi_to_eth_ratio:
          type: string
          description: DeFi market cap as ratio of ETH market cap
        trading_volume_24h:
          type: string
          description: 24-hour DeFi trading volume in USD
        defi_dominance:
          type: string
          description: DeFi dominance percentage
        top_coin_name:
          type: string
          description: Top DeFi coin by market cap
        top_coin_defi_dominance:
          type: number
          description: Top DeFi coin market cap dominance
    GlobalData:
      type: object
      properties:
        active_cryptocurrencies:
          type: integer
          description: Number of active cryptocurrencies
        upcoming_icos:
          type: integer
          description: Number of upcoming ICOs
        ongoing_icos:
          type: integer
          description: Number of ongoing ICOs
        ended_icos:
          type: integer
          description: Number of ended ICOs
        markets:
          type: integer
          description: Number of active markets
        total_market_cap:
          type: object
          description: Total market cap in various currencies
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
        total_volume:
          type: object
          description: Total 24h volume in various currencies
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
        market_cap_percentage:
          type: object
          description: Market cap percentage by coin
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
        market_cap_change_percentage_24h_usd:
          type: number
          description: 24-hour market cap change percentage in USD
        updated_at:
          type: integer
          description: Last update timestamp (UNIX)
  securitySchemes:
    demoApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-cg-demo-api-key
      description: CoinGecko Demo API key passed via request header. Obtain a free key from the CoinGecko developer dashboard.
    demoApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: x_cg_demo_api_key
      description: CoinGecko Demo API key passed via query string parameter.
externalDocs:
  description: CoinGecko API Documentation
  url: https://docs.coingecko.com