README

This application takes a look at the hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly pricing of Bitcoin, Ethereum and the Nasdaq. I wanted to make this a social exchange app, so I've integrated a Twitter stream to update the user on live price changes and news.

Tools

In order to run this on your local machine you must have the following installed:

• Rails 5.1.2
• PostgreSQL
• Ruby 2.4.1

Setup

• Clone down this repo
• cd BEN ticker
• bundle install
• Setup the database by running bundle exec rake db:{create,migrate}
• Next, run the command rake dev:seed

Record Endpoints For BTC and ETH

• GET "avg_btc_open_monthly"
• GET "avg_btc_open_yearly"
• GET "avg_btc_high_monthly"
• GET "avg_btc_high_yearly"
• GET "avg_btc_low_monthly"
• GET "avg_btc_low_yearly"
• GET "avg_btc_close_monthly"
• GET "avg_btc_close_yearly"

APIs Used

• Twitter API for updates on pricing and new for BTC and ETH
• CryptoCompare API for daily BTC and ETH updates
• Twilio API for two-factor password reset and chat box
• Coinbase/GDAX API for wallet and better live updates
• St. Louis Fed Organization for Daily Nasdaq updates

To-Do

• GDAX API redo- system was down during development
• Twilio Chat Box for users to chat with each other on the platform.
• Coinbase Wallet
• Redesign tweet stream with Twitter cards
• Using Google Charts API
• Capture Twitter mentions for ETH and BTC to see if corelation between price and social activty.
• Setup notifications if price hits certain low (use Twilio SMS notifications)
• Google Prediction API

Discussion/Feedback/Issues/Bugs

For general discussion and questions, please use the Issues section on Github. If you've found a genuine bug or issue, please use the Issues section on Github.