Simple library for retrieving and parsing data from api.coindesk.com
With library you can get currect prize of Bitcoin in FIAT like:
- [EUR] - Euro 💶
- [BGP] - British Pound Sterling 💷
- [USD] - United States Dollar 💸
The deafult timeout is 60s because coindesk refresh api after 60s. If you want change delay of sending GET request, specify in class constructor, but you can skip this argument if you want.
For getting the values you have to use:
name_of_object.definition_name_of_struct.variable
For example:
crypto1.usd.rate_float
return value depends on the variable. Look below..
| variable | example | example returned value |
|---|---|---|
| char *time_updated | crypto1.data.time.updated | Mar 25, 2021 14:08:00 UTC |
| char *time_updatedISO | crypto1.data.time_updatedISO | 2021-03-25T14:08:00+00:00 |
| char *time_updateduk | crypto1.data.time_updateduk | Mar 25, 2021 at 14:08 GMT |
| char *disclaimer | crypto1.data.disclaimer | This data was produced from the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (USD). Non-USD currency data converted using hourly conversion rate from openexchangerates.org |
| char *chartname | crypto1.data.chartname | Bitcoin |
| variable | example | example returned value |
|---|---|---|
| char *code | crypto1.usd.time.code | USD |
| char *symbol | crypto1.usd.symbol | $ |
| char *rate_char | crypto1.usd.rate_char | 51,858.9553 |
| char *description | crypto1.usd.description | United States Dollar |
| float rate_float | crypto1.usd.rate_float | 51858.95 |
| variable | example | example returned value |
|---|---|---|
| char *code | crypto1.gbp.time.code | GBP |
| char *symbol | crypto1.gbp.symbol | £ |
| char *rate_char | crypto1.gbp.rate_char | 37,805.2303 |
| char *description | crypto1.gbp.description | British Pound Sterling |
| float rate_float | crypto1.gbp.rate_float | 37805.23 |
| variable | example | example returned value |
|---|---|---|
| char *code | crypto1.eur.time.code | EUR |
| char *symbol | crypto1.eur.symbol | € |
| char *rate_char | crypto1.eur.rate_char | 43,919.0381 |
| char *description | crypto1.eur.description | Euro |
| float rate_float | crypto1.eur.rate_float | 43919.03 |
Check yourself if api is working with: api.coindesk.com or by using CURL: curl --location --request GET https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json