crypto-news-api 1.0.5

Client to get a crypto newsfeed in your app from the CryptoControl API

CryptoControl Crypto News API

Official Python client for the CryptoControl.io API. The CryptoControl python client lets developers access rich formatted articles from cryptonews sources from all around the world.

Installation

pip install crypto-news-api

Usage

First make sure that you've recieved an API key by visiting https://cryptocontrol.io/apis. With the API key you can write the following code.

from crypto_news_api import CryptoControlAPI

api = CryptoControlAPI("API_KEY_HERE")

print(api.getTopNews())
print(api.getTopNewsByCoin("bitcoin"))

Available Functions

• getTopNews() Get the top news articles from the CryptoControl News API.
• getLatestNews() Get the latest news articles from the CryptoControl News API.
• getTopNewsByCategory() Get news articles grouped by category from the CryptoControl News API.
• getTopNewsByCoin(coinSlug: String) Get the top news articles for a specific coin from the CryptoControl API.
• getLatestNewsByCoin(coinSlug: String) Get the latest news articles for a specific coin from the CryptoControl News API.
• getTopNewsByCoinCategory(coinSlug: String) Get news articles grouped by category for a specific coin from the CryptoControl News API.

The coin slugs are the coin id's used from the CoinMarketCap api. You can see the full list of coins here: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/?limit=2000

Sample Response from the API

[
    {
        "publishedAt": "2018-05-23T06:30:51.000Z",
        "hotness": 70698.68569444444,
        "activityHotness": 1.6,
        "primaryCategory": "General",
        "words": 302,
        "similarArticles": [
            {
                "publishedAt": "2018-05-23T03:00:05.000Z",
                "_id": "5b04de8d18f173000f9a6d72",
                "title": "PayPal: We’ll ‘Definitely Support’ Bitcoin If It Becomes ‘Better Currency’",
                "url": "https://cryptocontrol.io/r/api/article/5b04de8d18f173000f9a6d72?ref=5ac11440ec0af7be35528459"
            }
        ],
        "coins": [
            {
                "_id": "59cb59e81c073f09e76f614b",
                "name": "Bitcoin",
                "slug": "bitcoin",
                "tradingSymbol": "btc"
            }
        ],
        "_id": "5b07ea76214428000f55a513",
        "description": "Welcome to Crypto Daily™ News, this news piece \"Ripple XRP And Bitcoin Cash Now Live On Revolut\" is breaking news from the Crypto sector.",
        "title": "Ripple XRP And Bitcoin Cash Now Live On Revolut - Crypto Daily™",
        "url": "https://cryptocontrol.io/r/api/article/5b07ea76214428000f55a513?ref=5ac11440ec0af7be35528459",
        "thumbnail": "https://cryptocontrol.io/r/thumbnail/5b07ea76214428000f55a513?ref=5ac11440ec0af7be35528459",
        "originalImageUrl": "https://cryptodaily.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ripple-bitcoincash-credit.jpg"
    }
]