markets: Get prices of cryptocurrencies

In lorenzbr/cryptowatchR: An API Wrapper for 'Cryptowatch'

Get prices of cryptocurrencies

Description

Get data frame with prices of cryptocurrencies using the REST API of cryptowat.ch.

Usage

markets(pair, params = NULL, exchange = "kraken", route = "ohlc",
datetime = TRUE)

Arguments

pair	A string containing a pair symbol, e.g. btcusd (required argument).
params	A list containing before, after and periods (optional). See https://docs.cryptowat.ch/rest-api/markets/ohlc for further information.
exchange	A character string containing the exchange. Default is kraken.
route	A character string containing the route. Default is ohlc.
datetime	A logical. TRUE indicates that datetime type is used. FALSE indicates unix timestamp. Default is TRUE.

Value

A data frame containing OHLC candlestick prices of a given pair of currencies.

References

See https://docs.cryptowat.ch/rest-api for further information.

See Also

get_markets, get_assets, get_exchanges, get_pairs

Examples

## Not run: 
df_ohlc_hourly <- markets("btcusd")
df_ohlc_hourly2 <- markets("btcusd", list(periods = 3600, before = 1609851600,
                                          after = 1609506000), datetime = FALSE)
df_ohlc_daily <- markets("btceur", list(periods = 86400, before = "2021-05-12",
                                          after = "2021-01-01"), datetime = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

lorenzbr/cryptowatchR documentation built on April 15, 2022, 4:41 a.m.