# API key

Concerns rise over API key security as incidents of compromise increase, while developers express frustration with rate limiting and usage restrictions impacting application performance.

### About API key
API keys are credentials used to authenticate requests to an application or service, often for programmatic access.  

### Insights
- api key sentiment is up 18.06% from the previous week.
- api key creators is up 486.12% from the previous month.
- api key engagements is up 257.6% from the previous week.
- api key mentions is up 549.25% from the previous month.
- api key posts created is up 579.25% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [-------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:api-key/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/api-key/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [-------]  
Daily Average: [-------]  
[--] Week: [---------] +258%  
[--] Month: [----------] +48%  
[--] Months: [----------] +32%  
[--] Year: [-----------] +159%  
1-Year High: [---------] on 2025-07-16  
1-Year Low: [------] on 2025-02-28  

Engagements by network (24h):
YouTube: [------]
X: [-------]
Reddit: [---]
Instagram: [-----]
News: [--]
TikTok: [------]

  
  
### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:api-key/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/api-key/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [---]  
[--] Week: [-----] +70%  
[--] Month: [-----] +549%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-21  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-03-15  

Mentions by network (24h):
YouTube: [---]
X: [---]
Reddit: [--]
Instagram: [--]
News: [--]
TikTok: [--]

  
  
### Creators: [-----] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:api-key/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/api-key/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning API key in the last [--] hours which is down 8.50% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [---]  
[--] Week: [-----] +66%  
[--] Month: [-----] +486%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-21  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-03-15  

The most influential creators that mention API key in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                                    | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                    | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@tunemusicalmoments](/creator/youtube/tunemusicalmoments) | [--]    | [---------] | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@grok](/creator/twitter/grok)                             | [--]    | [---------] | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@AntiHunter59823](/creator/twitter/AntiHunter59823)       | [--]    | [-----]     | [--]     | [--]          |
| [@MoltBotDen](/creator/twitter/MoltBotDen)                 | [--]    | [---]       | [--]     | [--]           |

[View More](/list/creators/api-key/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 83%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:api-key/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/api-key/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 83%  
Daily Average: 85%  
[--] Week: 85% +13%  
[--] Month: 89% +1%  
[--] Months: 89% -2%  
[--] Year: 89% -9%  
1-Year High: 99% on 2025-04-08  
1-Year Low: 4% on 2025-07-16  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Developer Adoption and Integration: (35%) Content highlights the ease of integrating API keys into various applications and platforms, showcasing successful use cases and tutorials that encourage wider developer adoption.
- New API Features and Updates: (25%) Announcements and reviews of newly released API features and updates are generating significant engagement, with developers eager to leverage enhanced functionalities.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- API Key Compromise Incidents: (60%) Recent reports of API key compromises are raising concerns about security vulnerabilities and the potential impact of data breaches, leading to increased scrutiny.
- Rate Limiting and Usage Restrictions: (40%) Developers are expressing frustration with strict rate limits and usage restrictions on certain APIs, impacting application performance and user experience.
  

### Top API key Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"People are so unreasonably conservative about this. Its hard for a leaked API key to cost you more than a few hundred bucks; most of the ways you could leak the API keys will result in them automatically being shut off not someone malicious stealing them. I paste api keys into Claude code all the time. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022785775411368438 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022785775411368438"  
[X Link](https://x.com/bshlgrs/status/2022785775411368438) [@bshlgrs](/creator/x/bshlgrs) 2026-02-14T21:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cljack If you paste an API key directly into chat with Claude it rolls with it but if you do this with Codex it scolds you and explains what you're supposed to do instead. Don't know if this is specific programming for this specific issue or a more general tendency"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KelseyTuoc/status/2022775869979361509) [@KelseyTuoc](/creator/x/KelseyTuoc) 2026-02-14T20:52Z 53.8K followers, [----] engagements


"StartClaw just got 10x better No Telegram. No API key. Connect tools fast via Composio. Deploy an OpenClaw agent from your phone [--] hour trial + $5 in AI credits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mann_idan/status/2022741387637293191) [@mann_idan](/creator/x/mann_idan) 2026-02-14T18:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm working on "the hybird model" for @baseclawai 🧙♀What's new; you can either use your API key or rent it from BaseClaw. It will be a subscription model. It will generate revenue and : - Make launch process more seamless - Direct launch without technical details - Get auto API from best models So as much as I want to keep my service free subscribtion model is a must. Just looking for the best API provider right now and kinda interested in @KimiProduct since it's working best with OpenClaw. If you have any suggestions write down below 👇🏻 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022733392089923869"  
[X Link](https://x.com/degenbtcf/status/2022733392089923869) [@degenbtcf](/creator/x/degenbtcf) 2026-02-14T18:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

### Topics List

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topics/list/v1

Get a list of trending social topics.

