Base URL
https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/api/v1/
Authorization
This API requires users to specify an API key. This key can be obtained by contacting CF Benchmarks for a license.
Once given a username and key, you would provide both in the request header with a header field of the form Authorization: Basic <credentials> where credentials is the Base64 encoding of the username and key joined by a single colon ':'.
Values
Request
Path: /api/v1/values
Parameters:
id=[ String ]Required. ID of stream.
Example: https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/api/v1/values?id=BRTI
Response
Will return the most recent values in ascending order of time (10 minutes for RTIs and 1 year for RRs).
Each value object is composed as follows:
valuePublished index value.timeMilliseconds since Unix epoch.
{
"serverTime": "2019-08-13T23:27:03.170Z",
"payload": [
{
"value": "10855.99",
"time": 1565739760000
},
{
"value": "10856.06",
"time": 1565739761000
}
]
}
Stats
Request
Path: /api/v1/stats
Parameters:
id=[ String ]Mandatory. ID of stream. Must be a reference rate.streamtype=[ String ]Mandatory. Type of stream. Must be one ofvolume,weight.
Example: https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/api/v1/stats?id=BRR&streamtype=volume
Response (volume)
Will return the most recent volume records in ascending order of time. Note that the volume exchanges may not add up exactly to 100 due to the effects of rounding.
{
"serverTime": "2019-08-13T23:27:03.170Z",
"payload": [
{
"value": "10856.29",
"time": 1565739900000,
"volume": "123.45",
"volumes": {
"bitstamp": {
"volumePercent": "58.21"
},
"coinbase": {
"volumePercent": "7.70"
},
"gemini": {
"volumePercent": "7.73"
},
"itbit": {
"volumePercent": "24.61"
},
"kraken": {
"volumePercent": "2.26"
}
}
}
]
}
Response (weight)
Will return the most recent basket weight records in ascending order of time. Note that the weights may not add up exactly to 100 due to the effects of rounding.
{
"serverTime": "2020-09-11T08:47:39.031Z",
"payload": [
{
"time": 1599814058000,
"value": "1313.31",
"weights": {
"BCH": {
"weightPercent": "1.37"
},
"ETH": {
"weightPercent": "18.93"
},
"LTC": {
"weightPercent": "1.52"
},
"XBT": {
"weightPercent": "74.75"
},
"XRP": {
"weightPercent": "3.44"
}
}
}
]
}
Summary
Request
Path: /api/v1/summary
Parameters:
id=[ String ]Required. ID of stream.
Example: https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/api/v1/summary?id=BRTI
Response
Will return a summary of the given stream.
The summary object is composed as follows:
valueMost recently published index value.timeMilliseconds since Unix epoch of value.last24HoursValue and time for each of the last published values over the last 24 hours.
{
"payload": {
"last24Hours": [
{
"value": "9093.68",
"time": 1583406000000
},
{
"value": "9111.76",
"time": 1583409600000
},
{
"value": "9086.05",
"time": 1583413200000
},
{
"value": "9094.99",
"time": 1583416800000
},
{
"value": "9041.78",
"time": 1583420400000
},
{
"value": "9099.04",
"time": 1583424000000
},
{
"value": "9101.01",
"time": 1583427600000
},
{
"value": "9112.52",
"time": 1583431200000
},
{
"value": "9129.84",
"time": 1583434800000
},
{
"value": "9168.75",
"time": 1583438400000
},
{
"value": "9131.45",
"time": 1583442000000
},
{
"value": "9116.60",
"time": 1583445600000
},
{
"value": "9074.97",
"time": 1583449200000
},
{
"value": "9068.55",
"time": 1583452800000
},
{
"value": "9003.90",
"time": 1583456400000
},
{
"value": "9031.42",
"time": 1583460000000
},
{
"value": "9063.96",
"time": 1583463600000
},
{
"value": "9048.93",
"time": 1583467200000
},
{
"value": "9059.72",
"time": 1583470800000
},
{
"value": "9122.05",
"time": 1583474400000
},
{
"value": "9109.43",
"time": 1583478000000
},
{
"value": "9110.24",
"time": 1583481600000
},
{
"value": "9127.09",
"time": 1583485200000
},
{
"value": "9128.67",
"time": 1583488800000
}
],
"value": "9141.73",
"time": 1583495915000
},
"serverTime": "2020-03-06T11:58:36.518Z"
}
Latest Values
Request
Path: /api/v1/latest_values
Parameters:
id=[ String ]Required. ID(s) of stream. May contain up to 30 differents IDs, separates by commas.
Example: https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/api/v1/latest_values?id=BRR,BRTI
Response
Will return the latest values for the given stream(s).
The latest_values object is a map with an entry for each stream. In each case the value is composed as follows:
valueMost recently published index value.timeMilliseconds since Unix epoch of value.
{
"payload": {
"latest_values": {
"BRR": {
"time": 1599750000000,
"value": "10437.33"
},
"BRTI": {
"time": 1599814290000,
"value": "10291.07"
}
}
},
"serverTime": "2020-09-11T08:51:31.149Z"
}
Errors
Example: https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/api/v1/asdf
{
"serverTime": "2019-08-13T23:30:53.992Z",
"error": "api function was not found"
}
