How to get the holders of an ERC20 token

Chainbase offers an ability to get all the holders of a certain token. With one single API call, you can get a list of all the holders’ addresses of the token. In this tutorial, we will showcase how to use Chainbase API getTokenHolders to get the holders of a cryptocurrency deployed on chains. With this information, you can develop strategies to collaborate with these holders and improve the overall value of your cryptocurrency.

Overview - Tools you need to work with Chainbase

A free account at Chainbase with an API key.
An IDE. Our examples are shown in JavaScript, you can use VS Code as your IDE for example.
A token address as your input.

Step 1: Set up a free account at Chainbase

To better leverage the ability that Chainbase provides, you can register here for a free account and access to different APIs and data cloud.

After logging into Chainbase, visit the dashboard to get an overview. Create a new project in the console and get an API key.

Step 2: Write script using Chainbase API

Using fetch in JavaScript.

network_id = '1'; // See https://docs.chainbase.com/reference/supported-chains to get the id of different chains.
token_addr = '0x7d1afa7b718fb893db30a3abc0cfc608aacfebb0'; // Take MATIC token address as an example.

fetch(`https://api.chainbase.online/v1/token/holders?chain_id=${network_id}&contract_address=${token_addr}&page=1&limit=20`, {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': CHAINBASE_API_KEY, // Replace the field with your API key.
        'accept': 'application/json'
    }
}).then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data.data))
    .catch(error => console.error(error));

Using axios in JavaScript. You need to install axios using npm install axios --save in the terminal first.

network_id = '1'; // See https://docs.chainbase.com/reference/supported-chains to get the id of different chains.
token_addr = '0x7d1afa7b718fb893db30a3abc0cfc608aacfebb0'; // Take MATIC token address as an example.

const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
    url: `https://api.chainbase.online/v1/token/holders?chain_id=${network_id}&contract_address=${token_addr}&page=1&limit=20`,
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': CHAINBASE_API_KEY, // Replace the field with your API key.
        'accept': 'application/json'
    }
};
axios(options)
    .then(response => console.log(response.data.data))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

Step 3: Print token holders

Chainbase API getTokenHolders takes the chain id and the contract address of a certain ERC20 token as parameters, and returns the holders of that token. You can also set the parameters page and limit to do the pagination and set the limitation.

To get data printed, run command node <filename>.js in the terminal. In this case, the return data looks as follows. Note that since this API only returns unsorted token holders, query result may vary every time. If you want to get the top token holders, you can try another API called getTopTokenHolders.

[
  "0xe31fcac26fccf1fda8a99b033bfae82c8c44df63",
  "0xf60328d7eabe4196a7d530721d4da5316c435fc5",
  "0x38a0c3aaaac2736915f0e5e7044aa6fd90c22f7e",
  "0xfa79dcccb2c4c8eaaf21de271020919e1a4b093e",
  "0x00e4487f5b43540614ddcb835b5afdabe19f1ed4",
  "0x2f13499c1e391896762b8c1a6c88390113ca54c4",
  "0xcad779f8b51f1043efbd365f6b7353670633415c",
  "0x880e295d5fabc24340b547146b29119a7aa3ce9f",
  "0xc75b46aea8538e6f1269d2fe73d1ca92002b1c37",
  "0x6067aedebf0704d178674b16dbf0d7c6c5d5d03e",
  "0xcd97b55b07d2a4f397ea513c0fd9f899fa01fbe1",
  "0xed6425f466ebd178fc3060a0d60eb1a609cf5558",
  "0x8c372e79195f0113942012e7e52dfe30c5606962",
  "0xbdc034c242e4ef08e56539bc6141c1e3847b60b9",
  "0x28c497c274bfae45bcadd2f19a941d346fc741ab",
  "0x1ad9a52e8d1f1e957415d3407ab9a8bdcf5decd1",
  "0x73c4eb25fadf7edb6087f130fea23a90aab88a65",
  "0xad270298f03ae7ed9f211fe25f4b90a2c711262d",
  "0xde85dfd2e53d0f01852a4a64d0e3ab644fb0e965",
  "0x51edc446851a6063c6489f575602e4482e9a0bff"
]

API Reference

If you want to know more details on the endpoint and optional parameters, check out:

getTokenHolders

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