Python cmd tool for Coingecko API

ckg.py

A simple command-line app to get actual price of any coin on Coingecko and calculate its multiples, using Coingecko API.

Version updates

• 1.0.0 - crypto converting cmd app works
• 0.1.4 - added aliases (C,L)
• 0.1.3 - made executable
• 0.1.2 - fixed errors
• 0.1.1 - added colorama
• 0.1.0 - sorted into sub-commands
• 0.0.10 - modified with argparse

Install

Terminal:

git clone https://github.com/serinko/cgk_cmd

Install required modules:

sudo apt-get install python3
sudo apt-get install python3-pip python-dev
cd cgk_cmd
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

In case the requirements installation does not work, install these modules:

Module	Installation
requests	pip3 install requests
tabulate	pip3 install tabulate
numpy	pip3 install numpy
argparse	pip3 install argparse
colorama	pip3 install colorama

Make executable:

chmod +x cgk.py

Create alias - add the alias to your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zshrc in case your native shell is zsh) terminal config:

alias cgk=~/<path>/cgk_cmd/cgk.py

To reload the alias restart your terminal or run:

source ~/.bashrc
# in case of zsh terminal
source ~/.zshrc

Usage

Print help:

cgk --help or cgk -h

Commands

Convert [C]:

help: cgk C --help

cgk C [id] [vs_currency] ([amount] [--switch])

• [id] and [vs_currency] are positional (required) arguments
  • To get an asset id or vs_currency symbols run cgk L --help or visit the coingecko documentation page:
    • "id"
    • vs_currency
• [amount] is a positional argument - takes arbitrary float value. Default value = 1
• [--switch] (or [-s]) is an optional argument. Using it switches the direction of the conversion (monero to btc --> btc to monero)

List [L]:

Run cgk L --help to see how to display all coingecko id and vs_sybols needed for the convert | C subcommand

Examples of cgk usage

How much Bitcoin is 100 Monero?

cgk C monero btc 100

How much Monero is 100 Bitcoin?

cgk C monero btc 100 --switch or cgk C monero btc 100 -s

How much is ethereum price now? (amount default = 1)

cgk C ethereum usd
cgk C ethereum eur

How much ethereum is $500?

cgk ethereum usd 500 --switch

What [vs_currency] symbols can be used in this program?

cgk L --vs_list or cgk L -v

What [id] symbols can be used?

cgk L --id_all or cgk L -a (Displays over 13000 items!) cgk L --id_less or cgk L -l (for a shorter list of id items)

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cgk_conv.py

An older and simplier version of ckg.py.

A simple commandline Python tool - Congecko API based convertor to get an actual market price of any asset ("id") (13000+) against any vs currency (60+), in any given amounty in both ways.

Prerequisites

There are few Python modules needed. Easy installation with pip.

Module	Installation
sys	pip3 install sys
requests	pip3 install requests
tabulate	pip3 install tabulate
numpy	pip3 install numpy

Usage

Run python3 cgk_conv.py and follow the given options.

$ python3 cgk_conv.py        

COINGECKO CMD CONVERTOR
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Usage: 
python3 cgk_conv.py <id> <vs_currency> <amount>
* Example: How much USD is 100 Monero:
$ python3 cgk_conv.py monero usd 100
Optional argument <switch>:
* Switch nominator and denominator.
$ python3 cgk_conv.py <id> <vs_currency> <amount> <switch>
* Example: How much Monero is 100 USD?, type:
$ python3 cgk_conv.py monero usd 100 switch
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Optional Commands:
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$ python3 cgk_conv.py id_list  Prints all IDs (more than 13000 items!!)
$ python3 cgk_conv.py id_less  Prints a short list of IDs
$ python3 cgk_conv.py vs_list  Prints a list of vs_currencies (60 items)
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