coinlist
Comprehensive list of cryptocurrencies with metadata
List compiled from the coingecko.com API. Importable as a raw JSON file or an array with helper methods.
Install
yarn add coinlist
Usage
const coins = require('coinlist');
// coins is an array of coin objects:
[
{
id: 'bitcoin',
symbol: 'BTC',
name: 'Bitcoin'
},
{
id: 'litecoin',
symbol: 'LTC',
name: 'Litecoin'
},
...
]
// There is a useful helper method to search the array for a ticker symbol:
const btc = coins.get('BTC');
{
id: 1,
symbol: 'BTC',
name: 'Bitcoin'
}
// Or get a specific property
coins.get('BTC', 'name');
// "Bitcoin"
// You can still use all the usual array methods on coins:
coins.map(coin => coin.name);
[
'BTC',
'LTC',
...
]
// Alternatively, you can load the raw JSON file:
const coinsJson = require('coinlist/src/coins.json');
API
coins
An array of coin objects.
coins.get(symbol, [property])
Returns a coin object.
Alternatively returns a coin property if the property
argument is defined.
If the symbol cannot be found it will return undefined
.
symbol
Type: string
The coin ticker symbol to search the array for.
property
Type: string
A single coin property to return instead of the entire coin object.
Valid properties are:
id
The CoinGecko API id.symbol
The ticker symbol.name
The readable name.
Update Coins
$ yarn update
Fetching latest currencies from the coingecko.com API...
Written 2306 coins to src/coins.json
Contributing
Pull requests are welcome to improve the code but please don't add currencies to coins.json
directly. The JSON is automatically generated from the update script.
License
MIT ยฉ Luke Childs