React Crypto Tracker

A simple React application to track crypto currency prices. This is based on the tutorial from Dapp University on youtube.

This repo is written by hand, but I followed the tutorial pretty directly since I'm not at all familiar with React.

Live Demo

A live demo of this repo is hosted on Netlify at https://react-covid-19-cases-tracker.netlify.app/.

Tutorial

Credits to Dapp University youtube channel for the tutorial.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgoQiCAy-g

Starter code: https://github.com/dappuniversity/crypto_tracker/tree/starter_code

Finished Code: https://github.com/dappuniversity/crypto_tracker

Project diagram

The project uses React to power the frontend, uses Coinpaprika API to provide the crypto data. This is fetched using axios for a promises-based fetches.

This image is stolen directly from the main project repo. I inlined it here for convenience:

Dependencies / Requirements

Install nodejs and npm from here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Building and Running Locally

Prework

A. Get an API key from Coinpaprika.

Create an account and log in. (Note: The website was really slow when I had to do this. It was a pain but eventually worked.)
Copy the X-RapidAPI-Key from the page, after you logged in.

B. Paste the X-RapidAPI-Key into the src/keys.json file.

Installing and starting the server

Run npm install to install all of the dependencies from package.json.
Run npm start to run the react application and launch your website via localhost.

Deploying to the web

To host a version of this project on the web, you can simply use Netlify.

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