ruby-vircurex is just a simple wrapper around the vircurex API as described here: https://vircurex.com/welcome/api install: sudo gem install ruby-vircurex example: require 'vircurex' api = Vircurex::API.new 'mikhail' e_response = api.get_info_for_currency puts e_response.inspect # do whatever with data # see https://vircurex.com/welcome/api for details about what parameters are required # note: the parameter hash and the secret word can be in any order t_response = api.get_balance({:currency => "btc"}, "soopersecretword") puts t_response.inspect # do whatever with data