Covalent
Introduction
Covalent provides a unified API to bring full transparency and visibility to assets across all blockchains including Aurora's Mainnet and Testnet.
To get started, sign up for an API Key.
| JSON support | CSV support |
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The Covalent API is RESTful and offers the following out-of-the-box for Aurora:
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| Response formats | JSON and CSV |
| Real time response | 2 blocks |
| Batch response | 30 minutes |
| Request volume limit | None |
| Request rate limit | 5 requests per second |
| Base URL | https://api.covalenthq.com/v1/ |
Networks & chain_id | Mainnet - 1313161554Testnet: - 1313161556 |
| Supported Endpoints | Class A Universal Balances |
Try the supported endpoints directly in your browser from our API Reference or use the following code examples. The JSON response format is the same for all endpoints:
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"data": ...,
"error": false,
"error_message": null,
"error_code": null
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Curl
curl -X GET "https://api.covalenthq.com/v1/{chain_id}/address/{address}/balances_v2/?key={YOUR API KEY}" -H "Accept: application/json"
JavaScript
const APIKEY = 'YOUR API KEY';
const baseURL = 'https://api.covalenthq.com/v1'
const auroraChainId = '1313161554'
const demoAddress = '0xb0bD02F6a392aF548bDf1CfAeE5dFa0EefcC8EaB'
async function getWalletBalance(chainId, address) {
const url = new URL(`${baseURL}/${chainId}/address/${address}/balances_v2/?key=${APIKEY}`);
const response = await fetch(url);
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;
console.log(data)
return data;
}
// Example address request
getWalletBalance(auroraChainId, demoAddress);
Python
import requests
API_KEY = 'YOUR API KEY'
base_url = 'https://api.covalenthq.com/v1'
aurora_chain_id = '1313161554'
demo_address = '0xb0bD02F6a392aF548bDf1CfAeE5dFa0EefcC8EaB'
def get_wallet_balance(chain_id, address):
endpoint = f'/{chain_id}/address/{address}/balances_v2/?key={API_KEY}'
url = base_url + endpoint
result = requests.get(url).json()
data = result["data"]
print(data)
return(data)
# Example address request
get_wallet_balance(aurora_chain_id, demo_address)
Use Cases
The Covalent API supports a broad range of Web3 data use cases including:
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| Gaming | DeFi Taxes | KYC | NFTs |
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| Wallets | Dashboards | On-Chain Forensics | DAO Data |
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| DEXs & Trading | Predictive Analytics | Governance | Pricing |
Check out our collection of ready-to-ship Code Templates you can use immediately to build Web3 data-powered dApps.
Resources
Here are some additional resources to help you get started with the Covalent API:
About Covalent
Covalent provides the industry-leading Unified API bringing visibility to billions of Web3 data points. Developers use Covalent to build exciting multi-chain applications like crypto wallets, NFT galleries, and investor dashboard tools utilizing data from most major blockchains. Covalent is trusted by a community of 25,000+ developers and powers data for thousands of applications including 0x, Zerion, Rainbow Wallet, Rotki, Bitski and others.