Discovery and markets API

Which blockchains exist, with their EVM chain id and native coin?

Every blockchain coins are issued on: platform id, name, EVM chain id, native coin id and this API's chain code. Reads the platform of coin contracts.

GET/api/external/discovery/chain-directory

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What it returns

Every blockchain coins are issued on (about 470), by platform id: its name, short name, EVM chain id, the coin id of its native coin, and the chain code this API uses for it (null when no endpoint serves it). Use it to read the platform of a coin contract, to turn an EVM chain id into a blockchain, or to find a chain's gas coin. For the chains this API itself answers, and which endpoints serve each, see service/chains.

Chains

This endpoint is not tied to a chain: it takes no chain in its request.

Request

Send your key in the x-dex-data-key header. Replace each <placeholder> with a real value.

curl -H "x-dex-data-key: $DEXDATA_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.dexdata.io/api/external/discovery/chain-directory"

Response fields

A JSON response. Every field is always present; null means the value could not be established, never zero.

Response fields of Which blockchains exist, with their EVM chain id and native coin?
Field	Type	Description
`chains`	object[]	Every blockchain, by platform id, A to Z.
`chains[].platform`	string	The platform id, e.g. `ethereum`, `binance-smart-chain`, `solana`: the key `coin` lists contracts under.
`chains[].name`	string	The blockchain name, e.g. `BNB Smart Chain`.
`chains[].shortName`	string \| null	A short name, e.g. `BSC`. Null for most.
`chains[].evmChainId`	integer \| null	The EVM chain id, e.g. 1, 56, 8453. Null for a chain that is not EVM or has none published.
`chains[].nativeCoinId`	string \| null	The coin id of its native (gas) coin, e.g. `ethereum`, `binancecoin`; `coin` answers it.
`chains[].chain`	string \| null	The chain code this API uses for it (`ETH`, `BNB`, `SOL`), or null when no endpoint serves it.

Price per call

Every call: 104 credits

Charged only when the call succeeds. Prices as of 2026-10-30; the current ones are always in the API reference.

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