How to Get the Price of an ERC20 Token

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:

Get Token Price - Fetch the current price of any ERC20 token

Prerequisites

Node.js v18+ installed
A Moralis API key (get one free)

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

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.

Step 3: Run the Script

Execute the script to fetch the token price:

node index.js

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"
}

Understanding the Response

Field	Description
`tokenName`	The full name of the token
`tokenSymbol`	The token’s ticker symbol
`tokenLogo`	URL to the token’s logo image
`tokenDecimals`	Number of decimal places the token uses
`nativePrice`	Price in the chain’s native token (ETH)
`usdPrice`	Current price in USD
`24hrPercentChange`	Price change percentage over 24 hours
`exchangeAddress`	DEX address where the price was sourced
`exchangeName`	Name of the DEX (e.g., Uniswap v3)

Next Steps

Get Historical Prices (OHLC) - Fetch OHLC candlestick data
Build Price Charts - Create interactive price charts
API Reference - Full API documentation

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How to Get the Price of an ERC20 Token

Introduction

Prerequisites

Step 1: Set Up Your Project

Step 2: Create the Script

Step 3: Run the Script

Example Response

Understanding the Response

Next Steps

​Introduction

​Prerequisites

​Step 1: Set Up Your Project

​Step 2: Create the Script

​Step 3: Run the Script

​Example Response

​Understanding the Response

​Next Steps

Introduction

Prerequisites

Step 1: Set Up Your Project

Step 2: Create the Script

Step 3: Run the Script

Example Response

Understanding the Response

Next Steps