Get Coin
coingecko.get_coin
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the CoinGecko API with the connection's credentials.
Retrieve one coin's full record: description, links, categories and, unless switched off, its market data and exchange tickers.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- CoinGecko
- Secret shape
- the CoinGecko API key, or {"api_key": "…"}
- Config it needs
- plan, base_url
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
5 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
coin_id The coin's CoinGecko API id, as listed by the Coins List node (not its symbol). | string | Yes | — | — | bitcoin |
localization Include the description and other text in every language CoinGecko has. | boolean | No | true | — | — |
tickers Include the exchange tickers the coin trades on. | boolean | No | true | — | — |
market_data Include price, market cap, volume and all-time-high market data. | boolean | No | true | — | — |
sparkline Include the seven-day sparkline series alongside the other data. | boolean | No | false | — | — |
Example configuration
Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.
{
"coin_id": "bitcoin",
"localization": true,
"market_data": true,
"sparkline": false,
"tickers": true
}Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
id The coin's CoinGecko API id. | string | — |
symbol The coin's ticker symbol. | string | — |
name The coin's display name. | string | — |
web_slug The slug the coin's CoinGecko page is served at. | string | — |
asset_platform_id The chain a token lives on, if any. | string | — |
platforms Contract addresses keyed by asset platform. | object | — |
categories The categories CoinGecko files the coin under. | array | — |
description The coin's description, keyed by language. | object | — |
links Homepage, explorer, forum and social links. | object | — |
image Thumb, small and large logo URLs. | object | — |
market_cap_rank The coin's rank by market capitalisation. | number | — |
market_data Price, market cap, volume, ATH and ATL data. | object | — |
tickers The exchange tickers the coin trades on. | array | — |
last_updated ISO-8601 timestamp of CoinGecko's last update. | string | — |
{
"asset_platform_id": "",
"categories": [],
"description": {},
"id": "",
"image": {},
"last_updated": "",
"links": {},
"market_cap_rank": 0,
"market_data": {},
"name": "",
"platforms": {},
"symbol": "",
"tickers": [],
"web_slug": ""
}Related CoinGecko nodes
See Get Coin run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the CoinGecko connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.