Command line cryptocurrency price ticker for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more.
Installation or update can be done via npm as a global package
npm i -g cryptickerOnce installed globally, crypticker can be run as a binary
crypticker| Flag | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
--no-history |
Disable history display | |
--interval |
Integer | Poll interval in milliseconds |
--markets |
String | Comma separated list of markets |
--api-key |
String | Cryptowat.ch API key (optional) |
Markets and application preferences can be managed within options.json. If the package was installed globally, the installation directory (and corresponding options.json) file may be found with npm root -g. Application will prefer an options file named .crypticker located in the home directory (~) if one exists - this can be used to preserve options between updates.
cp $(npm root -g)/crypticker/options.json ~/.crypticker may be used to create a local copy of the options file.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| apiKey | String | Cryptowat.ch API key (optional) | BYKU2QBYIQUE386W37BO |
| pollInterval | Integer | Interval at which to poll API (in milliseconds) | 30000 |
| padding | Integer | Number of spaces to use between display sections | 8 |
| history | Object | Parameters around ticker history display | |
| history.enabled | Boolean | Toggles history display on and off | true |
| history.length | Integer | Number of ticks to display within readout | 16 |
| history.hideAmount | Boolean | Toggles display of price changes on and off | false |
| history.minorThreshold | Float | Change percentage that must be exceeded to display a minor symbol | 0.00 |
| history.majorThreshold | Float | Change percentage that must be exceeded to display a major symbol | 0.20 |
| history.positiveMajorSymbol | String | Symbol to use for positive major trend | "∙" |
| history.positiveMinorSymbol | String | Symbol to use for positive minor trend | "⋅" |
| history.neutralSymbol | String | Symbol to use for no trend | "⋅" |
| history.negativeMinorSymbol | String | Symbol to use for negative minor trend | "⋅" |
| history.negativeMajorSymbol | String | Symbol to use for negative major trend | "∙" |
| markets | Array | List of markets to monitor | ['coinbase-pro:eth/btc'] |
Powered by the Cryptowatch public API. A listing of supported markets can be found here. A forward slash (/) should be used to split pairs within markets list (for example: coinbase-pro:link/eth in favor of coinbase-pro:linketh).