Example request:

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topics/list/v1
```



Example response:

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "topic": "youtube",
      "title": "YouTube",
      "topic_rank": 1,
      "topic_rank_1h_previous": 1,
      "topic_rank_24h_previous": 1,
      "num_contributors": 338702,
      "num_posts": 877109,
      "interactions_24h": [----------]
    }
  ]
}
```

Schema:

+ **topic**: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
+ **title**: The case sensitive title of the topic or category
+ **topic_rank**: LunarCrush metric for ranking a social topic relative to all other social topics
+ **topic_rank_1h_previous**: The topic rank from [--] hour ago
+ **topic_rank_24h_previous**: The topic rank from [--] hours ago
+ **num_contributors**: The number of unique social contributors to the topic
+ **num_posts**: Total number of posts with interactions on this topic in the last [--] hours
+ **interactions_24h**: Number of interactions in the last [--] hours




---

### Topic Whatsup

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/:topic/whatsup/v1

Generate an AI summary of the hottest news and social posts for a specific topic

input parameters:

+ **topic**: _Provide the topic to get a summary for. A topic must be all lower case and can only include letters, numbers, spaces, # and $._ **required**

Example request:

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/bitcoin/whatsup/v1
```



Example response:

```json
{
  "config": {
    "id": "bitcoin",
    "_self_call": true,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "topic": "bitcoin",
    "generated": [----------]
  },
  "summary": "A $6 million Bitcoin ransom demand for Nancy Guthrie remains unpaid as a deadline looms, while Binance has significantly increased its Bitcoin holdings for its SAFU fund.",
  "supportive": [
    {
      "title": "Binance Buys Bitcoin for SAFU Fund",
      "description": "Binance has increased its Bitcoin holdings by converting stablecoins into BTC for its SAFU fund.",
      "percent": [--]
    }
  ],
  "critical": [
    {
      "title": "Bitcoin Price Drops Amid Market Volatility",
      "description": "Bitcoin has experienced a significant price drop, signaling market uncertainty.",
      "percent": [--]
    }
  ]
}
```

Schema:

+ **config**: This includes the inputs for the request processed by the server and may include additional hints about the request and response information.
+ **id**: LunarCrush internal ID for the asset
+ **name**: The full name of the asset
+ **symbol**: The symbol for the asset
+ **topic**: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
+ **generated**: A unix timestamp (in seconds) when the data was generated to understand possibly stale data
+ **supportive**: An array of supportive themes with a title, description, and an estimate of the percent of the circulating conversations on social around this theme.
+ **title**: The case sensitive title of the topic or category
+ **description**: Explanation of the change and the potential impact
+ **critical**: An array of critical themes with a title, description, and an estimate of the percent of the circulating conversations on social around this theme.




---

### Topic Time Series

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/:topic/time-series/v1

Get historical time series data for a social topic

input parameters:

+ **topic**: _Provide the topic to get details for. A topic must be all lower case and can only include letters, numbers, spaces, # and $._ **required**
+ **bucket**: _bucket time series data into hours or days. default is hours._ 
+ **interval**: _Use interval to specify the start and end time automatically for convenience. If "start" or "end" parameters are provided this parameter is ignored._ 
+ **start**: _The start time (unix timestamp) to go back to._ 
+ **end**: _The end time (unix timestamp) to stop at._ 

Example request:

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/bitcoin/time-series/v1
```



Example response:

```json
{
  "config": {
    "topic": "bitcoin",
    "id": "bitcoin",
    "_self_call": true,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "interval": "1w",
    "start": 1769990400,
    "end": 1770681600,
    "bucket": "hour",
    "metrics": [],
    "generated": [----------]
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "time": 1769990400,
      "contributors_active": 25296,
      "contributors_created": 953,
      "interactions": 7206612,
      "posts_active": 51363,
      "posts_created": 1202,
      "sentiment": 67,
      "spam": 5052,
      "alt_rank": 225,
      "circulating_supply": 19982656,
      "close": 77750,
      "galaxy_score": 56,
      "high": 77750,
      "low": 77750,
      "market_cap": 1553927231331,
      "market_dominance": 59.8618,
      "open": 77750,
      "social_dominance": 29.1575,
      "volume_24h": [-----------]
    }
  ]
}
```

Schema:

