bitcoin-harvester.py

import requests
import time
import datetime
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame(columns=['Date', 'Value'])

def data_retriever(sleep=30):
    global df
    while True:
        resp = requests.get('https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/pricemulti?fsyms=BTC&tsyms=USD')
        price = resp.json()['BTC']['USD']
        date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M')
        df = df.append({'Date': date, 'Value': price}, ignore_index=True)
        print(df.shape)
        df.to_csv('data/btc-daily.csv', index=False)
        time.sleep(sleep)
        
 data_retriever()