DeFi TVL API: current total value locked in USD for any DeFi protocol by DefiLlama slug ('
DeFi TVL API: current total value locked in USD for any DeFi protocol by DefiLlama slug ('aave', 'uniswap', 'lido' — full list at defillama.com/protocols). Aggregates across every chain the protocol deploys on. Use for protocol health checks, DeFi rankings, risk screening, and market research by autonomous agents. Slugs are lowercase. Cached up to 5 minutes; freshness reported in meta.fetchedAt.
5000 (raw units)
price
1
calls / 30d
1
unique payers
2026-08-30
updated
Provider
gateway.stride20k.com · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"payTo": "0x552Cc4A10878C7F20574489D47184249657Ca3f6",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "5000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"method": "GET",
"pathParams": {
"protocol": "aave"
},
"queryParams": {},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"data": {
"protocol": "aave",
"tvlUsd": 13253759411.02
},
"endpoint": "/defi/tvl/:protocol",
"meta": {
"attribution": null,
"cached": false,
"fetchedAt": "2026-07-04T00:00:00.000Z",
"source": "defillama"
},
"ok": true
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"routeTemplate": "/defi/tvl/:protocol",
"schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"pathParams": {
"properties": {
"protocol": {
"description": "DefiLlama protocol slug, lowercase (e.g. 'aave', 'uniswap', 'lido').",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"protocol"
],
"type": "object"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"data": {
"properties": {
"protocol": {
"description": "Protocol slug used for the lookup.",
"type": "string"
},
"tvlUsd": {
"description": "Current total value locked in USD, all chains combined.",
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"protocol",
"tvlUsd"
],
"type": "object"
},
"endpoint": {
"description": "Always \"/defi/tvl/:protocol\".",
"type": "string"
},
"meta": {
"properties": {
"attribution": {
"description": "Licensing attribution when the source requires it.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"cached": {
"description": "Whether this response was served from cache.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"fetchedAt": {
"description": "ISO 8601 time the data was actually retrieved from the upstream.",
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"description": "Upstream source: defillama.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"source",
"cached",
"fetchedAt"
],
"type": "object"
},
"ok": {
"description": "true on success.",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"ok",
"endpoint",
"data",
"meta"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://gateway.stride20k.com/defi/tvl/:protocol" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://gateway.stride20k.com/defi/tvl/:protocol");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://gateway.stride20k.com/defi/tvl/:protocol")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
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