---
title: anchor_data
description: Improve your understanding of the Anchor protocol with the help of our
  documentation providing detailed instructions on how to retrieve and plot earnings
  data for a specific Terra address. Skim through the parameters, the types, the given
  descriptions, and the functionality.
keywords:
- docusaurus
- anchor protocol
- earnings data
- terra address
- parameters
- returns
- model
- view chart
- plot
- transactions history
- export
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Returns anchor protocol earnings data of a certain terra address

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/cryptocurrency/defi/cryptosaurio_model.py#L17)]

```python
openbb.crypto.defi.anchor_data(address: str = "")
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| address | str | Terra address. Valid terra addresses start with 'terra' |  | True |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| Tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame, str] | - pd.DataFrame: Earnings over time in UST<br/>- pd.DataFrame: History of transactions<br/>- str:              Overall statistics |
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Plots anchor protocol earnings data of a certain terra address

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/cryptocurrency/defi/cryptosaurio_view.py#L25)]

```python
openbb.crypto.defi.anchor_data_chart(address: str = "", export: str = "", show_transactions: bool = False, external_axes: Optional[List[matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes]] = None)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| asset | str | Terra asset {ust,luna,sdt} | None | True |
| address | str | Terra address. Valid terra addresses start with 'terra' |  | True |
| show_transactions | bool | Flag to show history of transactions in Anchor protocol for address. Default False | False | True |
| export | str | Export dataframe data to csv,json,xlsx file |  | True |
| external_axes | Optional[List[plt.Axes]] | External axes (1 axis is expected in the list), by default None | None | True |


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## Returns

This function does not return anything

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