# Crypto Price — Zapi reference

> Fetch current cryptocurrency prices and market data.

**Base URL:** `https://api.zapi.ink`
**Auth:** Send `x-api-key: YOUR_KEY` header on every request. Get a free key at https://zapi.ink/dashboard/keys.
**Response envelope:** success `{ project, data, timestamp }` (`data` is the payload); errors `{ content, message, errors }`
**Rate limit:** free tier 100 req/min and 600 req/month; paid plans at https://zapi.ink/pricing.

**Related:**
- Detail page: https://zapi.ink/api/finance/crypto-price
- Category in the catalog: https://zapi.ink/?cat=finance
- Category reference: https://zapi.ink/category/finance/llms.txt
- Concise index: https://zapi.ink/llms.txt
- Full reference: https://zapi.ink/llms-full.txt

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## Crypto Price

**Category:** finance · **Slug:** `crypto-price`
**Detail page:** https://zapi.ink/api/finance/crypto-price

Fetch current cryptocurrency prices and market data.

**Tags:** utility, crypto

### Get Crypto Price

Retrieve current price for a given cryptocurrency.

- **Method:** `GET`
- **Endpoint:** `https://api.zapi.ink/v1/finance:crypto-price/price`
- **Cache TTL:** 300s

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Location | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|----------|-------------|
| `coins` | string | query | yes | Comma-separated coin IDs (slug, lowercase) |
| `vs` | string | query | no | Comma-separated vs currencies. Default usd |

**cURL:**
```bash
curl "https://api.zapi.ink/v1/finance:crypto-price/price?coins=bitcoin%2Cethereum&vs=usd" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

**JavaScript / TypeScript:**
```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.zapi.ink/v1/finance:crypto-price/price?coins=bitcoin%2Cethereum&vs=usd", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.ZAPI_KEY }
});
const data = await res.json();
```

**Python:**
```python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://api.zapi.ink/v1/finance:crypto-price/price?coins=bitcoin%2Cethereum&vs=usd",
  headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"})
data = r.json()
```

**Example response:**
```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "prices": {
    "bitcoin": {
      "usd": 63011,
      "usd_24h_change": 0.009751251957127007,
      "usd_market_cap": 1264680911365.345
    },
    "ethereum": {
      "usd": 1879.12,
      "usd_24h_change": -0.00923439989967606,
      "usd_market_cap": 226776737101.05252
    }
  }
}
```

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