Covalent is a hosted blockchain data solution providing access to historical and current on-chain data for 100+ supported blockchains, including Aurora.
Covalent maintains a full archival copy of every supported blockchain, meaning every balance, transaction, log event, and NFT asset data is available from the genesis block. This data is available via:
Unified API - Incorporate blockchain data into your app with a familiar REST API
Increment - Create and embed custom charts with no-code analytics
Use Covalent if you need:
Structured and enhanced on-chain data well beyond what you get from RPC providers
Broad and deep multi-chain data at scale
Enterprise-grade performance
Unified API
The Covalent API is RESTful and offers the following for Aurora:
API Tiers
Free tier
The Covalent Unified API has been and always will be free.
All accounts on the Covalent API Free tier will be allocated 100,000 free credits per month. Credits on the free tier are spent across all endpoints and networks (including testnets). Once this free allocation is consumed, calls to the API from that account will be paused.
The Free tier is meant for trying the Covalent API, especially for early-stage projects and hackathon builders.
Key Features:
4 RPS
100,000 credits per month, spent across all endpoints and networks (including testnets)
Premium Tier
The Premium tier is available for users who want to scale with us and require better performance for their applications. Users can access Premium endpoints that are production ready with better reliability and faster response times.
Key Features:
50 RPS
100,000 credits per month, spent across all endpoints and networks (including testnets)
Auto-scaling Flex credits allow your app to consume credits past the included 100,000 credits
10x faster average response time
50% decrease in response time variance
API Categories
Get started
API Key - sign up for free
Quickstart - summary of key resources to get you building immediately on the blockchain
API Reference - try all the endpoints directly from your browser
Guides - learn how to build dapps, fetch data and extend your Web3 knowledge
Increment
Increment is a novel no-code charting and reporting tool powered by Covalent, revolutionizing how the Web3 space approaches analytics. Many analytics tools let you write SQL to create charts, but Increment is the only one to encode business logic - Reach, Retention, and Revenue - into an SQL compiler that can write valid SQL for you.
Use cases
Increment can be used for:
For example, click here to get the latest number of active wallets, transactions, and tokens by day, week, month, or year for Aurora:
Get started
Increment - login via the Covalent Platform
Docs - learn how to use Increment to build dynamic, custom charts
Data Models Demo - build analytics in 3 clicks
Explore Models. Seek Alpha. - browse all data models
Use Models. Become Alpha. - use a data model
About Covalent
Covalent provides the industry-leading Unified API bringing visibility to billions of Web3 data points. Developers use Covalent to build exciting multi-chain applications like crypto wallets, NFT galleries, and investor dashboard tools utilizing data from most major blockchains. Covalent is trusted by a community of 25,000+ developers and powers data for thousands of applications including 0x, Zerion, Rainbow Wallet, Rotki, Bitski and others.