PublicDrop Crypto API
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# Get live prices for top 100 ranked coins — no API key!
curl https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/coins?page=1

# Get full details + live price for Bitcoin
curl https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/details?sym=BTC

# Search any coin by name or symbol
curl https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/search?q=ethereum

# Get market status & dominance data
curl https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/status

# Get DeFi category coins
curl https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/categories?cat=defi

// Get live crypto prices — no API key, no headers needed
const response = await fetch('https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/coins?page=1');
const data = await response.json();

data.coins.forEach(coin => {
  console.log(`#${coin.rank} ${coin.name} — Price: $${coin.price_usd} | ATH: $${coin.ath_usd}`);
});
// Output: #1 Bitcoin — Price: $96,420 | ATH: $109,114

import requests

# PublicDrop APIv3 — free, no auth, real-time prices
BASE = "https://publicdrop.in/APIv3"

# Get live prices for top 100 coins
r = requests.get(f"{BASE}/coins?page=1")
coins = r.json()["coins"]
for c in coins[:5]:
    print(f"#{c['rank']} {c['name']} ({c['symbol']}) — ${c.get('price_usd', 'N/A')}")

# Get market status + dominance
status = requests.get(f"{BASE}/status").json()
print(status)  # {"total_coins": 14300, "status": "running", ...}

# Get full details for Bitcoin
btc = requests.get(f"{BASE}/details?sym=BTC").json()
print(btc["name"], btc["ath_usd"])  # Bitcoin 109114.88

❌ CoinGecko (needs key in header)
curl -H "x-cg-demo-api-key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/...

❌ CoinMarketCap (needs key in header)
curl -H "X-CMC_PRO_API_KEY: YOUR_KEY" https://pro-api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/...

✅ PublicDrop (no key, no header, just call it)
curl https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/coins?page=1

async function getCoin(symbol) {
  try {
    const res = await fetch(`https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/details?sym=${symbol}`);
    
    if (res.status === 429) throw new Error('Rate limit reached. Slow down requests.');
    if (res.status === 404) throw new Error(`Coin "${symbol}" not found`);
    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
    
    return await res.json();
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('PublicDrop API error:', err.message);
    return null;
  }
}

import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';

export default function CoinList() {
  const [coins, setCoins] = useState([]);

  useEffect(() => {
    fetch('https://publicdrop.in/APIv3/coins?page=1')
      .then(r => r.json())
      .then(d => setCoins(d.coins));
  }, []);

  return (
    <ul>
      {coins.map(coin => (
        <li key={coin.id}>
          <img src={coin.logo_url} width="24"/>
          #{coin.rank} {coin.name} ({coin.symbol})
        </li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
}

import requests, csv

BASE = "https://publicdrop.in/APIv3"
coins = []

for page in range(1, 3):  # pages 1 & 2
    r = requests.get(f"{BASE}/coins?page={page}").json()
    coins.extend(r["coins"])

with open('crypto_data.csv', 'w') as f:
    w = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=['rank','name','symbol','ath_usd'])
    w.writeheader()
    for c in coins:
        w.writerow({'rank':c['rank'],'name':c['name'],'symbol':c['symbol'],'ath_usd':c['ath_usd']})

print(f"Exported {len(coins)} coins")  # Exported 200 coins

# https://docs.publicdrop.in/llms.txt

# PublicDrop Crypto API
Base URL: https://publicdrop.in/APIv3
Auth: None required
Rate limit: 120 req/min
Format: JSON

## Endpoints
GET /status       — API health and indexing progress
GET /coins        — Ranked coin list (param: page=1,2,3…)
GET /details      — Full coin data (param: sym=BTC or sym=bitcoin)
GET /search       — Search coins (param: q=bitcoin)
GET /categories   — Filter by category (param: cat=defi)
GET /logo         — Coin logo image (param: sym=BTC)

# https://api.publicdrop.in/openapi.json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "PublicDrop Crypto API",
    "version": "3.0",
    "description": "Free crypto data API. No auth required."
  },
  "servers": [{ "url": "https://publicdrop.in/APIv3" }]
}