├── README.md
└── price-alert.py


/README.md:
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 1 | ## cryptocurrency-price-alert
 2 | 
 3 | Ubuntu desktop notification alerts for Bitcoin, Etherium and Litecoin prices.
 4 | 
 5 | ### Requirements
 6 | 1. `requests` (pip install -U requests)
 7 | 2. `schedule` (pip install -U schedule)
 8 | 
 9 | ### Usage
10 | Change the global variable `ALERT_INTERVAL` to a desired value (default 30 minutes) and run `price-alert.py`


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/price-alert.py:
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 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python
 2 | #-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 3 | 
 4 | import subprocess
 5 | import requests
 6 | import schedule
 7 | import time
 8 | 
 9 | btc_usd = 'https://api.cryptonator.com/api/full/btc-usd'
10 | eth_usd = 'https://api.cryptonator.com/api/full/eth-usd'
11 | ltc_usd = 'https://api.cryptonator.com/api/full/ltc-usd'
12 | 
13 | ALERT_INTERVAL = 30
14 | 
15 | def sendmessage(message):
16 |     subprocess.Popen(['notify-send', message])
17 |     return
18 | 
19 | 
20 | def get_btc_usd():
21 |     try:
22 |         r = requests.get(btc_usd).json()
23 |         price = int(float(r['ticker']['price']))
24 |         return unicode(price)
25 |     except:
26 |         return '??'
27 | 
28 | 
29 | def get_eth_usd():
30 |     try:
31 |         r = requests.get(eth_usd).json()
32 |         price = round(float(float(r['ticker']['price'])), 1)
33 |         return unicode(price)
34 |     except:
35 |         return '??'
36 | 
37 | 
38 | def get_ltc_usd():
39 |     try:
40 |         r = requests.get(ltc_usd).json()
41 |         price = round(float(float(r['ticker']['price'])), 2)
42 |         return unicode(price)
43 |     except:
44 |         return '??'
45 | 
46 | 
47 | def send_notification():
48 |     message = 'BTC: '+get_btc_usd()+'  | '+'ETH: '+get_eth_usd()+'  |  '+'LTC: '+get_ltc_usd()
49 |     sendmessage(message)
50 | 
51 | if __name__ == '__main__':
52 |     schedule.every(ALERT_INTERVAL).minutes.do(send_notification)
53 |     while True:
54 |         schedule.run_pending()
55 |         time.sleep(1)
56 | 
57 | 


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