Ventto/i3bar-coins

Show crypto-currencies values in i3bar, in fiat-moneys (dollars, euros and so on)

i3bar-coins

"Show crypto-currencies values in i3bar, in fiat-moneys (dollars, euros and so on)"

Installation

Dependencies

• i3-wm
• i3status
• conky >= 1.10.0
• font-awesome >= 5.0

Manual

$ git clone https://github.com/Ventto/i3bar-coins.git
$ cd i3bar-coins/
$ sudo make install

Examples

For more details about option, loot at the usage() function.

Usage: i3bar-coins [-m CODE] [-p PLATFORM] [-c day] CURRENCY,...

• Show the Bitcoin and Ethereum values in Euro:

$ i3bar-coins --symbol --money EUR BTC

{ "full_text": "BTC 5788.62€", "separator_block_width": 14 },
{ "full_text": " 0.01%", "color": "#FF0000" },

Integration

For those who already know how to customize their i3bar with conky (or not), use i3bar-coins as following:

conky.text = [[
  [
    ${exec i3bar-coins --money EUR --change day BTC,ETH}
  ],
]]

conky.text = [[
  [
    ${exec i3bar-coins --symbol --change week --platform coinbase BTC,ETH}
  ],
]]

See Also

• Take a look at my dotfiles repository as an integration example

• List all money codes:

$ curl -s "https://free.currencyconverterapi.com/api/v5/currencies" | \
  python -m json.tool

• List all crypto-currencies code:

$ curl -s "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v2/listings/" | python -m json.tool

FAQ

Why doesn't the --symbol option display the fiat money's symbol ?

• The example below shows a Bitcoin value in CFP Franc (or XPF) is money which has no symbol:

$ i3bar-coins --money XPF --symbol BTC