Argus & LIFT Trading API
The simplest way to trade tokens from Argus and LIFT, the two launchpads on Arc, through an API. Buy and sell any of their tokens in the Uniswap pool it launched into, in USDC, with one request.
shrine.trade is an Arc API for executing buys and sells and reading a token's pool, fees and snipe tax before you trade.
Start with Buy & Sell, watch the live feed, or look a token up on Token Info.
One API, both launchpads
Pass a token address and the API finds where it trades: an Argus pool (Uniswap v4 with the Argus hook), a LIFT pool (Uniswap v4 with the LIFT hook, or Uniswap v3 for earlier LIFT launches), or any other Uniswap pool on Arc priced in USDC. The request is the same in every case, and the response says which it was.
Argus API
Argus, also known as ArgusPad, is the busiest launchpad on Arc: well over a hundred thousand tokens launched since Arc mainnet opened, each into a Uniswap v4 pool with Argus's own fee hook that takes the creator tax and a decaying snipe tax. The API resolves any Argus token to its pool and hook, quotes through that hook, and builds the buy or sell. The live feed reports each Argus launch with its creator, tax rates and image.
LIFT API
LIFT launches tokens straight into a permanently locked Uniswap pool: v4 with the LIFT hook for current launches, v3 for its first generation. There is no bonding curve and no migration. The API trades both generations, reports LIFT's base fee and per-pool creator tax, and streams every LIFT launch with the creator's first buy and the pinned metadata.
Everything is USDC
Arc's native token is USDC. Gas is paid in USDC, every launchpad pool is priced in USDC, and the amount you pass on a buy is USDC to spend. A wallet with USDC on Arc can trade; there is nothing else to hold.
Why shrine.trade
- Nothing to sign up for. No account, no API key, no rate plan. Send the request.
- Non-custodial by construction. The API hands back an unsigned transaction; your wallet signs it and hands the signed bytes back to be broadcast. We never see a key and never touch funds, and you never need an RPC.
- Fees inside the quote. The launchpad's pool fee, the creator's tax and the snipe tax on early buys are all applied by the hook, and the quote runs through that same hook.
expectedOutis what arrives. - Fast. One round trip to the chain for everything a trade needs, quote and gas estimate included, then the transaction is built in memory. Tens of milliseconds on our side.
- Checked before you sign. Funds, balances, approvals and slippage are verified up front, so what you get back lands.
- Scripts, not SDKs. Each page carries a complete Node.js and Python script. Edit the constants at the top and run it; there is nothing to install beyond ethers or web3.
- FREE live feed. Every Argus and LIFT launch over WebSocket, within a second of the block, and a keyed stream of every trade on the tokens you follow.
- Built for bots. Stable error codes, consistent nonces, USDC-denominated amounts.
Base URL: https://api.shrine.trade/arc
Endpoints
| Endpoint | What it does |
|---|---|
POST /api/local-trade | Buy or sell any Argus or LIFT token → Buy & Sell |
POST /api/send | Broadcast a transaction you signed, no RPC of your own needed → Sending |
WS /api/launches/ws | Live feed of every Argus and LIFT launch → Live Launches |
WS /api/stream/ws | Every buy, sell and liquidity change for the tokens you name → Advanced Data Stream |
GET /api/token/{address} | Which launchpad, which pool, fees, snipe tax, price, your balance → Token Info |
Token creation is next; it is not in this release.
Questions?
Read the FAQ for supported venues, fees, amounts, slippage, approvals and private-key safety.
Stay updated
Releases are announced on X, @shrinetrade. For help, the Telegram group is where the team answers.
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shrine.trade is an Argus and LIFT API for Arc developers and traders. It is an independent integration, not affiliated with Argus, LIFT, Circle or Uniswap; the launchpads' contracts and their fees belong to them. Built by traders, for traders.