How to get ERC20 metadata by symbols

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Step 1: Setup Moralis

Read the article Setting Up Moralis: Getting Started and make sure to finish all the steps. Only after that you can go ahead to complete this guide.

Step 2: Get ERC20 metadata by symbols

In order to get ERC20 metadata by symbols, Moralis provides you with an getTokenMetadataBySymbol endpoint.

Here you'll need two parameters: symbols and chain.

Once you have obtained the symbols and chain, you can copy the following code:

index.js (JavaScript)

const Moralis = require("moralis").default;
const { EvmChain } = require("@moralisweb3/common-evm-utils");

const runApp = async () => {
  await Moralis.start({
    apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
    // ...and any other configuration
  });

  const symbols = ["UNI", "AAVE", "LINK"];

  const chain = EvmChain.ETHEREUM;

  const response = await Moralis.EvmApi.token.getTokenMetadataBySymbol({
    symbols,
    chain,
  });

  console.log(response.toJSON());
};

runApp();

index.ts (TypeScript)

import Moralis from "moralis";
import { EvmChain } from "@moralisweb3/common-evm-utils";

const runApp = async () => {
  await Moralis.start({
    apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
    // ...and any other configuration
  });

  const symbols = ["UNI", "AAVE", "LINK"];

  const chain = EvmChain.ETHEREUM;

  const response = await Moralis.EvmApi.token.getTokenMetadataBySymbol({
    symbols,
    chain,
  });

  console.log(response.toJSON());
};

runApp();

index.py (Python)

from moralis import evm_api

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
params = {
    "symbols": ['UNI', 'AAVE', 'LINK'],
    "chain": "eth"
}

result = evm_api.token.get_token_metadata_by_symbol(
    api_key=api_key,
    params=params,
)

print(result)

Step 3: Run the script

To run the script, enter the following command:

Shell (JavaScript)

node index.js

Shell (TypeScript)

ts-node index.ts

Shell (Python)

python index.py

In your terminal, you should see the following JSON response:

[
  {
    "address": "0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca",
    "name": "Chain Link",
    "symbol": "LINK",
    "decimals": "18",
    "logo": "https://cdn.moralis.io/eth/0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca.webp",
    "logo_hash": "fd74ea1227adb458733847c09aab05d89c35c14b640c5ee1e0a8bffa79193eb4",
    "thumbnail": "https://cdn.moralis.io/eth/0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca_thumb.webp",
    "block_number": null,
    "validated": null,
    "created_at": "2022-01-20T10:39:55.818Z"
  },
  {
    "address": "0x1f9840a85d5af5bf1d1762f925bdaddc4201f984",
    "name": "Uniswap",
    "symbol": "UNI",
    "decimals": "18",
    "logo": "https://cdn.moralis.io/eth/0x1f9840a85d5af5bf1d1762f925bdaddc4201f984.webp",
    "logo_hash": "064ee9557deba73c1a31014a60f4c081284636b785373d4ccdd1b3440df11f43",
    "thumbnail": "https://cdn.moralis.io/eth/0x1f9840a85d5af5bf1d1762f925bdaddc4201f984_thumb.webp",
    "block_number": null,
    "validated": null,
    "created_at": "2022-01-20T10:39:55.818Z"
  },
  {
    "address": "0x7fc66500c84a76ad7e9c93437bfc5ac33e2ddae9",
    "name": "Aave Token",
    "symbol": "AAVE",
    "decimals": "18",
    "logo": "https://cdn.moralis.io/eth/0x7fc66500c84a76ad7e9c93437bfc5ac33e2ddae9.webp",
    "logo_hash": "a43e5ac48a66d8b0eac410ac2f5634c2517acda6f4723a55b99e3c5906132a1b",
    "thumbnail": "https://cdn.moralis.io/eth/0x7fc66500c84a76ad7e9c93437bfc5ac33e2ddae9_thumb.webp",
    "block_number": null,
    "validated": null,
    "created_at": "2022-01-20T10:39:55.818Z"
  }
]

Congratulations 🥳 You just got ERC20 metadata by symbols with just a few lines of code using the Moralis Token API!

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API Reference

If you want to know more details on the endpoint and optional parameters, check out:

• getTokenMetadataBySymbol

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