cryptik 3.8.0

display cryptocurrency prices

About

a cli-based application for displaying the current price of a cryptocurrency. cryptik supports multiple exchanges and multiple currencies.

Please see the project wiki for supported currencies and supported exchanges or to request new currencies/exchanges.

Requirements

• python3

Install

• download cryptik:

# set release tag as desired.
release=3.1.1
wget https://gitlab.com/drad/cryptik/-/archive/${release}/cryptik-${release}.tar.bz2 \
  && tar -xjf cryptik-${release}.tar.bz2 \
  && rm cryptik-${release}.tar.bz2 \
  && chmod u+x cryptik-${release}/cryptik.py

Setup

Although a virtual environment is not required, we strongly recommend it to keep cryptic's requirements separated from other python apps you may have. You can create a virtual environment with the following:

• install virtualenv: pacman -S virtualenv
• setup virtualenv for cryptic (in cryptic root): python3 -m virtualenv .venv
• activate virtualenv: source .venv/bin/activate
• install requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt

We recommend copying the config file to ~/.config/cryptik:

mkdir ~/.config/cryptik \
  && cp cryptik-${release}/example/config.toml ~/.config/cryptik/

ignore this step if you already have a config.toml file setup

• modify the config file as needed
  • note: no changes are required; however, the app can be customized to your taste.
• create app symlink (optional): ln -sf -t ~/bin/ "$HOME/apps/cryptik/cryptik-${release}/cryptik.py"
  • note: replace ${release} with the version you downloaded
  • note: the above symlink assumes you perform the download step (above) in the ~/apps/cryptik directory and that ~/bin is in your $PATH

Usage

• call cryptik from command line: cryptik.py -e BITSTAMP -t BTC
  • show full response: cryptik.py -d full
• list all available exchanges: cryptik.py -l
• get help on cryptik: cryptik.py -h
• example conky usage (note: this will show prices from two exchanges):

CRYPTIK
  ${texeci 600 cryptik.py -e KRAKEN -t BTC}
  ${texeci 600 cryptik.py -e BITSTAMP -t BTC}

Example Response

• direct call:

$ cryptik.py -e BITSTAMP -t BTC
BTMP:BTC $9711.24 @12:33