suix_getCoinMetadata

POST

/{apiKey}

Deprecation notice

Action required: Support for Sui JSON-RPC will end on September 25, 2026. Please migrate to Sui gRPC before then to avoid disruption. You can find our migration guide here.

Retrieves metadata (name, symbol, decimals, etc.) for a given coin type.

Path Parameters

stringrequireddefaults to docs-demo

For higher throughput, create your own API key

Request

stringrequired

The Move type of the coin (e.g. 0x2::sui::SUI)

Responses

200

Metadata about the requested coin.

POST/v2/{apiKey}

curl --request POST \  --url https://sui-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/docs-demo \  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \  --data '{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "method": "suix_getCoinMetadata",  "params": [    "0x2::sui::SUI"  ]}'

200Success

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "result": {    "decimals": 9,    "name": "Sui",    "symbol": "SUI",    "description": "",    "iconUrl": null,    "id": "0x9258181f5ceac8dbffb7030890243caed69a9599d2886d957a9cb7656af3bdb3"  }}

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suix_getCoinMetadata

Path Parameters

apiKey

Request

coinType

Responses

200