Crypto

Crypto Quote

GET/v2/crypto/quote

Returns real-time cryptocurrency quote with price, change, volume, and market cap.

Included in: Growth.

Authentication

Send your API key in the x-api-key header on every request to https://api.bavest.co. The samples read it from the BAVEST_API_KEY environment variable. Get an API key · Authentication guide

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
symbol	query	string	yes	Cryptocurrency pair symbol (e.g., `BTCUSD`, `ETHUSD`, `SOLUSD`). Example `BTCUSD`

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symbol required query

Cryptocurrency pair symbol (e.g., `BTCUSD`, `ETHUSD`, `SOLUSD`).

GET /v2/crypto/quote?symbol=BTCUSD

API key

Sent only to api.bavest.co for this request; not stored.

Sign in to send Get an API keySends with the key above, or sign in to use your account's key. Each request counts as one API call.

curl 'https://api.bavest.co/v2/crypto/quote?symbol=BTCUSD' \
  -H "x-api-key: $BAVEST_API_KEY"

Samples read your key from BAVEST_API_KEY and follow the form.

Example response 200

{
  "data": {
    "symbol": "BTCUSD",
    "name": "Bitcoin USD",
    "price": 86756.99,
    "change": 1907.06,
    "changePercent": 2.2476,
    "dayLow": 84555.46,
    "dayHigh": 87209,
    "open": 84849.93,
    "previousClose": 84849.93,
    "volume": 41500573696,
    "marketCap": 1732761790904,
    "timestamp": 1790949957
  },
  "meta": {
    "parameters": {
      "symbol": "BTCUSD"
    },
    "time": 8
  }
}

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Response 200

Successful response · application/json

dataobject
- symbolstring
  Cryptocurrency pair symbol
  Example BTCUSD
- namestring
  Cryptocurrency name
  Example Bitcoin USD
- pricenumber
  Current price
  Example 67542.31
- changenumber
  Absolute price change
  Example -1250.5
- changePercentnumber
  Price change percentage
  Example -1.82
- dayLownumber
  Intraday low
  Example 66800
- dayHighnumber
  Intraday high
  Example 68900
- opennumber
  Opening price
  Example 68792.81
- previousClosenumber
  Previous close price
  Example 68792.81
- volumenumber
  24h trading volume
  Example 28453120000
- marketCapnumber | null
  Market capitalization
  Example 1329000000000
- timestampinteger
  Quote timestamp (Unix epoch seconds)
  Example 1773352065
metaResponseMeta
Response envelope metadata. Always present on a 200: time is set by core/response.py on every successful response. Errors carry the same block, built by the same code, so a client parses one meta shape whether the call succeeded or failed.
- timeinteger
  Server-side processing time in milliseconds
  Example 17
- parametersobject
  Echo of the request parameters the endpoint resolved

Errors

400Invalid request parameters. Returned when required query parameters are missing, have invalid types, or violate constraints (e.g., providing both symbol and isin when they are mutually exclusive).
401Missing or invalid API key.
404Resource not found.
429Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the `Retry-After` header interval.
500An unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.
502Upstream data provider returned an error or is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.
504The request timed out waiting for a response from the upstream data provider. This may occur for complex queries or during peak load.
defaultAn unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.