Latest Crypto Fear & Greed Index observation

GET

/api/v1/crypto/fear-greed/current

Last modified:2026-05-10 09:22:39

Maintainer:Not configured

OperationId:crypto_fear_greed_current

Convenience endpoint that returns only the most recent Alternative.me Fear & Greed Index observation. Equivalent to calling /fear-greed?limit=1 and unwrapping the single row. The response carries time_until_update (seconds until the next upstream refresh) when published.

Request

Authorization

API Key

Add parameter in header

x-api-key

Example:

x-api-key: ********************

Header Params

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

Responses

🟢200

application/json

Single most-recent Fear & Greed Index observation.

Bodyapplication/json

Example

{
    "data": {
        "name": "Fear and Greed Index",
        "observation": {
            "value": 73,
            "value_classification": "Greed",
            "timestamp": "2026-04-19T00:00:00Z",
            "time_until_update": 0
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
        "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
        "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
        "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
        "source": "string",
        "fallback_used": true,
        "fallback_chain": [
            "string"
        ],
        "cached": true
    }
}

🟠401

🟠429

🔴503

Modified at 2026-05-10 09:22:39

Historical Crypto Fear & Greed Index time series

Classification band distribution over a lookback window