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Top 10 Ethereum NFT APIs

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Statista estimates that by 2027, about 65 million users will use NFTs. From digital art to music, collectibles, virtual real estate, and even tweets or other social media content, the limited availability of NFTs has created a sense of scarcity and exclusivity, driving up demand and prices for certain assets.

Currently, the majority of NFTs are part of Ethereum’s blockchain. This is partly due to the fact that Ethereum was the first blockchain to introduce NFTs as a standard, through the ERC-721 token standard. As a result, many NFT marketplaces and platforms have been built on top of the Ethereum network, and many NFT creators and collectors use Ethereum-based wallets to manage their digital assets.

That said, it’s important to note that other blockchains have also implemented their own versions of NFTs. For example, the Binance Smart Chain has its own NFT standard, BEP-721.

There is a new trend every couple of years, and people try to get the best out of it by analyzing data. And that leads us to the next question…

What is an NFT API?

As an NFT artist, you’re probably interested in analyzing your business performance over the past year. Or, as a curious researcher, you want to read the world of NFTs.

What’s the monthly NFT volume? What is the count of NFTs sold today? How many unique traders have over a period? To answer such questions, many companies provide APIs to access the data.

Using NFT APIs gives developers better access to backend information about NFTs, allowing them to create, manage, and trade these assets, including features like metadata storage, asset management, and transaction tracking.

These APIs offer developers a range of tools and services; some act as marketplaces and allow users to retrieve listings and sales data via APIs, while others explore ownership and transfer information.

In this blog, we’ll discuss the top NFT APIs and how you can use them to gain insights into the NFT market, whether you’re an NFT artist, collector, or researcher.

Best NFT APIs

1. Bitquery

Bitquery is a blockchain data company that provides real-time streaming APIs for blockchain data. The new streaming API includes provides NFT APIs that support all your analytics needs.

  • NFT Metadata: The API provides detailed information about NFTs, including their name, smart contracts, and other attributes, as well as the standard they follow, ERC721 or ERC1155.
  • NFT Transfers: The transfer APIs enable you to track the transfer of NFTs across different wallets, giving you a complete picture of NFT ownership. This helps you conduct your own research instead of relying on what influencers are saying on Twitter.
  • NFT Wallet data: The API allows you to see who the holders of an NFT are. This is valuable information if you want to understand the distribution of NFT ownership.
  • NFT Trading Data: You can determine the trading volume and market trends for NFTs. For example, you may have heard of Moonbirds NFT, which sold for 2.5 ETH. NFT fans have been raving about Moonbirds since its inception, making it one of the hottest investment topics. Interested in the sales volume? You can access NFT trading data.

Utilize the subscription feature and webhooks to subscribe to events like when a wallet transfers a particular NFT in real time.

2. Alchemy

Alchemy offers an NFT API that provides NFT data using the Alchemy SDK, fetch or Axios. The API allows you to access important data such as the floor prices of an NFT collection by the marketplace, and the rarity of each attribute of an NFT.

Token gating is also available, which enables you to build a community and create unique experiences based on verified ownership. This helps to maintain the value and exclusivity of your NFTs.

Alchemy offers three different plans: free, growth, and enterprise. The free plan provides access to enhanced APIs, allowing you to access data from multiple mainnets and testnets.

3. Moralis

Moralis offers an NFT API that fetches real-time NFT metadata, ownership data, NFT transfer data, NFT prices, and much more. The API is cross-chain compatible and has a search endpoint that allows you to create searches within the metadata of an NFT. Users have access to NFT data, including collection ownership information, through JavaScript endpoints.

Moralis offers a range of plans, including a free plan, as well as pro, business, and enterprise plans, all of which offer different levels of access to the API’s features.

4. Blockdaemon’s

Blockdaemon’s Ubiquity NFT API offers easy access to Ethereum NFT data through a single API. The API provides a unified view of on-chain and off-chain NFT data, making it easy for developers to access the information they need.

The Ubiquity NFT API includes a range of endpoints to fetch NFT assets, asset rarity, events, and collections. It also has an NFT playground where you can use the service for free and view the NFT asset. Blockdaemon’s Ubiquity NFT API offers two pricing plans: the growth plan is designed for early startups, custodians, and consultants and an Enterprise plan, on the other hand, is designed for larger enterprise clients who need institutional infrastructure and support to manage their NFT data at scale.

5. Venly

Venly’s NFT API is built to help game and entertainment developers create collections of NFTs and mint them directly into their users’ wallets.

In addition to creating and managing NFTs, Venly’s Wallet API allows developers to gain complete control over the wallet user experience and asset management, providing a seamless and secure cross-chain, in-game wallet solution.

The NFT Analytics offers a set of endpoints that enables developers to query NFT-related information, such as discovering which NFTs are stored in a wallet and fetching the metadata for those NFTs.

6. Ankr

Ankr’s Advanced API service provides a collection of RPC methods to get NFT ownership and metadata across six EVM-compatible chains. This makes it a versatile solution that can be used for virtual worlds, games, galleries, marketplaces, and more.

Ankr’s global RPC and API connections and cross-chain bridge enable developers to access blockchain data and execute transactions across multiple chains seamlessly.

It also provides staking infrastructure for a convenient way to stake tokens and receive rewards automatically in their wallets, which can help increase user engagement and incentivize users to hold onto their tokens.

7. NFTScan

NFTScan provides a range of APIs that allow users to access different NFT-related data.

This includes Asset API, Transaction API, and Collection API, which allow users to retrieve detailed information about individual NFTs, transactions, and collections.

Moreover, nftScan provides NFT trade ranking statistics, and market cap ranking data, which can be useful for evaluating the performance of different NFTs and collections and making informed investment decisions. The three plans are free and paid: pro and custom, based on your API call requirements.

8. OpenSea API

OpenSea API allows users to create their own marketplace on the platform. The OpenSea.js library provides an easy way for developers to integrate NFT trading into their own applications.

With the OpenSea API, users can buy, sell, and bundle NFTs, as well as create auctions and bid on items without having to pay gas fees. This can be especially helpful for users who want to avoid the complexities and costs associated with setting up their own smart contracts.

It is easy for users to access information about their NFT items, including active listings and fulfilled listings. The API is free of charge with a rate limit on the GET and POST requests.

9. Chainstack

Chainstack offers an NFT API that simplifies the process of fetching, searching, minting, and managing NFTs. With this API, users can access transaction history and floor prices, as well as mint NFTs to a specified address. Additionally, users can manage, transfer, and update metadata associated with their NFTs.

Chainstack’s NFT API is available in four different plans: the free plan provides basic functionality, while the growth, business, and enterprise plans offer additional features and greater scalability.

10. QuickNode

QuickNode’s NFT API provides cross-chain access to NFT data. This API can be used to retrieve information about any NFT, verify ownership, and pull transfer history and key collection information. Additionally, users can retrieve NFTs based on a given creator’s address.

QuickNode’s pricing is structured in three tiers. The free account offers 10 million API credits monthly, which is sufficient for most basic use cases. For users requiring more advanced features and scalability, QuickNode offers two paid plans with varying levels of usage limits and support.

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