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📋 Get a list of all the cryptocurrency symbols and names.
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Sync json file with Coinmarketcap.com #12

Closed jvandenaardweg closed 4 years ago

jvandenaardweg commented 6 years ago

Hi there! First of all; thanks for the list! :-)

Secondly: I noticed some coins were missing when I used it in a project of mine. So I created a sync method in my own project. Thought it might be helpful here.

sync.js takes gets all the currencies from coinmarketcap.com and finds out what is missing in cryptocurrencies.json. In the end it merges the missing symbols resulting in a new up-to-date list. So, if something is not listed on coinmarketcap, you still have the ability to add it directly to cryptocurrencies.json

  1. Install new dependencies: npm install
  2. Run sync: npm run sync
  3. If there are new currencies, cryptocurrencies.json is updated and sorted correctly.
radiovisual commented 6 years ago

Ooooo! This is a nice idea! Thanks!

Can you update the Readme in this PR to let reader's know that we also pull from coinmarketcap? I like this idea, because it helps the list be more complete.

I will take a closer look at this tomorrow.

Thanks again, this is really cool.

jvandenaardweg commented 6 years ago

@radiovisual No problem!

Updated the readme 👍