How to Get a Cryptocurrency Profile with the Mboum API

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Sep 30, 2026

Crypto dashboards need more than a price tick. A profile lookup gives you the coin name, symbol, category, and official links so you can label charts and deep-link to docs or explorers without maintaining a separate metadata table for every asset.

The Mboum crypto profile endpoint returns that metadata for a coin key such as bitcoin, which is the slug you send on the request—not the ticker symbol you may show in the UI.

👉 To access this endpoint, you must obtain an API key: https://mboum.com/pages/api

The Crypto Profile Endpoint

Coin profiles live under GET /v1/crypto/profile. Pass a required key (for example bitcoin) when you need identity and links for a coin before or alongside a quote.

Documentation:
https://docs.mboum.com/#crypto-GETapi-v1-crypto-profile

Choosing the Request

The only documented parameter is key. Send the slug form of the asset—not the ticker—so bitcoin rather than BTC. That keeps lookups stable when you store a coin reference and later refresh name, category, and official URLs.

GET https://api.mboum.com/v1/crypto/profile?key=bitcoin
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Sample Response

meta.key echoes the slug you sent. A shortened body looks like this:

{
  "meta": { "key": "bitcoin" },
  "body": {
    "key": "bitcoin",
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "category": "Coin",
    "description": "Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency...",
    "dateAdded": "2013-04-28T00:00:00.000Z",
    "status": 1,
    "urls": {
      "website": ["https://bitcoin.org/"],
      "technical_doc": ["https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf"],
      "explorer": ["https://blockchain.info/"],
      "source_code": ["https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin"],
      "message_board": [],
      "chat": [],
      "announcement": [],
      "reddit": ["https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin"]
    }
  }
}

Python Example

import requests

url = "https://api.mboum.com/v1/crypto/profile"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"}
params = {"key": "bitcoin"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload.get("meta"))
body = payload["body"]
print(body["key"], body["name"], body["symbol"], body["category"])
print((body.get("urls") or {}).get("website"))

Understanding the Response

body documents these keys:

key, name, symbol, category
description — long text about the asset
dateAdded, status
urls — object with website, technical_doc, explorer, source_code, message_board, chat, announcement, and reddit

Use name and symbol for labels, and pull only the URL groups you need for deep links on a coin detail page or quote header.

Walkthrough

Request /v1/crypto/profile with key=bitcoin (or another documented slug) and your Bearer token.
Confirm meta.key matches what you sent, then read body.name, body.symbol, and body.category for the header.
Attach links from body.urls next to a quote, and keep description for a detail panel rather than a compact card.

Watch for This

key is the slug you send, while body.symbol is the ticker such as BTC. description is a long text field—plan UI space accordingly and do not confuse the slug with the ticker when storing lookups.

👉 Get your API key and look up a crypto profile: https://mboum.com/pages/api