Coin Alert is a Python application that uses the CoinMarketCap API to monitor the price and volume changes of a cryptocurrency and alert the user if the changes exceed a certain threshold.
- Get the latest data of any cryptocurrency from the CoinMarketCap API
- Check if the percent change in price or volume in the last 24 hours is higher than a specified threshold
- Print a message and play a sound if the alert criteria is met
- Run the application in a loop with a 10-second interval
To run this application, you will need Python 3 and the requests library. You will also need to get your own API key from CoinMarketCap and replace it in the code.
To install Python 3, follow the instructions on the official website.
To install requests, use the pip command: