CoinMarketCap Scraper A powerful Apify actor that scrapes real-time cryptocurrency data from CoinMarketCap through a secure Lambda API endpoint. Get comprehensive data on top cryptocurrencies, trending coins, new entries, gainers, and more. ## 🚀 Features - Multiple Categories: Access 6 different cryptocurrency data categories - Real-time Data: Fresh data directly from CoinMarketCap - Flexible Parameters: Customize count, intervals, and pagination - Async Processing: Fast and efficient data retrieval - Immediate Push: Data is pushed to dataset as soon as it's received - Metadata Enrichment: Each record includes category and scrape timestamp ## 📊 Available Categories ### 1. Top List (By Market Cap) Get the top cryptocurrencies ranked by market capitalization. - Default count: 100 - Sortable up to 5000 items ### 2. Trending List Discover trending cryptocurrencies based on time intervals. - Intervals: 24h, 7d, 30d - Pagination support (100 items per page) ### 3. Most Viewed List Track the most viewed cryptocurrencies in the last 24 hours. - Shows user interest and attention - Up to 5000 items available ### 4. New Crypto Entry Find newly listed cryptocurrencies. - Sorted by date added - Perfect for discovering new projects ### 5. Gainer List Identify the biggest gainers in the last 24 hours. - Sorted by percentage gain - Find trending upward coins ### 6. Real World Assets Explore tokenized real-world assets. - Special category for RWA tokens - Growing DeFi sector ## 🔧 Input Configuration ### Required Fields - Category (dropdown): Select the data category to scrape - top_list - Top cryptocurrencies by market cap - trending_list - Trending cryptocurrencies - most_viewed_list - Most viewed coins - new_crypto_entry - Newly listed cryptocurrencies - gainer_list - Top gainers - real_world_assets - Tokenized real-world assets ### Optional Fields - Count (integer): Number of items to retrieve - Default: 100 - Range: 1-5000 - Interval (dropdown, for Trending List only): Time period - 24h - Last 24 hours - 7d - Last 7 days - 30d - Last 30 days - Page Count (integer, for Trending List only): Number of pages - Default: 1 - Each page contains 100 items - Range: 1-50 ## 📝 Example Input ### Basic Top 100 Cryptos json { "category": "top_list", "count": 100 } ### Trending in Last 7 Days json { "category": "trending_list", "interval": "7d", "page_count": 2, "count": 200 } ### Top 50 Gainers json { "category": "gainer_list", "count": 50 } ## 📤 Output Format Each cryptocurrency record includes: json { "id": 1, "name": "Bitcoin", "symbol": "BTC", "slug": "bitcoin", "cmcRank": 1, "marketPairCount": 12474, "circulatingSupply": 19948812.0, "totalSupply": 19948812.0, "maxSupply": 21000000.0, "ath": 126198.07, "atl": 0.048, "high24h": 97301.96, "low24h": 94000.73, "isActive": 1, "lastUpdated": "2025-11-15T11:31:00.000Z", "dateAdded": "2010-07-13T00:00:00.000Z", "isAudited": false, "auditInfoList": [], "badges": [1, 5], "_category": "top_list", "_scraped_at": "2025-11-15T11:36:12.408Z" } ### Additional Metadata Fields - _category: The category used for scraping - _scraped_at: ISO timestamp of when data was collected ## 💡 Use Cases - Market Analysis: Track top cryptocurrencies and market trends - Investment Research: Monitor gainers and new entries - Portfolio Management: Keep tabs on your crypto holdings - Data Analytics: Build crypto dashboards and reports - Price Alerts: Set up monitoring for specific coins - Research: Study cryptocurrency market patterns - Trading Bots: Feed real-time data to trading algorithms ## ⚡ Performance - Speed: Async processing for fast data retrieval - Efficiency: Immediate data push to dataset - Scalability: Handle up to 5000 records per run - Reliability: Built-in error handling and logging ## 📊 Data Update Frequency The data is as fresh as the CoinMarketCap API provides: - Market data: Updated every ~1-2 minutes - Rankings: Updated continuously - New listings: Real-time ## 🛠️ Technical Details - Runtime: Python 3.11+ - Framework: Apify SDK - HTTP Client: aiohttp (async) - Data Format: JSON - Rate Limiting: Handled by Lambda API ## 📖 Example Usage ### Get Top 50 Cryptocurrencies json { "category": "top_list", "count": 50 } ### Find New Listings json { "category": "new_crypto_entry", "count": 25 } ### Track 24h Gainers json { "category": "gainer_list", "count": 100 } ### Most Viewed This Week json { "category": "most_viewed_list", "count": 50 } ## 🔍 Output Dataset All scraped data is automatically pushed to the default dataset. You can: - Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML - Use in subsequent actors via Apify API - Integrate with your applications - Schedule regular runs for continuous monitoring ## 🔄 Updates - v1.0.0: Initial release with 6 categories - Top list by market cap - Trending cryptocurrencies - Most viewed coins - New crypto entries - Gainer list - Real world assets --- Happy Scraping! 🚀💰