+ **config**: This includes the inputs for the request processed by the server and may include additional hints about the request and response information.
+ **topic**: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
+ **id**: LunarCrush internal ID for the asset
+ **name**: The full name of the asset
+ **symbol**: The symbol for the asset
+ **interval**: Typically used for specifying time intervals like 1w = [--] week, 1m = [--] month etc
+ **start**: Start/from unix timestamp (in seconds)
+ **end**: End/to unix timestamp (in seconds)
+ **bucket**: Data is generally bucketed into hours or days
+ **metrics**: Comma separated list of metrics to include or that are included
+ **generated**: A unix timestamp (in seconds) when the data was generated to understand possibly stale data
+ **time**: A unix timestamp (in seconds)
+ **contributors_active**: number of unique social accounts with posts that have interactions
+ **contributors_created**: number of unique social accounts that created new posts
+ **interactions**: number of all publicly measurable interactions on a social post (views, likes, comments, thumbs up, upvote, share etc)
+ **posts_active**: number of unique social posts with interactions
+ **posts_created**: number of unique social posts created
+ **sentiment**: % of posts (weighted by interactions) that are positive. 100% means all posts are positive, 50% is half positive and half negative, and 0% is all negative posts.
+ **spam**: The number of posts created that are considered spam
+ **alt_rank**: A proprietary score based on how an asset is performing relative to all other assets supported
+ **circulating_supply**: Circulating Supply is the total number of coins or tokens that are actively available for trade and are being used in the market and in general public
+ **close**: Close price for the time period
+ **galaxy_score**: A proprietary score based on technical indicators of price, average social sentiment, relative social activity, and a factor of how closely social indicators correlate with price and volume
+ **high**: Higest price fo rthe time period
+ **low**: Lowest price for the time period
+ **market_cap**: Total dollar market value of all circulating supply or outstanding shares
+ **market_dominance**: The percent of the total market cap that this asset represents
+ **open**: Open price for the time period
+ **social_dominance**: The percent of the total social volume that this topic represents
+ **volume_24h**: Volume in USD for [--] hours up to this data point




---

### Topic Time Series

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/:topic/time-series/v1

Get historical time series data for a social topic

input parameters:

+ **topic**: _Provide the topic to get details for. A topic must be all lower case and can only include letters, numbers, spaces, # and $._ **required**
+ **bucket**: _bucket time series data into hours or days. default is hours._ 
+ **interval**: _Use interval to specify the start and end time automatically for convenience. If "start" or "end" parameters are provided this parameter is ignored._ 
+ **start**: _The start time (unix timestamp) to go back to._ 
+ **end**: _The end time (unix timestamp) to stop at._ 

Example request:

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/bitcoin/time-series/v1
```



Example response:

```json
{
  "config": {
    "topic": "bitcoin",
    "id": "bitcoin",
    "_self_call": true,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "interval": "1w",
    "start": 1769990400,
    "end": 1770681600,
    "bucket": "hour",
    "metrics": [],
    "generated": [----------]
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "time": 1769990400,
      "contributors_active": 25296,
      "contributors_created": 953,
      "interactions": 7206612,
      "posts_active": 51363,
      "posts_created": 1202,
      "sentiment": 67,
      "spam": 5052,
      "alt_rank": 225,
      "circulating_supply": 19982656,
      "close": 77750,
      "galaxy_score": 56,
      "high": 77750,
      "low": 77750,
      "market_cap": 1553927231331,
      "market_dominance": 59.8618,
      "open": 77750,
      "social_dominance": 29.1575,
      "volume_24h": [-----------]
    }
  ]
}
```

Schema:

+ **config**: This includes the inputs for the request processed by the server and may include additional hints about the request and response information.
+ **topic**: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
+ **id**: LunarCrush internal ID for the asset
+ **name**: The full name of the asset
+ **symbol**: The symbol for the asset
+ **interval**: Typically used for specifying time intervals like 1w = [--] week, 1m = [--] month etc
+ **start**: Start/from unix timestamp (in seconds)
+ **end**: End/to unix timestamp (in seconds)
+ **bucket**: Data is generally bucketed into hours or days
+ **metrics**: Comma separated list of metrics to include or that are included
+ **generated**: A unix timestamp (in seconds) when the data was generated to understand possibly stale data
+ **time**: A unix timestamp (in seconds)
+ **contributors_active**: number of unique social accounts with posts that have interactions
+ **contributors_created**: number of unique social accounts that created new posts
+ **interactions**: number of all publicly measurable interactions on a social post (views, likes, comments, thumbs up, upvote, share etc)
+ **posts_active**: number of unique social posts with interactions
+ **posts_created**: number of unique social posts created
+ **sentiment**: % of posts (weighted by interactions) that are positive. 100% means all posts are positive, 50% is half positive and half negative, and 0% is all negative posts.
+ **spam**: The number of posts created that are considered spam
+ **alt_rank**: A proprietary score based on how an asset is performing relative to all other assets supported
+ **circulating_supply**: Circulating Supply is the total number of coins or tokens that are actively available for trade and are being used in the market and in general public
+ **close**: Close price for the time period
+ **galaxy_score**: A proprietary score based on technical indicators of price, average social sentiment, relative social activity, and a factor of how closely social indicators correlate with price and volume
+ **high**: Higest price fo rthe time period
+ **low**: Lowest price for the time period
+ **market_cap**: Total dollar market value of all circulating supply or outstanding shares
+ **market_dominance**: The percent of the total market cap that this asset represents
+ **open**: Open price for the time period
+ **social_dominance**: The percent of the total social volume that this topic represents
+ **volume_24h**: Volume in USD for [--] hours up to this data point




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