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CoinDesk BPI

The Bitcoin Price Index that powered a thousand tutorials.

📈 FinanceDEADchecked 31 min ago
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CoinDesk’s free Bitcoin Price Index was the default “first crypto API” for a decade of blog posts. The v1 endpoint was retired and now refuses connections entirely. Archived here with its final known response shape so old tutorials can be understood — and updated.

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Docs ↗
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🪦 DEAD · † 2026-05-14Ten thousand tutorials called. Nobody answered.THE GRAVEYARD
Uptime history
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json

{
  "time": {
    "updated": "May 13, 2026 21:04:00 UTC"
  },
  "bpi": {
    "USD": {
      "code": "USD",
      "rate_float": 104211.87
    }
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json"
const res = await fetch("https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json")
print(res.json())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 5DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /bpi/currentprice.json no longer responds reliably
GET/bpi/currentprice.jsonPROBED

The Bitcoin Price Index that powered a thousand tutorials.

GET/bpi

Bpi — documented GET route.

GET/bpi/1

Bpi details by ID (example: 1).

GET/bpi?limit=10

Bpi — documented GET route.

GET/bpi/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history
2026-05-14

Connection refused — endpoint retired

CoinDesk BPI: common questions

Is CoinDesk BPI free to use?

Yes — CoinDesk BPI is a free finance API. Free tier: Was: unlimited. The free tier is for non-commercial use.

Does CoinDesk BPI need an API key?

No — CoinDesk BPI needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (—).

Can I call CoinDesk BPI from the browser?

Yes — CoinDesk BPI returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is CoinDesk BPI up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, CoinDesk BPI is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.