In this tutorial, we will showcase how to use Chainbase API Get top token holders to get the top holders of a cryptocurrency deployed on Ethereum. You can use this information to contact the tope token holders and propose collaborations, partnerships, or other mutually beneficial arrangements.

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Overview - Tools you need to work with Chainbase

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

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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.

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Step 2: Write script using Chainbase API

  1. 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/top-holders?chain_id=${network_id}&contract_address=${token_addr}&page=1&limit=5`, {
    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));
  1. 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/top-holders?chain_id=${network_id}&contract_address=${token_addr}&page=1&limit=5`,
    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));

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Step 3: Print token holders

Chainbase API Get top token holders takes the chain id and the contract address of a certain ERC20 token as parameters, and returns the top holders of that token. You can also set the parameters page and limit to do the pagination and get top holders. To get data printed, run command node <filename>.js in the terminal. In this case, the return data looks as follows by Apr. 4th, 2023. 
{
  "count": 593525,
  "holders": [
    {
      "wallet_address": "0x5e3ef299fddf15eaa0432e6e66473ace8c13d908",
      "amount": "3814264335.329752",
      "usd_value": "4167560569.389670"
    },
    {
      "wallet_address": "0x401f6c983ea34274ec46f84d70b31c151321188b",
      "amount": "910440417.955799",
      "usd_value": "994769961.668955"
    },
    {
      "wallet_address": "0xcd6507d87f605f5e95c12f7c4b1fc3279dc944ab",
      "amount": "590639315.000000",
      "usd_value": "645347281.551875"
    },
    {
      "wallet_address": "0xb316fa9fa91700d7084d377bfdc81eb9f232f5ff",
      "amount": "434226114.715070",
      "usd_value": "474446308.590553"
    },
    {
      "wallet_address": "0xcbfe11b78c2e6cb25c6eda2c6ff46cd4755c8fca",
      "amount": "273304816.000000",
      "usd_value": "298619674.582000"
    }
  ]
}

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API Reference

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

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