cryptostatus

Shows a cryptocurrency informations on a i3blocks blocklet for a given time period and currency using the rate.sx API.

Blocklet basic display:

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Informations

• Current price
• Currency code
• Absolute change in the selected currency
• Percentual change
• Period.

Setup / Usage

i3blocks configuration:

[cryptostatus]
command=$SCRIPT_DIR/cryptostatus
markup=pango
COIN=xmr                 # Cryptocurrency
CURRENCY=brl             # Reference currency
PERIOD=24h               # Period
SHOW_CHANGE=true/false   # Show change informations for the period
interval=60              # Interval between new queries

For the complete API reference, visit: https://github.com/chubin/rate.sx/blob/master/README.md

Dependencies

• base gnu utilities (curl, sed, awk)
• python3

Known Bugs/Issues and Comments

• This script is just a proof of concept and for study purposes. I know there's more efficient ways to do this (Ex: JSON)

TODO

• Show custom icons for the coins.
• Select more than a coin and change the display over time or by mouseclick