crypto-news-api

CryptoControl Crypto News API

Node.js official client to CryptoControl.io API. The CryptoControl Node.js API let's developer access rich formatted articles from cryptonews sources from all around the world.

Installation

npm install crypto-news-api --save

Usage

First make sure that you've recieved an API by visiting https://cryptocontrol.io/apis. With the api key you can write the following code.

import CryptoControl from 'crypto-news-api'

const Api = new CryptoControl('API_KEY_HERE')

Api.getTopNews()
    .then(articles => console.log(articles))
    .catch(error => console.error(error))

Available Functions

• getTopNews() Get the top news articles from the CryptoControl News API.
• getLatestNews() Get the latest news articles from the CryptoControl News API.
• getTopNewsByCategory() Get news articles grouped by category from the CryptoControl News API.
• getTopNewsByCoin(coinSlug: String) Get the top news articles for a specific coin from the CryptoControl API.
• getLatestNewsByCoin(coinSlug: String) Get the latest news articles for a specific coin from the CryptoControl News API.
• getTopNewsByCoinCategory(coinSlug: String) Get news articles grouped by category for a specific coin from the CryptoControl News API.

The coin slugs are the coin id's used from the CoinMarketCap api. You can see the full list of coins here: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/?limit=2000

Sample Response from the API

[
    {
        "publishedAt": "2018-05-23T06:30:51.000Z",
        "hotness": 70698.68569444444,
        "activityHotness": 1.6,
        "primaryCategory": "General",
        "words": 302,
        "similarArticles": [
            {
                "publishedAt": "2018-05-23T03:00:05.000Z",
                "_id": "5b04de8d18f173000f9a6d72",
                "title": "PayPal: We’ll ‘Definitely Support’ Bitcoin If It Becomes ‘Better Currency’",
                "url": "https://cryptocontrol.io/r/api/article/5b04de8d18f173000f9a6d72?ref=5ac11440ec0af7be35528459"
            }
        ],
        "coins": [
            {
                "_id": "59cb59e81c073f09e76f614b",
                "name": "Bitcoin",
                "slug": "bitcoin",
                "tradingSymbol": "btc"
            }
        ],
        "_id": "5b050b2018f173000f9a7036",
        "description": "The Chief Financial...",
        "url": "https://cryptocontrol.io/r/api/article/5b050b2018f173000f9a7036?ref=5ac11440ec0af7be35528459"
    }
]