Crypto-Price-Tracker-CLI-tool-in-Python-

Crypto Price Tracker (CLI tool in Python) crypto-price-tracker/ ├── crypto_tracker.py ├── requirements.txt └── README.md import requests

def get_price(symbol): url = f"https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids={symbol}&vs_currencies=usd" response = requests.get(url)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    if symbol in data:
        price = data[symbol]['usd']
        print(f"The current price of {symbol.upper()} is ${price}")
    else:
        print("Cryptocurrency not found.")
else:
    print("Error fetching data from CoinGecko.")

if name == "main": coin = input("Enter the cryptocurrency (e.g., bitcoin, ethereum): ").lower() get_price(coin) requests

🪙 Crypto Price Tracker (CLI)

A simple Python tool to get the current price of any cryptocurrency using the CoinGecko API.

🚀 Features

• Fetches live prices in USD
• Works in the command line
• Minimal and clean Python code

🛠️ How to Use

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/crypto-price-tracker.git
cd crypto-price-tracker
pip install -r requirements.txt
python crypto_tracker.py
Enter the cryptocurrency (e.g., bitcoin, ethereum): bitcoin  
The current price of BITCOIN is $64250

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### ✅ Next Step: Upload to GitHub
1. **Create a new repo** at [github.com/new](https://github.com/new)  
   Name it: `crypto-price-tracker`

2. **On your computer:**
```bash
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/yourusername/crypto-price-tracker.git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push -u origin master