krunnercrypto

A KRunner plugin to view the current price of cryptocurrencies.

It works using CoinGecko API V3.

Configuration

The configuration file is located in ~/.config/krunnercrypto/config.json

There are two things that must be configured:

1. Cryptocurrencies that are of interest. Results will only be shown for these cryptocurrencies.

2. Currencies to convert the cryptocurrencies to. (vs_currencies)

The cryptocurrencies that are of interest must have an entry in cryptocurrencies as shown in the example. Where coingecko_id is the id of the cryptocurrency in the CoinGecko API, name is the name of the cryptocurrency, and short is the short name for it.

The name and short of an entry are the terms that the plugin will recognize.

The desiered vs_currencies must be included in vs_currencies as shown in the example. These can only be vs_currencies supported by CoinGecko API.

The following is the configuration which was used to create the screenshot above.

{   "cryptocurrencies" : [
        { "coingecko_id" : "bitcoin", "name" : "bitcoin", "short" : "btc" },
        { "coingecko_id" : "ethereum", "name" : "ethereum", "short" : "eth" },
        { "coingecko_id" : "solana", "name" : "solana", "short" : "sol" },
        { "coingecko_id" : "nano", "name" : "nano", "short" : "nano" }
    ],
    "vs_currencies" : [ "usd", "eur", "btc", "gbp" ]
}

Usage

Launch KRunner and type the name or short of one of the cryptocurrencies that have been configured. The runner will show the price of said cryptocurrency in the configured vs_currencies.

Dependencies

Ubuntu/Debian: (Ubuntu >= 20.10 required)

sudo apt install cmake extra-cmake-modules build-essential libkf5runner-dev gettext

Arch/Manjaro:

sudo pacman -S cmake extra-cmake-modules

Fedora:

sudo dnf install cmake extra-cmake-modules kf5-ki18n-devel kf5-krunner-devel gettext

OpenSUSE:

sudo zypper install cmake extra-cmake-modules libQt5Core5 libqt5-qtlocation-devel ki18n-devel krunner-devel gettext-tools

Installation

1. Install dependencies
2. Clone this repository
3. Run install.sh

Credits/Thanks

• naraesk/krunner-translator this project was really useful as a reference about consuming a REST API with Qt libraries.
• alex1701c/JetBrainsRunner this project was useful as a reference about the dependencies needed to compile/install the plugin in different distributions.