{currency}: Get currency by ID

API: poloniex.com:poloniex
Endpoint: /currencies/{currency}
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 375ms

Description

Returns detailed information about a specific currency

Parameters (1)

currency (string, path, required)

Currency ID (e.g., BTC, ETH, USDT)

Examples (1)

Get currency by ID openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.poloniex.com/currencies/BTC'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.poloniex.com/currencies/BTC")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("poloniex")
result = api.fetch("currencies/{currency}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.poloniex.com/currencies/BTC");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:54:30.738096 200 375ms
2026-04-15 00:16:18.917865 200 840ms
2026-04-14 03:45:16.353324 200 451ms
2026-04-12 14:08:18.288484 200 428ms
2026-04-10 00:56:41.820329 200 304ms
2026-04-09 00:30:02.410664 200 1262ms