Welcome to Messari’s Documentation!

Messari provides a free API for crypto prices, market data metrics, on-chain metrics, and qualitative information (asset profiles).

This documentation will provide the basic steps to start using messari’s python library.

Installing messari

The first step is installing messari. messari is a python project, so it can be installed like any other python library. Every Operating System should have Python pre-installed, so you should just have to run:

$> pip install git+https://github.com/messari/messari-python-api.git

Authentication

Once the python library is installed, the next step is to create an API key. To do this sign up for an account at https://messari.io/ and navigate to https://messari.io/account/api to generate a key.

Note

Without an API key, requests are rate limited to 20 requests per minute and 1000 requests per day. Users that create an account will have slightly higher limits of 30 requests per minute and 2000 requests per day. PRO users have the highest limit at 60 requests per minute up to a maximum of 4000 requests per day. Contact us at api@messsari.io if you need a higher limit.

Once you generate an API key, import messari then set your API key by running:

# Import Messari API wrapper
from messari.messari import Messari

# Set up Messari instance
MESSARI_API_KEY = 'add_your_api_key'
messari = Messari(api_key=MESSARI_API_KEY)

# Run a quick demo
markets_df = messari.get_all_markets()
markets_df.head()

Note

We recommend using the library with JupyterLab. Detailed installation instructions can be found here.

Using conda, you can install JupyterLab by running:

conda install -c conda-forge jupyterlab

With pip, you can install it with:

pip install jupyterlab

Integrations

Messari API

Data aggregator

DeFi Llama API

Data for chain & protocol TVL

Token Terminal API

Crypto Analytics Platform with Advanced Metrics & Tools

Deep DAO API

DAO analytics insights for a decentralized world

Etherscan, Polygonscan, Arbiscan, FTMscan, BSCscan, & SnowTrace

EVM Block Explorers

Solscan API

Solana Block Explorer

Upshot API

Where NFTs meet DeFi

NonFungible API

Real time digital asset tracking to help you to navigate NFT markets with transparency and confidence

OpenSea API

A peer-to-peer marketplace for NFTs, rare digital items and crypto collectibles

NFT Floor Price API

Track top NFT collections: price floor, historical price chart, sales data & trade volume

EVM Live Event Monitoring

Monitor and gather on-chain events

Usage

Check out our examples here for detailed usage.

Here is detailed description of all the available functions in the library.

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