list: List all categories

API: coingecko.com:coingecko-api
Endpoint: /coins/categories/list
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 248ms

Description

Returns a minimal list of all available cryptocurrency categories with just their ID and name. Use this when you need a quick reference of category identifiers for other API calls.

From spec: List all categories of coins.

Usage Tips

- No authentication required - Lightweight endpoint - returns minimal data - Category IDs can be used to filter coins by category in other endpoints - Contains hundreds of categories including ecosystems, themes, and use cases

Examples (1)

Get minimal list of all category IDs and names probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching a lightweight list of all category identifiers for reference

curl 'https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/categories/list'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/categories/list")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("coingecko")
result = api.fetch("coins/categories/list")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/categories/list");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 01:13:42.755356 200 248ms
2026-04-15 01:51:40.448367 200 397ms
2026-04-14 01:57:14.468558 200 246ms
2026-04-12 14:28:15.971716 200 249ms
2026-04-10 02:08:37.112003 200 185ms
2026-04-09 03:44:20.847351 200 234ms