Fetch crypto price in applescript

mona.applescript

# example to fetch the current MONA price in JPY

# needs http://www.mousedown.net/mouseware/JSONHelper.html
# replace 'neo' with any other ID supported by coinmarketcap
# using coinmarketcaps convert API to add `price_jpy` to the result
set json_data to (do shell script "curl https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/monacoin/?convert=JPY")

tell application "JSON Helper"
	set json_data to read JSON from json_data
end tell

set first_result to beginning of json_data
set price to price_jpy of first_result as number
# round result to 2 decimal places
set rounded_price to (round (price * 100)) / 100
set result_string to "" & rounded_price & "円"

# (...)
# do what you want with result_string

neo.applescript

# example to fetch the current NEO price

# needs http://www.mousedown.net/mouseware/JSONHelper.html
# replace 'neo' with any other ID supported by coinmarketcap
set json_data to (do shell script "curl https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/neo/")

tell application "JSON Helper"
	set json_data to read JSON from json_data
end tell

set first_result to beginning of json_data
set price to price_usd of first_result as number
set result_string to "$" & price

# (...)
# do what you want with result_string