cplug

Crypto Plug 🔌

cPlug is an advanced crypto market data provider via the command line. Once initialized, cplug has a set of cli arguments that will be available for use allowing end-users to fetch specific data about a cryptocurrency.

All Data is sourced from Messari.io and will require a user-generated Messari API Key

How to Install

You need to install Node.js first, then install the tool globally using npm via this command:

$ npm install -g cplug

This will install cplug globally, so it will be added automatically to your PATH.

How to Initialize

In order to enable the market data cli commands, cplug must be initialized using a Messari API Key. Run the following:

$ npm --init <api_key>

Create Messari API Key

It takes 1 minute to create a Messari API key by doing the following:

1. Navigate to messari.io
2. Login (or sign up if you don't have an account - we will only be using it to generate an API Key)
3. Navigate to Account via the avatar on the top right of the navigation bar
4. Select Manage API Key at the bottom of the Account Overview page
5. Select Create New API Key on the API Key section which will generate and display a new API Key
6. Copy the API Key and use it in How To Initialize

The API key being displayed above is invalid and will not work for you :)

Available Commands

You can also try the help command yourself to see the available commands

Usage: cplug [options]

Cryptocurrency market data at your fingertips.

Options:
  -a --asset <ticker>           Get asset profile
  -md --market_data <ticker>    Get asset market data
  -ath --all_time_high <ticker>   Get all time high data
  -lend --lending <ticker>      Get lender/borrower rates and general lending data
  -chain --blockchain <ticker>  Get information about the blockchain
  -roi --roi <ticker>           Get ROI numbers
  -dev --developers <ticker>    Get GitHub repository data
  -news --news <ticker>         Get current Messari news for asset
  -i, --init <api_key>          Enter Messari API Key
  -h, --help                    Display help for more commands

Try them for yourself.

Examples

Get asset profile -a --asset

Get current Messari news for asset

Get asset market data -md --market_data

Get all time high data -ath --all_time_high

Get lender/borrower rates and general lending data -lend --lending

Get information about the blockchain -chain --blockchain

What's Next?

• Add up and down arrows to +/- columns to indicate movement direction
• --lending Display lending/borrowing tables next to each other
• Consolidate config access to a single file
• Add color on a per column basis (limitation on current table lib)