Quickstart

1. Create or sign in to your account at Birdeye Data.
2. In the left sidebar, under Settings, open the Security tab.
3. Click Generate key, name your app, and copy the key.
4. Send the key in the X-API-KEY header and the network in the X-Chain header on every request.

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1. Sign in or create your Birdeye Data account

• Click Create an account at the bottom of the sign-in form.

• Enter your email and a password, then click Create an account. A message tells you to check your inbox.
• Open the verification email from Birdeye Data and click Verify.
• Upon successful verification, click Return to Login, and then sign in to open the dashboard.

• At the bottom left of the dashboard, find Create your billing account. Enter an account name, then click Create billing account.

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2. Generate an API key

• In the left sidebar, under Settings, click Security.
• In the Authentication key section, click Generate key

• Enter an App name, then click Generate.
• Find the new key in the table. Click the eye icon to reveal it, or the copy icon to copy it.

• Store the key somewhere secure. Anyone with your key can spend your Compute Units.

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3. Make your first request

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://public-api.birdeye.so/defi/price?address=So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112' \
  --header 'X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-chain: solana'

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4. Next steps

• Read Authentication
• Check which endpoints your plan includes in Data Accessibility by Packages.
• Check endpoint pricing in Compute Unit Cost.