Historical Trends
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Overview
This documentation describes how to use the Historical Trend endpoint to access historical trend data for various cryptocurrencies.
Endpoint
GET /api/v2/market/trends/<COIN>
Retrieve historical trend information for a specified cryptocurrency.
Base URL
https://api.guavy.com
Full Endpoint Example
https://api.guavy.com/api/v2/market/trends/<COIN>
Replace <COIN> with the desired cryptocurrency symbol, such as BTC for Bitcoin.
Authentication
This API requires authentication using a Bearer token. Include your API key in the request header as shown below.
Request Headers
| Header | Description | 
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer token for API authentication. | 
Example Header
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-KEY"
Response Format
The response returns data in JSON format, containing historical trend information for the specified cryptocurrency.
Example Response
{
  "Success": {
    "coin": "BTC",
    "trends": [
      {
        "date": 1670832000000.0,
        "trend": "neutral",
        "trend_started_on": "2022-12-12T08:00:00.000Z",
        "price_on_trend_start": 16931.07980434933,
        "duration_in_days": 2,
        "peak_gain": 5.170210362000719,
        "peak_loss": 1.3783680854624911,
        "max_price": 17806.45224679241,
        "min_price": 17164.452404896667
      },
      {
        "date": 1671014400000.0,
        "trend": "down",
        "trend_started_on": "2022-12-14T08:00:00.000Z",
        "price_on_trend_start": 17164.452404896667,
        "duration_in_days": 3,
        "peak_gain": 2.351987920574144,
        "peak_loss": 6.783459274239095,
        "max_price": 17532.54006359813,
        "min_price": 16343.12982237682
      }
      ...
    ]
  }
}
Field Descriptions
| Field | Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| coin | string | The ticker symbol of the requested cryptocurrency. | 
| trends | array | An array of trend objects, each representing a historical trend period. | 
| - date | float | The date of the trend event in milliseconds since the epoch. | 
| - trend | string | The trend direction for the period. Possible values are "up","down", and"neutral". | 
| - trend_started_on | string | The start date and time of the trend in ISO 8601 format. | 
| - price_on_trend_start | float | The price of the cryptocurrency at the start of the trend period. | 
| - duration_in_days | integer | The duration of the trend period in days. | 
| - peak_gain | float | The maximum percentage gain during the trend period. | 
| - peak_loss | float | The maximum percentage loss during the trend period. | 
| - max_price | float | The highest price reached during the trend period. | 
| - min_price | float | The lowest price reached during the trend period. | 
Code Examples
cURL
curl -X GET "https://api.guavy.com/api/v2/market/trends/BTC" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-KEY"
Python (requests library)
import requests
url = "https://api.guavy.com/api/v2/market/trends/BTC"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR-API-KEY"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print("Failed to retrieve data:", response.status_code)
JavaScript (fetch API)
fetch("https://api.guavy.com/api/v2/market/trends/BTC", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR-API-KEY",
  },
})
  .then((response) => response.json())
  .then((data) => console.log(data))
  .catch((error) => console.error("Error:", error));