Add the current price of Bitcoin to your Dashing Dashboard

README.md

Bitcoin Dashing Widget

Fairly straightforward. Uses BitcoinAverage.com to obtain the most recent price of Bitcoin across the exchanges. There are no setup instructions.

Installation

Copy the bitcoin.rb file into your ./jobs/ folder. Adjust the timing as needed. If you are not wanting the value in USD, you can swap out for another currency within there as well.

Template for your Dashboard

    <li data-row="1" data-col="1" data-sizex="1" data-sizey="1">
      <div data-id="bitcoin" data-view="Number" data-title="Bitcoin Price" style="background-color:#96bf48;"></div>
      <i class="icon-bitcoin icon-background"></i>
    </li>

bitcoin.rb

current_price = 0

SCHEDULER.every '5m' do
  last_price = current_price
  current_price = get_bitcoin('USD')

  send_event('bitcoin', { current: current_price, last: last_price })
end

def get_bitcoin(market='USD')
    uri = URI("https://api.bitcoinaverage.com/ticker/global/#{market}/")
    http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
    http.use_ssl = true
    http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)

    response = http.request(request)
    bitcoin_response = JSON.parse(response.body)

    bitcoin_response['last']
end