keeper

README

README

Keeper is a cryptocurrency status tool using the CoinMarketCap API.

Requirements:

• Go 1.10.1 or higher

Installation:

go get -u github.com/kyoto-shift/keeper

Use:

-h, --help Displays this.
-v, --version Prints the current version of Keeper.
-c, --currency Changes the tracked cryptocurrency. If set to all, Keeper will track the top 10 (unless changed by -n) cryptocurrencies (according to CoinMarketCap).
-n --number Sets the number of currencies -c all will track. If -c all isn't used, this will have no effect.

Set a default currency to track with:

[user@computer]$ export KEEPER_FAVORITE=Ethereum

To set a favorite permanently, add it to your bash_profile (or equivalent).

Examples:

[user@computer]$ keeper -c bitcoin
Name: Bitcoin [BTC]
Price (USD): $15335.6
Change (1h): 0.49%
Change (24h): 1.44%
Change (7d): 5.76%

[user@computer]$ keeper -c all
Name: Bitcoin [BTC] (1)
Price (USD): $15277.5
Change (24h): 1.04%
---
Name: Ripple [XRP] (2)
Price (USD): $3.48639
Change (24h): 10.2%
---
Name: Ethereum [ETH] (3)
Price (USD): $995.801
Change (24h): 5.21%
---
Name: Bitcoin Cash [BCH] (4)
Price (USD): $2415.63
Change (24h): -7.33%
---
Name: Cardano [ADA] (5)
Price (USD): $1.19986
Change (24h): 13.4%
---
...

[user@computer]$ keeper -c all -n 3
Name: Bitcoin [BTC] (1)                                                   
Price (USD): $8068.52                                
Change (1h): -1.9%                                  
Change (24h): -3.09%                                     
---                                   
Name: Ethereum [ETH] (2)                                                    
Price (USD): $673.196                               
Change (1h): -2.15%                                  
Change (24h): -3.96%                                    
---                                   
Name: Ripple [XRP] (3)                                                    
Price (USD): $0.664309                                 
Change (1h): -1.53%                                 
Change (24h): -4.88%                                    
---

CHANGELOG

0.2.2

• Keeper now looks for a favorite currency using the environment variable KEEPER_FAVORITE.
• Changed the flag -a, --amount to -n, --number.

0.2.0

• Added -i, --interval flag which changes the tracker's update time.
• Added -a, --amount flag which changes the number of top currencies tracked.
• Added rank of currencies if multiple are being tracked.
• Changed top to all if -c is used.
• Changed default value of all from 50 to 10. It can now also be changed with -a [number]
• Fixed version flag being unusable unless -c [crypto] was used first.

0.1.2

• Initial release.