Docs / API: Markets

Chain TVL

Returns the top 40 chains by total value locked. Source: DefiLlama, cached for 10 minutes.

GET/api/v1/markets/chains

Property	Value
Authentication	Optional. A key raises your limit.
Rate-limit cost	1 unit
Status	Live

#Request

curl -s "https://farbeamlabs.com/api/v1/markets/chains"

const res = await fetch("https://farbeamlabs.com/api/v1/markets/chains");
const { data, meta, error } = await res.json();
if (error) throw new Error(`${error.code}: ${error.message}`);
console.log(data);

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://farbeamlabs.com/api/v1/markets/chains",
    timeout=30,
)
body = res.json()
if "error" in body:
    raise RuntimeError(body["error"]["code"])
print(body["data"])

You can send this request now in the API playground.

#Response

This response is real. It was captured from the running API when this page was built. Arrays are cut to two items.

JSON

{
  "data": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "name": "Ethereum",
      "tvl_usd": 45947651149,
      "token": "ETH",
      "covered": "ethereum"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "name": "Base",
      "tvl_usd": 6158920326,
      "token": null,
      "covered": "base"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_906520e87390",
    "as_of": "2026-11-04T20:10:57.679Z",
    "source": "defillama"
  }
}

#Errors

HTTP	Code	Meaning
502	`upstream_unavailable`	A public data source did not answer.

All errors share one format. See errors.

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