Price API Reference

The Price API provides access to historical price data for Cardano DeFi tokens and trading pairs across various decentralized exchanges (DEXs).

Base URL

/api/v1

Authentication

All endpoints require Bearer token authentication.

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

Get Historical Price Data

`GET /history`

Returns historical price data for a given symbol/trading pair.

Note: This endpoint will not return bars for time segments that have 0 volume. If no trading activity occurred in a given time interval, it will return empty arrays.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`symbol`	string	✅	The unique identifier for the symbol to get historical price data
`resolution`	string	✅	Time resolution: `1min`, `5min`, `15min`, `60min`, `1d`
`from`	number	✅	Start time as Unix timestamp (seconds)
`to`	number	✅	End time as Unix timestamp (seconds)
`include_tvl`	boolean	❌	Include TVL data (denominated in first token units)

Example Request

curl -X GET "https://api.charli3.io/api/v1/history?symbol=fa8dee6cf0627a82a2610019596758fc36c1ebc4b7e389fdabc44857fdf5c9b0e29ac56f1a584bccd487c445ad45383c6347d03d39869f759daad68284781723&resolution=60min&from=1735689600&to=1735776000" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Response Format

Successful Response:

{
  "s": "ok",
  "t": [1547942400, 1547942460, 1547942520],
  "o": [3667, 3662.25, 3664.29],
  "h": [3667.24, 3664.47, 3664.3],
  "l": [3661.55, 3661.9, 3662.43],
  "c": [3662.25, 3663.13, 3664.01],
  "v": [34.7336, 2.4413, 11.7075],
  "tvl": [103000.0, 100000.0, 100000.0]
}

Response Fields:

s: Status ("ok" for success, "error" for failure)
t: Bar timestamps (Unix timestamps in UTC)
o: Open prices
h: High prices
l: Low prices
c: Close prices
v: Volume data
tvl: Total Value Locked (optional, if include_tvl=true)

Empty Response (No Data):

{
  "s": "ok",
  "t": [],
  "o": [],
  "h": [],
  "l": [],
  "c": [],
  "v": []
}

Get Available Trading Pairs

`GET /symbol_info`

Returns information about available trading symbols/pairs for a specific DEX group.

Important: It’s not recommended to call this endpoint without specifying a group parameter, as the response will be very large (17,000+ pools).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`group`	string	✅	DEX group name (e.g., `MinswapV2`, `SundaeSwap`, `Aggregate`)

Example Request

curl -X GET "https://api.charli3.io/api/v1/symbol_info?group=MinswapV2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Response Format

{
  "s": "ok",
  "symbol": ["ADA.SNEK_MinswapV2_Pool1", "ADA.DJED_MinswapV2_Pool2"],
  "description": ["ADA/SNEK on MinswapV2", "ADA/DJED on MinswapV2"],
  "currency": ["279c909f348e533da5808898f87f9a14bb2c3dfbbacccd631d927a3f534e454b", "8db269c3ec630e06ae29f74bc39edd1f87c819f1056206e879a1cd61446a65644d6963726f555344"],
  "base-currency": ["", ""],
  "exchange-listed": ["MinswapV2", "MinswapV2"],
  "exchange-traded": ["MinswapV2", "MinswapV2"],
  "ticker": ["fa8dee6cf0627a82a2610019596758fc36c1ebc4b7e389fdabc44857fdf5c9b0", "b752b73a8a38773b7499a6f9d516ecd14fb68e4c14b1e9a81cc8dac15e"],
  "type": ["spot", "spot"],
  "timezone": ["Etc/UTC", "Etc/UTC"],
  "session-regular": ["24x7", "24x7"],
  "pricescale": [100000, 1000000],
  "minmovement": [1.0, 1.0],
  "has-intraday": [true, true]
}

Get Available DEX Groups

`GET /groups`

Returns a list of all available DEX groups/protocols.

Example Request

curl -X GET "https://api.charli3.io/api/v1/groups" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Response Format

{
  "s": "ok",
  "d": {
    "groups": [
      {"id": "MinswapV2"},
      {"id": "SundaeSwap"},
      {"id": "Minswap"},
      {"id": "Aggregate"}
    ]
  }
}

Aggregate Price Data

When using the /groups endpoint, there’s a special group called Aggregate. This group provides aggregate price data across all pools on Cardano for a given trading pair.

Example Usage

Refer to how-to guides in Use Cases section:

How-to query price history.
How-to query trading pairs info.

Error Responses

All endpoints may return error responses in the following format:

{
  "s": "error",
  "errmsg": "Error message describing what went wrong"
}

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