Using the CLI to fetch CoinGecko prices via API

api.coingecko.prices.md

Fetch prices using CLI and print json to stdout

One liner to fetch the simple price of any token listed on CoinGecko via their open API.
You need the utilities curl and jq. Type the command below into your terminal:

curl -s -X 'GET' 'https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=dragon-egg%2Cstorm-token%2Cwrapped-avax%2Cstellar%2Cmonero%2Cbitcoin%2Cethereum&vs_currencies=usd%2Ceur&include_market_cap=false&include_24hr_vol=false&include_24hr_change=false&include_last_updated_at=false' -H 'accept: application/json' | jq . --sort-keys && date

Output

{
  "bitcoin": {
    "eur": 35902,
    "usd": 42097
  },
  "dragon-egg": {
    "eur": 20.4,
    "usd": 23.92
  },
  "ethereum": {
    "eur": 2443.86,
    "usd": 2865.55
  },
  "monero": {
    "eur": 192.26,
    "usd": 225.44
  },
  "stellar": {
    "eur": 0.23257,
    "usd": 0.2727
  },
  "storm-token": {
    "eur": 2.05,
    "usd": 2.41
  },
  "wrapped-avax": {
    "eur": 54.24,
    "usd": 63.6
  }
}
Wed Sep 22 04:49:51 CEST 2021