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Bitcoin API

The Bitcoin API provides access to the latest Bitcoin price and market data.

/v1/bitcoin GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/bitcoin

Returns the latest Bitcoin price in USD and 24-hour market data. For historical price data, see /v1/bitcoinhistorical.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

  • price

    The price of Bitcoin in USD.

  • timestamp

    The timestamp of the price in Unix format (in seconds).

  • 24h_price_change

    The price change of Bitcoin in USD over the last 24 hours.

  • 24h_price_change_percent

    The price change percentage of Bitcoin over the last 24 hours.

  • 24h_high

    The highest price of Bitcoin in USD over the last 24 hours.

  • 24h_low

    The lowest price of Bitcoin in USD over the last 24 hours.

  • 24h_volume

    The volume of Bitcoin traded over the last 24 hours.

Sample Request Live Demo!

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/bitcoin

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 { "price": "94962.21000000", "timestamp": 1736824504, "24h_price_change": "849.92000000", "24h_price_change_percent": "0.903", "24h_high": "95222.00000000", "24h_low": "89438.45000000", "24h_volume": "26.39660000" }

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/bitcoin" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.

/v1/bitcoinhistorical GET Premium Only

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/bitcoinhistorical

Returns historical price data for Bitcoin in USD.

Parameters

  • interval  optional

    Time interval between data points. Valid values are: 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h, 1d. Default is 5m.

  • start  optional

    Start timestamp in Unix format (in seconds). If not provided, defaults to 24 hours ago.

  • end  optional

    End timestamp in Unix format (in seconds). If not provided, defaults to current time.

  • limit  optional

    Maximum number of data points to return. Default is 100, maximum is 1000.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

  • price

    The price of Bitcoin in USD.

  • timestamp

    The timestamp of the price in Unix format (in seconds).

Historical Price Sample Request

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/bitcoinhistorical?interval=1h&start=1637809196&end=1637895596&limit=10

Historical Price Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 [ { "timestamp": 1637812799, "price": "57713.69000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637816399, "price": "57258.49000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637819999, "price": "57120.91000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637823599, "price": "57253.15000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637827199, "price": "57652.55000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637830799, "price": "57563.02000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637834399, "price": "57773.22000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637837999, "price": "57997.06000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637841599, "price": "57990.62000000" }, { "timestamp": 1637845199, "price": "58646.55000000" } ]