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Introduction

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to get the current USD price of any ERC20 token using the Moralis API. This is essential for building price trackers, trading interfaces, or portfolio applications that need real-time token pricing. We’ll use the following Moralis API endpoint:

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Prerequisites

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Step 1: Set Up Your Project

Create a new directory for your project and initialize it: 
mkdir get-token-price && cd get-token-price
npm init -y

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Step 2: Create the Script

Create a file called index.js and add the following code: 
// index.js
const API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
const TOKEN_ADDRESS = '0xA0b86991c6218b36c1d19D4a2e9Eb0cE3606eB48'; // USDC

async function getTokenPrice() {
  const response = await fetch(
    `https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/erc20/${TOKEN_ADDRESS}/price?chain=eth`,
    {
      headers: {
        'X-API-Key': API_KEY,
      },
    }
  );

  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
}

getTokenPrice();
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual Moralis API key.

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Step 3: Run the Script

Execute the script to fetch the token price: 
node index.js

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Example Response

{
  "tokenName": "USD Coin",
  "tokenSymbol": "USDC",
  "tokenLogo": "https://cdn.moralis.io/eth/0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48.png",
  "tokenDecimals": "6",
  "nativePrice": {
    "value": "296177284127975",
    "decimals": 18,
    "name": "Ether",
    "symbol": "ETH",
    "address": "0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2"
  },
  "usdPrice": 0.9998,
  "usdPriceFormatted": "0.9998",
  "24hrPercentChange": "0.02",
  "exchangeAddress": "0x1f98431c8ad98523631ae4a59f267346ea31f984",
  "exchangeName": "Uniswap v3"
}

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Understanding the Response

FieldDescription
tokenNameThe full name of the token
tokenSymbolThe token’s ticker symbol
tokenLogoURL to the token’s logo image
tokenDecimalsNumber of decimal places the token uses
nativePricePrice in the chain’s native token (ETH)
usdPriceCurrent price in USD
24hrPercentChangePrice change percentage over 24 hours
exchangeAddressDEX address where the price was sourced
exchangeNameName of the DEX (e.g., Uniswap v3)

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