# Get Price Simple

The current TAO price, and nothing else.

_Source: https://beta.taostats.io/docs/new/price/get-price-simple_

_Last reviewed: 2026-10-07_

```http
GET https://api.taostats.io/v1/price/simple
```

Requires an API key in the `Authorization` header.

The current TAO price, and nothing else.

## 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/price/simple"
```

**JavaScript**

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

**Python**

```python
import requests

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

## Parameters

_No parameters._

## Responses

### `200` — Latest TAO price

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | `array` | Yes | The price, as a one-element array. |
| `data[].price` | `string` | Yes | TAO price in USD (decimal string). |
| `data[].timestamp` | `string` | Yes | When the price was recorded (ISO 8601). |
| `pagination` | `object` | Yes | Pagination block. Always one item on one page. |
| `pagination.current_page` | `integer (int32)` | Yes | 1-indexed page that produced the rows in `data`. |
| `pagination.next_page` | `integer (int32), nullable` | Yes | Next page number, or `null` if this is the last page. |
| `pagination.per_page` | `integer (int32)` | Yes | Number of items requested per page. |
| `pagination.prev_page` | `integer (int32), nullable` | Yes | Previous page number, or `null` if this is the first page. |
| `pagination.total_items` | `integer (int64)` | Yes | Number of items matching the query across all pages. This is the exact count — every matching row, however many there are. It is not bounded by `total_pages`, so a listing can legitimately report far more items than `total_pages × per_page`. |
| `pagination.total_pages` | `integer (int32)` | Yes | Number of pages at the current `per_page` that this API will serve: `ceil(total_items / per_page)`, capped at `ceil(1000000 / per_page)` because the `page` parameter only reaches into the first 1,000,000 rows. When the cap bites, `total_items` is still the true total and this is the last page a request can ask for; reach deeper history with the endpoint's range filters instead of a larger `page`. |

### `400` — Invalid query parameter

| 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). |

### `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).