<p>Most pools offer some kind of proprietary API endpoint that offers basic stats about the pool or stats about a specific user/rig in that pool.</p>

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2022-04-20T02:04:45.887Z
2022-04-20T02:04:45.887Z
Luke Mlsna
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<p>Is it an API that is connected to a specific mining pool that gives you real time data?</p>
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<p>Yes.</p>
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<p>How do I set it up and where does the data get sent to?</p>
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<p>The current mining pool breakdown by hash rate is shown here on <a href="https://mempool.space/mining" rel="nofollow noreferrer">mempool.space</a>. You'd have to go to the site of each mining pool to see whether they offer an API, what data that API provides and how to use it. For example the Braiins API docs are <a href="https://help.braiins.com/en/support/solutions/articles/77000433512-api-configuration-guide" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. When you use an API your machine requests data from someone else's server and if successful the server returns this data.</p>

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2023-05-15T07:08:20.240Z
2023-05-15T07:08:20.240Z
Michael Folkson
<p>Yes, it is an API (Application Programming Interface). You are on the right track here. API's are not all the same. Pool API's are different based on the site. They are up to the site (pool) providers to setup. Some more reliable, and faster (or slower) to update than others. Pool API's are designed to cover the database of the entire pool rather than one specific miner or wallet. So again, yes, the pool api pulls the data from the whole pool. You will need to set it up based on their options they've made available per pool.The data is sent to the receiver that polls the API. Each pool (with API) have the instructions for the mining pool. You will have to set it up in whichever interface you prefer. Might be good to include what you are trying to poll the info from to get more specifics.</p>

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2024-10-07T05:27:54.987Z
2024-10-07T05:27:54.987Z
Torched RC
<p>I contacted a website and asked them where they get their data for crypto like Bitcoin, as I am trying to find the place for the most up to date and reliable data on Bitcoin and other crypto. They had sent me an email back saying they get their data from block explorers and pool apis. Block explorers were pretty self explanatory and easy to find and pull data from. But I wasn't 100% confident in my idea of what a Pool API was. Is it an API that is connected to a specific mining pool that gives you real time data? How do I set it up and where does the data get sent to? Or am I completely misunderstanding what it is?</p>

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What are bitcoin Pool APIs?
Joe
# What are bitcoin Pool APIs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-10)

I contacted a website and asked them where they get their data for crypto like Bitcoin, as I am trying to find the place for the most up to date and reliable data on Bitcoin and other crypto. They had sent me an email back saying they get their data from block explorers and pool apis. Block explorers were pretty self explanatory and easy to find and pull data from. But I wasn't 100% confident in my idea of what a Pool API was. Is it an API that is connected to a specific mining pool that gives you real time data? How do I set it up and where does the data get sent to? Or am I completely misunderstanding what it is?

**Tags:** blockchain, mining-pools, api, raw-data


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-04-20. Score: 1

Most pools offer some kind of proprietary API endpoint that offers basic stats about the pool or stats about a specific user/rig in that pool.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-05-15. Score: 0

> Is it an API that is connected to a specific mining pool that gives you real time data?

Yes.

> How do I set it up and where does the data get sent to?

The current mining pool breakdown by hash rate is shown here on [mempool.space](https://mempool.space/mining). You'd have to go to the site of each mining pool to see whether they offer an API, what data that API provides and how to use it. For example the Braiins API docs are [here](https://help.braiins.com/en/support/solutions/articles/77000433512-api-configuration-guide). When you use an API your machine requests data from someone else's server and if successful the server returns this data.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-10-07. Score: -1

Yes, it is an API (Application Programming Interface). You are on the right track here. API's are not all the same. Pool API's are different based on the site. They are up to the site (pool) providers to setup. Some more reliable, and faster (or slower) to update than others. Pool API's are designed to cover the database of the entire pool rather than one specific miner or wallet. So again, yes, the pool api pulls the data from the whole pool. You will need to set it up based on their options they've made available per pool.The data is sent to the receiver that polls the API. Each pool (with API) have the instructions for the mining pool. You will have to set it up in whichever interface you prefer. Might be good to include what you are trying to poll the info from to get more specifics.


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