Get Metadata for an Address

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey='

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "address":"0xa9d1e08c7793af67e9d92fe308d5697fb81d3e43",
         "nametag":"Coinbase 10",
         "internal_nametag":"",
         "url":"https://coinbase.com",
         "shortdescription":"",
         "notes_1":"",
         "notes_2":"",
         "labels":[
            "Coinbase",
            "Exchange"
         ],
         "labels_slug":[
            "coinbase",
            "exchange"
         ],
         "reputation":0,
         "other_attributes":[
            
         ],
         "lastupdatedtimestamp":1721899658
      }
   ]
}

GET

api

Get Metadata for an Address

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey='

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?apikey=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "address":"0xa9d1e08c7793af67e9d92fe308d5697fb81d3e43",
         "nametag":"Coinbase 10",
         "internal_nametag":"",
         "url":"https://coinbase.com",
         "shortdescription":"",
         "notes_1":"",
         "notes_2":"",
         "labels":[
            "Coinbase",
            "Exchange"
         ],
         "labels_slug":[
            "coinbase",
            "exchange"
         ],
         "reputation":0,
         "other_attributes":[
            
         ],
         "lastupdatedtimestamp":1721899658
      }
   ]
}

This is a PRO endpoint and is available exclusively to the Pro Plus tier.

This endpoint is throttled to 2 calls/second regardless of API Pro tier.

{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":[
      {
         "address":"0xa9d1e08c7793af67e9d92fe308d5697fb81d3e43",
         "nametag":"Coinbase 10",
         "internal_nametag":"",
         "url":"https://coinbase.com",
         "shortdescription":"",
         "notes_1":"",
         "notes_2":"",
         "labels":[
            "Coinbase",
            "Exchange"
         ],
         "labels_slug":[
            "coinbase",
            "exchange"
         ],
         "reputation":0,
         "other_attributes":[
            
         ],
         "lastupdatedtimestamp":1721899658
      }
   ]
}

Authorizations

apikey

string

query

required

Enter your Etherscan API key, or set one up if you don't have one.

Query Parameters

chainid

string

required

Chain ID to query, eg 1 for Ethereum, 42161 for Arbitrum from our supported chains.

module

string

default:nametag

required

Set to nametag for this endpoint.

action

string

default:getaddresstag

required

Set to getaddresstag for this endpoint.

address

string

required

The address to query, like 0x0000db5C8B030AE20308AC975898E09741E70000, up to a maximum of 100 addresses per call.

Response

200 - application/json

Successful response

status

string

1 if the request returned data, 0 otherwise. A status of 0 can indicate an error or a valid request that returned no records.

message

string

OK on success, otherwise an error description such as NOTOK. See common error messages.

result

object[]

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API Endpoints

Beta Endpoints

Get Metadata for an Address

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response