Etherscan
Ethereum price and chain stats
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?
Etherscan’s public API returns ETH price and network statistics. Many read endpoints work without a key at modest rate limits; register for higher quotas.
Uptime history
99.04%90 days
100%30 days
553P50 · ms
2536P95 · ms
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 154 ms, slowest 1543 ms, most recent 154 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.etherscan.io/api/?module=stats&action=ethprice
{
"status": "0",
"message": "NOTOK",
"result": "You are using a deprecated V1 endpoint, switch to Etherscan API V2 using https://docs.etherscan.io/v2-migration"
}Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.etherscan.io/api/?module=stats&action=ethprice"const res = await fetch("https://api.etherscan.io/api/?module=stats&action=ethprice");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://api.etherscan.io/api/?module=stats&action=ethprice")
print(res.json())Monitored path responding — GET /?module=stats&action=ethprice553 mschecked 8h ago
GET
/?module=stats&action=ethpricePROBEDEthereum price and chain stats
GET
/?limit=5Etherscan root or index route.
GET
/?page=1Etherscan root or index route.
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
Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.
Etherscan: common questions
Is Etherscan free to use?
Yes — Etherscan is a free crypto & web3 API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Etherscan need an API key?
No — Etherscan needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).
Can I call Etherscan from the browser?
Yes — Etherscan 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 Etherscan up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, Etherscan is healthy with 99.04% uptime over 90 days and a 553 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.