What is the alchemy NFT API?

The Alchemy NFT API is benchmarked to perform up to17-times faster than market competitors and spots more than double the usage. Real-time NFT insights and high-fidelity data. SuperRare is a marketplace to collect and trade unique, single-edition digital artworks.

Which NFTs are supported by the NFT API?

All NFTs made with the ERC721 and ERC1155 standards are supported by the NFT API. At the moment, we support a select number of tokens like CryptoPunks and CryptoKitties that pre-date the existence of standardized NFT contracts. Alchemy is actively working on adding support for as many blockchains / NFT standards as we can.

How does alchemy support NFT media?

While NFT media is traditionally served from IPFS/third-party servers, developers often face slow loading times and timeout errors when using these endpoints. Alchemy solves this problem by caching NFT images and serving up NFT URLs from our own cache. How do I use Alchemy-hosted NFT media?

What is a NFT gateway?

Gateways are an important part of NFT infrastructure. Behind the scenes, they allow users to access IPFS content without running an IPFS node. With a gateway provider, a third-party service downloads data off of IPFS nodes and then serves it whenever requested.