crypto_analyzer

Technical assignment for Vincit Rising Star program. Python application that analyzes historical cryptocurrency market data for a given date range. It is served as an API with few endpoints.

Pre-requisites

Python >= 3.6
Docker >= 20.10

Installation

Virtual environment:

For development create and activate virtual environent:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install requirements to venv:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set env variables in .env:

FLASK_APP=main.py
FLASK_ENV=development/testing/production

Run the project:

flask run

Docker:

Building the docker image:

docker build -t crypto_analyzer .

Running the image:

docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name crypto_analyzer crypto_analyzer

Usage

Head over to http://localhost:5000/ to see the API documentation.
The app is also available online at: https://crpt-analyzer.herokuapp.com/

Please note that requests are limited to 50 calls/minute.

Examples:

Longest downward trend that defaults to bitcoin and eur:

/api/downward_trend?from=2021-01-19&to=2021-05-20

Highest volume with another currency (jpy):

/api/highest_volume?vs_currency=jpy&from=2021-01-19&to=2021-05-20

Maximum profits with another coin (ethereum):

/api/max_profits?id=ethereum&vs_currency=usd&from=2021-01-19&to=2021-05-20