coinmarketcap

Coinmarketcap

A ruby wrapper for the coinmarketcap.com API.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'coinmarketcap'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install coinmarketcap

Usage

Coins

To get information for multiple coins use the coins method.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
limit	int	Return a maximum of limit results (default is nil which returns all results)

Examples

  Coinmarketcap.coins
  #=> returns array of all available coins sorted by rank

  Coinmarketcap.coins(limit = 20)
  #=> returns array of only 20 coins sorted by rank

Sample Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Bitcoin",
      "symbol": "BTC",
      "website_slug": "bitcoin",
      "rank": 1,
      "circulating_supply": 17243837.0,
      "total_supply": 17243837.0,
      "max_supply": 21000000.0,
      "quotes": {
        "USD": {
          "price": 7046.61259816,
          "volume_24h": 4289789887.93929,
          "market_cap": 121510639045.0,
          "percent_change_1h": -0.09,
          "percent_change_24h": 1.42,
          "percent_change_7d": 4.74
        }
      },
      "last_updated": 1535812825
    },
    {
      "id": 1027,
      "name": "Ethereum",
      "symbol": "ETH",
      "website_slug": "ethereum",
      "rank": 2,
      "circulating_supply": 101689192.0,
      "total_supply": 101689192.0,
      "max_supply": null,
      "quotes": {
        "USD": {
          "price": 287.025145487,
          "volume_24h": 1359873785.37404,
          "market_cap": 29187355119.0,
          "percent_change_1h": 0.5,
          "percent_change_24h": 2.93,
          "percent_change_7d": 2.34
        }
      },
      "last_updated": 1535812836
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "timestamp": 1535812339,
    "num_cryptocurrencies": 1910,
    "error": null
  }
}

Coin

To get information for a specific coin use the coin method.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	required. Use the ID returned from all coins api
currency	string	return price, 24h volume, and market cap in terms of another currency. Valid values are "AUD", "BRL", "CAD", "CHF", "CLP", "CNY", "CZK", "DKK", "EUR", "GBP", "HKD", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "INR", "JPY", "KRW", "MXN", "MYR", "NOK", "NZD", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "RUB", "SEK", "SGD", "THB", "TRY", "TWD", "ZAR". (default is "USD")

Examples

  Coinmarketcap.coin(1)
  #=> returns information about coin with '1' as its id.
  # Price, 24h volume and market cap are in USD

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "website_slug": "bitcoin",
    "rank": 1,
    "circulating_supply": 17243837.0,
    "total_supply": 17243837.0,
    "max_supply": 21000000.0,
    "quotes": {
      "USD": {
        "price": 7056.36503616,
        "volume_24h": 4310812630.28682,
        "market_cap": 121678808496.0,
        "percent_change_1h": 0.04,
        "percent_change_24h": 1.54,
        "percent_change_7d": 4.88
      }
    },
    "last_updated": 1535813063
  },
  "metadata": {
    "timestamp": 1535812601,
    "error": null
  }
}

  Coinmarketcap.coin(1, 'EUR')
  #=> returns information about coin with '1' as its id.
  # Price, 24h volume and market cap are in EUR

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "website_slug": "bitcoin",
    "rank": 1,
    "circulating_supply": 17243837.0,
    "total_supply": 17243837.0,
    "max_supply": 21000000.0,
    "quotes": {
      "USD": {
        "price": 7057.5191433,
        "volume_24h": 4315628117.49539,
        "market_cap": 121698709731.0,
        "percent_change_1h": 0.06,
        "percent_change_24h": 1.56,
        "percent_change_7d": 4.9
      },
      "EUR": {
        "price": 6077.93548621,
        "volume_24h": 3716618934.7870364,
        "market_cap": 104806928821.0,
        "percent_change_1h": 0.06,
        "percent_change_24h": 1.56,
        "percent_change_7d": 4.9
      }
    },
    "last_updated": 1535813303
  },
  "metadata": {
    "timestamp": 1535812810,
    "error": null
  }
}

Global

To get global (general) data, use the global method.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
currency	string	return price, 24h volume, and market cap in terms of another currency. Valid values are "AUD", "BRL", "CAD", "CHF", "CLP", "CNY", "CZK", "DKK", "EUR", "GBP", "HKD", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "INR", "JPY", "KRW", "MXN", "MYR", "NOK", "NZD", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "RUB", "SEK", "SGD", "THB", "TRY", "TWD", "ZAR". (default is "USD")

Examples

  Coinmarketcap.global
  #=> returns global data
  # Price, 24h volume and market cap are in USD

Sample Response

{
  "data":  {
    "active_cryptocurrencies":  1910,
    "active_markets":  13693,
    "bitcoin_percentage_of_market_cap":  52.38,
    "quotes":  {
      "USD":  {
        "total_market_cap":  232365707542.0,
        "total_volume_24h":  12929935868.0
      }
    },
    "last_updated":  1535813364
  },
  "metadata":  {
    "timestamp":  1535812887,
    "error":  null
  }
}

  Coinmarketcap.global('EUR')
  #=> returns global data
  # Price, 24h volume and market cap are in EUR

Sample Response

{
  "data":  {
    "active_cryptocurrencies":  1910,
    "active_markets":  13693,
    "bitcoin_percentage_of_market_cap":  52.38,
    "quotes":  {
      "USD":  {
        "total_market_cap":  232328115855.0,
        "total_volume_24h":  12928585948.0
      },
      "EUR":  {
        "total_market_cap":  200080973374.0,
        "total_volume_24h":  11134098218.0
      }
    },
    "last_updated":  1535813303
  },
  "metadata":  {
    "timestamp":  1535812850,
    "error":  null
  }
}

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ankitsamarthya/coinmarketcap. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Coinmarketcap project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.