get_available_crypto_tickers
Retrieve all available cryptocurrency ticker symbols for accessing market data through the Financial Datasets MCP Server.
Instructions
Gets all available crypto tickers.
Input Schema
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Implementation Reference
- server.py:225-243 (handler)The handler function for the 'get_available_crypto_tickers' tool. It is registered via the @mcp.tool() decorator. Fetches available crypto tickers from the Financial Datasets API endpoint and returns them as a JSON string.
@mcp.tool() async def get_available_crypto_tickers() -> str: """ Gets all available crypto tickers. """ # Fetch data from the API url = f"{FINANCIAL_DATASETS_API_BASE}/crypto/prices/tickers" data = await make_request(url) # Check if data is found if not data: return "Unable to fetch available crypto tickers or no available crypto tickers found." # Extract the available crypto tickers tickers = data.get("tickers", []) # Stringify the available crypto tickers return json.dumps(tickers, indent=2) - server.py:25-41 (helper)Helper function used by the tool to make authenticated API requests to the Financial Datasets API.
async def make_request(url: str) -> dict[str, any] | None: """Make a request to the Financial Datasets API with proper error handling.""" # Load environment variables from .env file load_dotenv() headers = {} if api_key := os.environ.get("FINANCIAL_DATASETS_API_KEY"): headers["X-API-KEY"] = api_key async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client: try: response = await client.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0) response.raise_for_status() return response.json() except Exception as e: return {"Error": str(e)} - server.py:225-225 (registration)The @mcp.tool() decorator registers the get_available_crypto_tickers function as an MCP tool.
@mcp.tool()