birdeye-api

Birdeye API — Solana Market Data

Birdeye aggregates market data across all Solana DEXes (and 13 other chains). Prices, OHLCV candles, trade history, token metadata, security info, and wallet analytics. Primary data source for Solana token research and historical analysis.

Note: For real-time trading systems, use Yellowstone gRPC (see yellowstone-grpc skill). Birdeye is best for historical data, research, and analysis workflows.

Quick Start

1. Get an API Key

Sign up at birdeye.so — free tier: 30K compute units/month, 1 req/sec.

export BIRDEYE_API_KEY="your-api-key"

2. Install Dependencies

uv pip install httpx pandas python-dotenv

3. First Request

import httpx, os

API_KEY = os.environ["BIRDEYE_API_KEY"]
headers = {"X-API-KEY": API_KEY, "x-chain": "solana", "accept": "application/json"}

# Get SOL price
resp = httpx.get(
    "https://public-api.birdeye.so/defi/price",
    headers=headers,
    params={"address": "So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112"},
)
price = resp.json()["data"]["value"]
print(f"SOL: ${price}")

Core Endpoints

All endpoints use base URL https://public-api.birdeye.so with X-API-KEY and x-chain headers.

Token Price

# Single token price (10 CU)
GET /defi/price?address=TOKEN_MINT

# Multiple token prices (variable CU)
POST /defi/multi_price
Body: {"addresses": ["MINT1", "MINT2", "MINT3"]}

# Price at specific timestamp (10 CU)
GET /defi/historical_price_unix?address=TOKEN_MINT&unixtime=1700000000

# Historical price series (60 CU)
GET /defi/history_price?address=TOKEN_MINT&address_type=token&type=15m&time_from=T1&time_to=T2

OHLCV Candles

The primary endpoint for backtesting data.

# Token OHLCV (40 CU, max 1000 candles per request)
GET /defi/ohlcv?address=TOKEN_MINT&type=15m&time_from=T1&time_to=T2

Timeframes: 1m, 3m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1H, 2H, 4H, 6H, 8H, 12H, 1D, 3D, 1W, 1M

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {"o": 23.5, "h": 24.1, "l": 23.2, "c": 23.8, "v": 1234567.89, "unixTime": 1692175200, "type": "15m"}
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}