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How to get BitCoin price using api?

Posted on March 28, 2021June 22, 2022 By Luke K

Let’s learn how to get BitCoin price using CoinGecko api and Python?
python get bitcoin price coingecko api

Using bitcoin api

First thing I checked is how to use CoinGecko api. This is how I got url to api which will return my BitCoin price I need. There is also a possibility to try the link out directly in CoinGecko site.

I assigned api url as a python variable.

Next thing is to request this url using requests python library.

I’d like to load this as a json. Luckily Python offers dedicated json library. Loads function will do the job.

Last thing is to format requested string as I like the most.

import json
import requests

api_url = 'https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd'
response = requests.get(api_url).text
response = json.loads(response)
response = response["bitcoin"]["usd"]

print(f"Bitcoin price is currently {response} USD.")

While I was preparing this article the BitCoin price was 55083 USD. I wonder how it will change in the future. I hope it is much higher when you are reading this.

json, requests Tags:api, BitCoin

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