Guide

How to get a CoinDesk Data API key

Keys are created in the CoinDesk Data developer portal.

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About 5 minutes 2 steps Checked October 2026

Before you start

  • An email address

Create your CoinDesk Data API key

  1. 1

    Sign up

    Create an account on developers.coindesk.com.

  2. 2

    Create a key

    Open API keys, create a key with the read permissions you need, and save it as COINDESK_DATA_API_KEY.

Test the key

Before wiring the key into a strategy, make one request by hand. It separates “the key is wrong” from “my code is wrong”.

curl -s -H "authorization: Apikey $COINDESK_DATA_API_KEY" "https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/price?fsym=BTC&tsyms=USD"
{"USD": …} means the key works.

Add the key to your AlgoGP project

  1. 1

    Open your project’s APIs & keys tab

    Open the strategy project and select APIs & keys in the workspace tabs.

  2. 2

    Paste each value

    Paste the values into COINDESK_DATA_API_KEY and click Save. Values are encrypted at rest, never shown again and never written into code or exports.

  3. 3

    Run locally with the same names

    Exported projects read the same names from .env (copy .env.example). Keep .env out of version control.

COINDESK_DATA_API_KEY=paste-your-value-here
.env for local runs

Add CoinDesk Data signals to a strategy

Combine price rules with news and sentiment filters, test them point-in-time so nothing leaks from the future, and export the code.

  • Sentiment filters that block entries on bad news
  • Point-in-time replay in every backtest
  • Exported Python reads the same feed live
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How the CoinDesk Data API works

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