Basescan
Base L2 blockchain explorer with a REST API for querying Base network transactions, token balances, smart contract ABIs, ERC-20 transfer events, gas prices, and block data. Powered by the Etherscan team and migrated to the unified Etherscan API V2 platform, enabling access to 50+ EVM chains with a single API key using chain ID 8453 for Base.
Basescan publishes 10 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, API PRO Endpoints API, Blocks API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Blockchain, Base, Layer 2, Explorer, and Ethereum.
The Basescan catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Basescan’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, support, and 9 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 10
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Basescan Accounts API
The Accounts API from Basescan — 12 operation(s) for accounts.
Basescan API PRO Endpoints API
The API PRO Endpoints API from Basescan — 20 operation(s) for api pro endpoints.
Basescan Blocks API
The Blocks API from Basescan — 8 operation(s) for blocks.
Basescan Contracts API
The Contracts API from Basescan — 5 operation(s) for contracts.
Basescan Gas Tracker API
The Gas Tracker API from Basescan — 5 operation(s) for gas tracker.
Basescan Geth/Parity Proxy API
The Geth/Parity Proxy API from Basescan — 14 operation(s) for geth/parity proxy.
Basescan Logs API
The Logs API from Basescan — 3 operation(s) for logs.
Basescan Stats API
The Stats API from Basescan — 13 operation(s) for stats.
Basescan Tokens API
The Tokens API from Basescan — 9 operation(s) for tokens.
Basescan Transactions API
The Transactions API from Basescan — 2 operation(s) for transactions.
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Open Collections 10
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Basescan Accounts API
OPEN COLLECTIONBasescan Accounts API PRO Endpoints API
OPEN COLLECTIONBasescan Accounts Blocks API
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OPEN COLLECTIONBasescan Accounts Tokens API
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Basescan API pricing
Not yet checked against Basescan's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Lite | $49.0 |
| Standard | $199.0 |
| Advanced | $299.0 |
| Professional | $399.0 |
| Pro Plus | $899.0 |
| Enterprise | — |
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Plans
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
Basescan
SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Apis Io Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Basescan API Rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 4
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Source (apis.yml)
Basescan API — frequently asked questions
Does Basescan have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from Basescan, including Basescan Accounts API, Basescan API PRO Endpoints API and Basescan Blocks API, and 7 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Basescan API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for Basescan, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Basescan API?
Basescan uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Basescan Authentication.
How much does the Basescan API cost?
APIs.io lists 7 pricing plans for Basescan, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Basescan API ready for AI agents?
Basescan has a Kin Score of 36.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 26.4 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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