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cryptocompare

Python3 Wrapper to query cryptocurrency prices (and more) using the CryptoCompare API.

Installation

sudo pip install cryptocompare

Usage

Import

import cryptocompare

Methods

Coin List

cryptocompare.get_coin_list(format=False)

# ...
# },
# 'BTC': {
#  'Id': '1182'
#  'Url': '/coins/btc/overview'
#  'ImageUrl': '/media/19633/btc.png'
#  'Name': 'BTC'
#  'CoinName': 'Bitcoin'
#  'FullName': 'Bitcoin (BTC)'
#  'Algorithm': 'SHA256'
#  'ProofType': 'PoW'
#  'FullyPremined': '0'
#  'TotalCoinSupply': '21000000'
#  'PreMinedValue': 'N/A'
#  'TotalCoinsFreeFloat': 'N/A'
#  'SortOrder': '1'
# },
# ...

If format is True, the coin list is returned as Python list.

Price

cryptocompare.get_price('BTC')
# or
cryptocompare.get_price('BTC',curr='USD',full=True)
# or
cryptocompare.get_price(['BTC','ETH'],['EUR','GBP'])

# {'BTC': {'EUR': 3709.04, 'GBP': 3354.78},
#  'ETH': {'EUR': 258.1, 'GBP': 241.25}}

Historical Price

# pass either datetime or time instance
cryptocompare.get_historical_price('XMR', timestamp=datetime.datetime(2017,6,6))
# or
cryptocompare.get_historical_price('XMR', 'EUR', datetime.datetime(2017,6,6))

# {'XMR': {'EUR': 43.05}}

Average

cryptocompare.get_avg('BTC', 'EUR', 'Kraken')

# {
# 'MARKET': 'CUSTOMAGG',
# 'FROMSYMBOL': 'BTC',
# 'TOSYMBOL': 'EUR',
# 'FLAGS': 0,
# 'PRICE': 3610,
# 'LASTUPDATE': 1503066719,
# 'LASTVOLUME': 0.5,
# 'LASTVOLUMETO': 1805,
# 'LASTTRADEID': 1503066719.7584,
# 'VOLUME24HOUR': 12614.509997469995,
# 'VOLUME24HOURTO': 46397723.00499387,
# 'OPEN24HOUR': 3847.9,
# 'HIGH24HOUR': 3848.96,
# 'LOW24HOUR': 3555,
# 'LASTMARKET': 'Kraken',
# 'CHANGE24HOUR': -237.9000000000001,
# 'CHANGEPCT24HOUR': -6.182593102731363
# }

Credit

Thanks to CryptoCompare for providing this service and building a community around everything crypto related.

Tipjar

If you like this and/or use it in a project, show some love:

BTC: 1JJMk3QmcyTjPsvFpKUhgvPNd3KcWCKc86

ETH: 0xe3c951a953f56d0ec88800386281e88ea9bef630

…or head over to https://www.cryptocompare.com and tip CryptoCompare.

Disclaimer

This is a hobby project, no guarantees. If you find bugs, open an issue. If you want additional features, open an issue or create a pull request.

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