# Get Cmc Summary

Market summary for all active trading pairs.

_Source: https://beta.taostats.io/docs/new/cmc/get-cmc-summary_

_Last reviewed: 2026-10-07_

```http
GET https://api.taostats.io/v1/cmc/summary
```

Requires an API key in the `Authorization` header.

Market summary for all active trading pairs.

## Try it

Try this request in the browser on the HTML version of this page, or use the code samples below.

### Code samples

**cURL**

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  "https://api.taostats.io/v1/cmc/summary"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.taostats.io/v1/cmc/summary', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: '<YOUR_API_KEY>',
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.taostats.io/v1/cmc/summary",
    headers={"Authorization": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"},
)
data = response.json()
```

## Parameters

_No parameters._

## Responses

### `200` — Market summary for all trading pairs

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `[].base_currency` | `string` | Yes | Base currency symbol (`"TAO"` always). |
| `[].base_volume` | `string` | Yes | 24h TAO volume in whole TAO (decimal string). Trades only: stake transfers and validator-to-validator stake moves are not counted. |
| `[].highest_bid` | `string` | Yes | Highest bid — pinned to `last_price` (no order book). |
| `[].highest_price_24h` | `string` | Yes | 24h high price, or current pool price when no trades (decimal string). |
| `[].last_price` | `string` | Yes | Last traded price in the 24h window, or current pool price (decimal string). |
| `[].lowest_ask` | `string` | Yes | Lowest ask — pinned to `last_price` (no order book). |
| `[].lowest_price_24h` | `string` | Yes | 24h low price, or current pool price when no trades (decimal string). |
| `[].price_change_percent_24h` | `string` | Yes | 24h price change percent (decimal string; `"0"` when unavailable). |
| `[].quote_currency` | `string` | Yes | Quote currency symbol, e.g. `"SN1"`. |
| `[].quote_volume` | `string` | Yes | 24h alpha volume in whole alpha (decimal string). Trades only, as `base_volume`. |
| `[].trading_pairs` | `string` | Yes | Trading pair identifier, e.g. `"TAO_SN1"`. |

### `500` — Internal server error

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `message` | `string` | Yes | Plain-english message describing the failure from the caller's perspective. |
| `status_code` | `integer (int32)` | Yes | HTTP status code (mirrored in the response status line for convenience). |

Every request needs an `Authorization` header holding your API key — see [Getting started with the Taostats API](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/start-here/getting-started-with-taostats-api).