Coin Rate Watcher

The Bash script gets current values for cryptocurrencies from a variety of Exchange APIs, and then calculates if various notifications should be send based on above or below price margins. All dynamically set by command options or file, you can now stay informed of any changes in the market with this coin rate watching script.

The Get Method (getPrice.sh)

..... more info soon

Features

• hmmm many

Getting started

First, clone the repository using git:

   $git clone https://github.com/vdm-io/CoinRate.git

Then give the execution permission to this file:

   $chmod +x getPrice.sh

Set your sms details (if required):

Read sms.txt for more details.

Set your Telegram details (if required):

Read notify.txt for more details.

Set your Factory details (if you want to do bulk checks):

Read factory.txt for more details.

Set your Dynamic details (if you want to do bulk checks based on percentages):

Read dynamic.txt for more details.

Usage GET

The syntax is quite simple:

 $./getPrice.sh <PARAMETERS>

Parameters:

API options
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-I Select the api to query 
	Options:
	1 = [cex] cex.io - (default)
	2 =	[shapeshift] 
-x Hide API name from message

Basic options
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-c Currency to watch (c:_)
	example: BTC
-C Target Currecy to Display (_:t)
	example: USD
-o How often should the message be send/shown
	0 = once per/day
	1 = once per/hour
	2 = everyTime (default)
	3 = only once
-p The percentage up or down at which to send/show notice
-v Value (above or below) at which to send/show notice
	example: 17000 or 14000,15000
-A Value Above at which to send notice
	example: 17000 or 19000,18000
-B Value Below at which to send notice
	example: 14000 or 14000,15000
-b Send Notice below target value once a day
-a Send Notice above target value once a day (default)
-k hide the above and below from result string

Advance options (factory option)
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-f Path to file with multiple currency pair options (Fixed values)
	(see example factory.txt file for details)
-P Path to file with multiple currency pair options (Percentages)
	(see example dynamic.txt file for details)

Message options
======================================================
-q Quiet - Turn off terminal output
-t Send A Telegram Notice
-T Set notify Line number to use (first line is default)
-s Send A SMS Notice
-M Set sms Line number to use (first line is default)
-S Set smsto Line number to use (first line is default)
-l Show A Linux Notice via zenity

-h display this help menu

Examples (CEX API):

# Get Linux & SMS & Telegram notice when BTC is above 10000 USD (every time command is run)
    ./getPrice.sh -c BTC -C USD -av 10000 -lst

# Get Telegram notice when BTC is [above 15000,16000,17000 USD] & [below 14000,13000,12000 USD] (every hour - if run in crontab)
    ./getPrice.sh -c BTC -C USD -aA 15000,16000,17000 -bB 14000,13000,12000 -to 1

# Get SMS notice when XRP is [above 2.50,2.60,3 USD] & [below 2.50,2.40,2.30 USD] (only once - if run in crontab)
    ./getPrice.sh -c XRP -C USD -aA 2.50,2.60,3 -bB 2.50,2.40,2.30 -so 3

# Get Telegram notice when any curracy pair in file meets criteria (once a day - if run in crontab)
    ./getPrice.sh -f /home/coin/factory -to 0

To use shapeshift API add the -I 2 command:

# Get Linux notice when BTC is above 16 ETH (every time command is run)
    ./getPrice.sh -c BTC -C ETH -av 16 -l -I 2

Tested Environments

• GNU Linux

If you have successfully tested this script on others systems or platforms please let me know!

Running as cron job (ubuntu)

First, open crontab:

   $crontab -e

Add the following line at bottom of the file (adapting to your script location!!!):

* * * * * /home/bitnami/coin/getPrice.sh -f /home/bitnami/coin/factory -to 1 -I 2 >> /home/bitnami/coin/coin.log

or

* * * * * /home/bitnami/coin/getPrice.sh -c BTC -C USD -aA 15000,16000,17000 -bB 14000,13000,12000 -to 1 -q
* * * * * /home/bitnami/coin/getPrice.sh -c XRP -C USD -aA 2.50,2.60,3 -bB 2.50,2.40,2.30 -so 3 -q -I 2

Installation Requirements

BASH, JQ, curl, bc, sed, md5sum, awk

Debian & Ubuntu Linux:

These are probably already installed on your system

	$sudo apt-get install bash
	$sudo apt-get install bc
	$sudo apt-get install sed
	$sudo apt-get install md5sum
	$sudo apt-get install awk

These you may need to install

	$sudo apt-get install curl
	$sudo apt-get install jq

Donations

Come on buy me a coffee :)

• PayPal: paypal.me/payvdm
• Bitcoin: 18vURxYpPFjvNk8BnUy1ovCAyQmY3MzkSf
• Ethereum: 0x9548144662b47327c954f3e214edb96662d51218