<p>They will usually scrape various exchange APIs/websites for tickers and names.</p>

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2018-10-30T01:51:53.183Z
Thanks.  That is how I have been going about it but it's quite time consuming.  Maybe that's why they charge for the data afterwards.
Derek
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2018-10-30T02:26:16.870Z
You should be able to automate it
Raghav Sood
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2018-10-30T03:35:15.933Z
I am to a point.  each exchange API has different keys and such.  I may just stick to using the 5 or 6 high volume exchanges, it'll be relatively accurate.
Derek
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Raghav Sood
<p>Do they manually research and enter them into the database or do the coin developers contact the websites?</p>

<market><coinmarketcap-com>
How do market cap websites obtain their list of coins?
Derek
# How do market cap websites obtain their list of coins?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-30)

Do they manually research and enter them into the database or do the coin developers contact the websites?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-30. Score: 1

They will usually scrape various exchange APIs/websites for tickers and names.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks.  That is how I have been going about it but it's quite time consuming.  Maybe that's why they charge for the data afterwards.  
> **username_1**: You should be able to automate it  
> **username_0**: I am to a point.  each exchange API has different keys and such.  I may just stick to using the 5 or 6 high volume exchanges, it'll be relatively accurate.  

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