# Staking rates

## What is this endpoint for?

Returns time-series staking metrics for a specified blockchain protocol. The endpoint covers protocol-level data including validator counts, and yield metrics.

### Endpoint

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```http
https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/{protocol}
```

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### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th width="104">Required</th><th width="318">Description</th><th>Example</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>protocol</code></td><td>Yes</td><td>The desired protocol code.<br><br>If not specified, the endpoint will return the list of all protocol codes and methodologies.</td><td><code>solana</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>methodology</code></td><td>No</td><td>The desired metodology code.</td><td><code>epoch_aggregate_v1</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>start_time</code></td><td>No</td><td>Starting time in ISO 8601 (inclusive)</td><td><a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-1"><code>2023-01-25T00:00:00.00</code></a></td></tr><tr><td><code>end_time</code></td><td>No</td><td>Ending time in ISO 8601 (exclusive)</td><td><a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-1"><code>2023-01-25T00:00:00.00</code></a></td></tr><tr><td><code>start_date</code></td><td>No</td><td>Starting date in YYYYMMDD (inclusive).</td><td><code>20250101</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>end_sate</code></td><td>No</td><td>Ending date in YYYYMMDD (exclusive).</td><td><code>20250102</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>page_size</code></td><td>No</td><td><p>See <a data-mention href="/pages/mP3amLsYqKTsrRBoblxX">/pages/mP3amLsYqKTsrRBoblxX</a><br><br>Minimum: <code>1</code><br>Maximum: <code>1000</code></p><p>Default: <code>1000</code></p></td><td><code>100</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>sort</code></td><td>No</td><td>If <code>asc</code>, sort time-series in ascending. If desc, sort time-series in descending.<br><br>Default: <code>desc</code></td><td><code>asc</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Fields

<table><thead><tr><th width="137">Field</th><th width="228">Description</th><th>Example</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>date</code></td><td>Date at which the interval begins.</td><td><code>2026-04-21</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>protocol</code></td><td>Protocol code.</td><td><code>solana</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>apr</code></td><td>Daily APR</td><td><code>4.758636</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>validators</code></td><td>Number of validators</td><td><code>777</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>methodology</code></td><td>The methodology used to compute the APR</td><td><code>epoch_aggregate_v1</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request examples

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```url
curl --compressed -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'X-Api-Key: <client-api-key>' \
'https://us.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/solana?start_date=20261001'
```

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{% tab title="Python" %}
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```python
import http.client
import json

# Enter your Kaiko API Key
api_key = "KAIKO_API_KEY"
api_host = "us.market-api.kaiko.io"
api_base_endpoint = "/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/solana"
# Start of mandatory parameter configuration
mandatory_params = {

}
# End of mandatory parameter configuration
# Start of optional parameter configuration
optional_params = {
    'start_date':'20251001',
    'page_size':100,
    'sort':'desc',
    'methodology':'epoch_aggregate_v1'
}
# End of optional parameter configuration
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(api_host)
headers = {
    "X-Api-Key": api_key,
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

all_params = {**mandatory_params, **optional_params}

url_params = []
for param, value in all_params.items():
    url_params.append(f"{param}={value}")
url_params = '&'.join(url_params)

endpoint_with_params = f"{api_base_endpoint}?{url_params}"

# Pagination for next pages
all_data = []
next_url = endpoint_with_params
while next_url:
    conn.request("GET", next_url, headers=headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
    all_data.extend(data.get("data", []))
    print(f"Fetched {len(data.get('data', []))} datapoints. Total: {len(all_data)}")
    next_url = data.get("next_url", "").replace("https://us.market-api.kaiko.io", "")
    if not next_url:
        break
conn.close()
print(f" datapoints fetched: {(all_data)}")
```

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### Response example

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```json
{
    "query":
    {
        "start_date": "20260101",
        "end_date": "20260422",
        "start_time": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "end_time": "2026-04-22T00:00:00Z",
        "sort": "descending",
        "page_size": "10",
        "methodology": "epoch_aggregate_v1"
    },
    "time": "2026-04-22T14:46:38.274392363Z",
    "timestamp": 1776869198,
    "data":
    [
        {
            "date": "2026-04-21",
            "protocol": "solana",
            "apr": 4.758636113435191,
            "validators": 777,
            "methodology": "epoch_aggregate_v1"
        },
        /** Results **/
    ],
    "continuation_token": "xxx",
    "next_url": "https://eu.market-api.kaiko.io/v2/data/staking.v1/protocols/solana?continuation_token=xxx"
}

```

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