Get Token Metadata
If you want to automatically get the metadata of some ERC20 tokens, definitely check out Chainbase API Get token metadata. You can easily retrieve the metadata for any ERC20 token with its contract address by using Chainbase API.
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 contract address of an ERC20 token 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.
- Using
axios
in JavaScript. You need to installaxios
usingnpm install axios --save
in the terminal first.
Step 3: Print metadata of an ERC20 token
Chainbase API Get token metadata takes the chain id and token contract address as parameters, and returns the metadata of the ERC20 token.
To get data printed, run command node <filename>.js
in the terminal. In this case, the data returned looks as follows.
API Reference
If you want to know more details on the endpoint and optional parameters, check out:
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