Reference currencies

The price of a coin is shown in a reference currency. Currencies include, but are not limited to, coins. In contrast to coins, currencies also includes Fiat currencies like US Dollar, EURO, YEN and more. Furthermore, currencies also comprehends denominators as Satoshi and Wei (these are the atomic units for respectively Bitcoin and Ethereum, or - perhaps overly simplified - one could compare them with what the cent is to the Dollar.)

Get list of reference currencies

Get a list of reference currencies, which can be used as reference for coins. The response includes all the essentials for this use-case, such as the symbol (e.g. USD) and - if available - the sign (e.g. $).

GET /reference-currencies

https://api.coinranking.com/v2/reference-currencies

Query parameters

Name	Type	Description
limit (optional)	`Number`	Limit. Used for pagination Default value: 20 Size range: 0-5000
offset (optional)	`Number`	Offset. Used for pagination Default value: 0
types (optional)	`Array`	A currency is one of three types: coin (e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.), fiat (US Dollar, Euro, Yen, etc.) or a denominator (e.g. Satoshi). Filter the response by providing one or more types Allowed values: coin fiat denominator
search (optional)	`String`	Filter the results by searching for currency names or symbols.

Code examples

Parameters examples

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "stats": {
      "total": 3
    },
    "currencies": [
      {
        "uuid": "Qwsogvtv82FCd",
        "type": "coin",
        "symbol": "BTC",
        "name": "Bitcoin",
        "iconUrl": "https://cdn.coinranking.com/bOabBYkcX/bitcoin_btc.svg",
        "sign": "₿"
      },
      {
        "uuid": "razxDUgYGNAdQ",
        "type": "coin",
        "symbol": "ETH",
        "name": "Ethereum",
        "iconUrl": "https://cdn.coinranking.com/rk4RKHOuW/eth.svg",
        "sign": "Ξ"
      },
      {
        "uuid": "yhjMzLPhuIDl",
        "type": "fiat",
        "symbol": "USD",
        "name": "US Dollar",
        "iconUrl": "https://cdn.coinranking.com/kz6a7w6vF/usd.svg",
        "sign": "$"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response fields

Name	Type	Description
status	`String`	Status of the request Allowed values: success
data	`Object`
data.stats	`Object`
data.stats.total	`Number`	Total number of coins
data.currencies	`Object[]`	List of reference currencies
data.currencies.uuid	`String`	UUID of the reference currency
data.currencies.type	`String`	The type of the currency can be either 'coin' (BTC, ETH, etc.), 'fiat' (USD, EUR, etc.) or 'denominator' (Satoshi, Wei, etc.)
data.currencies.symbol	`String`	Currency symbol
data.currencies.name	`String`	Name of the currency
data.currencies.iconUrl	`String`	Location of the icon
data.currencies.sign	`String`	Some currencies have a symbol, like $ for USD and ₿ for BTC

Error response

HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity
{
  "status": "fail",
  "type": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
  "message": "limit must be at least 1 and most 100"
}