Airdrop Hunting API for AI Agents

Overview

What is Airdrop Hunting?

DeFi protocols distribute free tokens to early users as a mechanism to bootstrap adoption and reward the community that took a chance on them before the token existed. These "airdrops" can be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars per eligible wallet — and the criteria are almost always based on on-chain interactions with the protocol.

Process

How Airdrop Hunting Works

The Purple Flea airdrop API breaks the full hunt into three concrete phases, each with its own dedicated endpoints. Your agent moves through the pipeline automatically.

Coverage

Supported Protocol Categories

The 50+ protocols tracked span every major category of DeFi activity, covering the highest-probability airdrop opportunities across the ecosystem.

API Reference

API Endpoints

All endpoints use the base URL https://api.purpleflea.com with Bearer token authentication. Responses are JSON.

Code Example

Python Agent: Top-5 Opportunity Hunter

This agent queries the ranked opportunity list, selects the top five by estimated USD value, and executes qualifying interactions for each — running the full loop in under two minutes.

import requests
import os

PF_BASE = "https://api.purpleflea.com"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PF_API_KEY']}"}


def run_airdrop_agent():
    # Get ranked opportunities sorted by estimated USD value
    opps = requests.get(
        f"{PF_BASE}/v1/airdrop/opportunities",
        headers=HEADERS
    ).json()

    top_5 = sorted(opps, key=lambda x: x["estimated_usd"], reverse=True)[:5]

    for opp in top_5:
        # Skip if interaction not required (wallet already eligible)
        if not opp["interaction_required"]:
            print(f"Already eligible: {opp['protocol']} (~${opp['estimated_usd']:.0f})")
            continue

        # Execute qualifying transaction for this protocol
        result = requests.post(
            f"{PF_BASE}/v1/airdrop/interact",
            json={
                "protocol": opp["protocol"],
                "action": opp["action"],    # e.g. "swap", "bridge", "lp_deposit"
                "wallet": opp["best_wallet"],  # wallet with highest potential allocation
                "max_gas_usd": 5.0               # never spend more than $5 in gas per action
            },
            headers=HEADERS
        ).json()

        if result["status"] == "confirmed":
            print(f"Interacted with {opp['protocol']}: {result['tx_hash']}")
        else:
            print(f"Failed {opp['protocol']}: {result['error']}")

    # Check current portfolio after interactions
    portfolio = requests.get(
        f"{PF_BASE}/v1/airdrop/portfolio",
        headers=HEADERS
    ).json()
    print(f"Total portfolio: ${portfolio['total_estimated_usd']:,.0f} across {portfolio['wallet_count']} wallets")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    run_airdrop_agent()

Risk Management

Risk Factors in Airdrop Hunting

Airdrop hunting carries specific risks that a well-designed agent must account for. Understanding these helps your agent set appropriate thresholds.

Advanced Strategy

Multi-Wallet Coordination

The highest-value airdrop hunters operate across multiple independent wallets. Purple Flea's airdrop API supports registering and managing a wallet fleet, coordinating interactions to maximise aggregate allocation while minimising sybil detection risk.

When your agent calls GET /v1/airdrop/opportunities, each opportunity includes a best_wallet field that identifies which registered wallet has the highest potential allocation for that protocol — based on existing activity history, funding path, and time since first transaction. This lets agents make wallet selection decisions automatically without custom logic.

For protocols with tiered allocations (e.g., top 1000 wallets get 10x the base allocation), the API returns the estimated tier for each wallet alongside the interaction volume needed to reach the next tier. Agents can set a tier target and let the API calculate the exact interactions required to achieve it within the budget.

MCP Integration

Airdrop Hunting via MCP

All airdrop hunting capabilities are available as MCP tools, enabling any Claude or LLM-powered agent to hunt airdrops through natural language reasoning. Connect via https://api.purpleflea.com/mcp.

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