Cryptocurrency data scraper in R -- script to utilize JesseVent/crypto

crypto-scraper.R

# Install and use crypto scraper from
# https://github.com/JesseVent/crypto

# This script is written to be used by running the desired line(s) separately, often one line at a time

# Install jessevent/crypto package in Rstudio
# If you do not have devtools installed, install devtools first
install.packages("devtools")
# Now install jessevent/crypto
devtools::install_github("jessevent/crypto")
library(crypto)

# Create dataframe from the getCoins() function
# This will get all data for all coins in one dataframe
coindata <- getCoins()

# If desired, provide the cryptocurrency name as an argument
# to limit the scrape to a specific cryptocurrency.
bitcoin_data <- getCoins('bitcoin')
ethereum_data <- getCoins('ethereum')
ripple_data <- getCoins('ripple')

# View head of dataframe
head(coindata, n=10)
head(bitcoin_data, n=10)
head(ethereum_data, n=10)
head(ripple_data, n=10)

# Write to CSV file
# Update file name as desired!

# All coins
# update file name as desired to include desired path, such as "~/CryptoScraper/coindata.csv"
write.csv(coindata, "coindata.csv")

# Bitcoin
write.csv(bitcoin_data, "bitcoin_data.csv")

# Ethereum
write.csv(ethereum_data, "ethereum_data.csv")

# Ripple
write.csv(ripple_data, "ripple_data.csv")