Bitcoin, Ethereum and Steemit price ticker on i3 (Arch linux)

in #bitcoin • 8 years ago

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Hi everyone...

If you are as tired as me of looking at charts all day to see how the prices where going.

Here is a solution you might find useful.

I added some coins price tickers on my i3blocks(1) bar on i3(2) in my Arch linux(3)

here is how it looks

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and here is how it was done..

add the following to the ~/.i3block.conf file

[btc]
label=BTC
command=echo "$(curl 'https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/bitcoin/' -s | jq '.[0]["price_usd"]' | sed 's/"//g') \$"
# command=echo "$(curl 'https://blockchain.info/ticker' -s | jq '.["USD"]["last"]') \$"
interval=60

[eth]
label=ETH
command=echo "$(curl 'https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/ethereum/' -s | jq '.[0]["price_usd"]' | sed 's/"//g') \$"
interval=60

[steem]
label=STEEM
command=echo "$(curl 'https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/steem/' -s | jq '.[0]["price_usd"]' | sed 's/"//g') \$"
interval=60

there is also an alternative price provider, just in case.

if you don't know what i3 and arch is, here are some links

(1) https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks
(2) https://i3wm.org/
(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux

#ethereum #steem #linux #arch
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     8 years ago 

    BTW
    if you need/want to add localbitcion as a source here is the code.
    In this case im getting it in Argentinian Pesos which is my local currency

    [btcars]
label=BTC
command=echo "$(curl 'https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/ARS/.json' -s | jq '.["data"]["ad_list"][0]["data"]["temp_price"]' | sed 's/"//g') AR\$"
interval=60