GETTING STARTED
Introduction
Created in 2023, PTPRates is the world’s only independent crypto data aggregator that is integrated with most crypto exchanges and has over 700+ coins.
The PTPRates API provides the most complete and secure crypto data through RESTful JSON endpoints. Thousands of retail platforms, Web3 developers, institutions, and enterprises use our API to get quotes, market data, metadata, and historical data on crypto assets, NFTs, and exchanges.
Here are some of the common use cases for clients using the PTPRates API:
- Cryptocurrency payment gateways, merchant applications, e-commerce, wallets (hot, cold);
- Data Aggregator, Dashboard block explorer, NFT trading platforms;
- Trading strategy testing; Accounting, Taxes, Audit, Payroll Research and analysis: media, institution, academic sector, venture capital, financial sector.
The public API is mainly used for testing and non-commercial hobbies. For serious R&D projects, you should use our Pro API for reliable performance, higher rate limit, faster data refresh, access to exclusive endpoints, and priority support. You can get an API key to use the Pro API by subscribing to any paid plan here: https://ptprates.com/api-key/
On the next page, you’ll learn how to get started with an API key to access the Pro API.