Quickstart

1. Get a token

Request one from david@compute-index.com. See Authentication for what a token can read. Already using v1 with a gpi_… API key? v2 needs an access token instead — see Migrating from v1.

2. Ask what you may query

/metadata tells you the values you can filter on and how far back you can read. It is quick, and it is the right first call for any data type.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://data-api.compute-index.com/v2/gpu/rental/prices/metadata"

import os, requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://data-api.compute-index.com/v2/gpu/rental/prices/metadata",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TOKEN']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
meta = resp.json()
print("history from:", meta["history_starts_at"])
print("anchors:", meta["data"]["anchors"])

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://data-api.compute-index.com/v2/gpu/rental/prices/metadata",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TOKEN}` } },
);
if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${resp.status}`);
const meta = await resp.json();
console.log("history from:", meta.history_starts_at);

3. Read current prices

Rental prices need at least one filter that narrows the query — a vendor, a GPU, or similar. gpu_search takes free text and works out which GPU you mean:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://data-api.compute-index.com/v2/gpu/rental/prices/latest?gpu_search=H100&sort_by=price_usd_per_gpu_hour&sort_order=asc"

That is also how you get the cheapest H100 anywhere: add page_size=10 and you have v1’s /prices/lowest.

4. Walk a full result set

Results come back a page at a time. Follow meta.next until it is null, and send nothing else — the link already carries your filters, dates and ordering:

url = "https://data-api.compute-index.com/v2/gpu/rental/prices/latest?gpu_search=H100"
rows = []
while url:
    body = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30).json()
    rows += body["data"]
    nxt = body["meta"]["next"]
    url = nxt["url"] if nxt else None

Overview

Concepts

GPU Rental Prices

Aggregated Transactions

GPU Rental Indexes

Hardware Prices

Token Prices

1. Get a token

2. Ask what you may query

3. Read current prices

4. Walk a full result set

Next steps

Concepts

Full example

​1. Get a token

​2. Ask what you may query

​3. Read current prices

​4. Walk a full result set

​Next steps

Concepts

Full example

1. Get a token

2. Ask what you may query

3. Read current prices

4. Walk a full result set

Next steps