coinmarketcap-crypto-data-scraper

📝 Description

This repository contains a Python scraper to extract real-time cryptocurrency prices from CoinMarketCap. The script uses the Crawlbase Smart Proxy to avoid IP blocks and bypass bot protections, ensuring reliable access to dynamic content.

It extracts data for the top 10 cryptocurrencies, including their name, symbol, and current price in USD, and saves the results to both CSV and JSON files.

➡ Read the full blog here to learn more.

📦 Features

• Scrapes top 10 crypto coins from CoinMarketCap

• Extracts:

  • Coin Name
  • Symbol
  • Price in USD

• Stores data in:

  • crypto_prices.csv
  • crypto_prices.json

• Uses Crawlbase Smart Proxy to bypass anti-scraping measures

💻 Environment Setup

1. Install Python 3.7 or higher Check version:

python --version

2. Install Required Libraries

pip install requests beautifulsoup4

🚀 How to Run

1. Get Your Crawlbase Smart Proxy Token Sign up at Crawlbase and get your Smart Proxy token.
2. Update the Script Replace _USER_TOKEN_ in the proxy URL with your actual Crawlbase token.

proxy_url = "http://_USER_TOKEN_:@smartproxy.crawlbase.com:8012"

3. Run the Scraper

python coinmarketcap_crypto_data_scraper.py

This will output two files in your directory:

• crypto_prices.csv
• crypto_prices.json

🧪 Sample Output

crypto_prices.json

[
  {
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "price_usd": "$27,384.91"
  },
  ...
]

crypto_prices.csv

name, symbol, price_usd;
Bitcoin, BTC, $27, 384.91;
Ethereum, ETH, $1, 823.77;

🛡 Why Use Crawlbase Smart Proxy?

CoinMarketCap uses bot protection techniques that can block basic scrapers. Crawlbase Smart Proxy:

• Rotates IPs automatically
• Handles CAPTCHAs
• Provides fully rendered HTML for JavaScript-heavy pages

Learn more: Crawlbase Smart Proxy