If you are in the cryptocurrencies industry, or you are passionate about cryptos, you surely would be interested in retrieving and visualizing both historical and current crypto prices. To do so, you should consider using CoinGecko along with data visualization libraries such as Plotly. CoinGecko is one of the leading platforms that provide market and analytical data related to cryptocurrencies. It allows developers and analysts to retrieve data by using their API. It is completely free and public.
The playground is a safe and secure sandbox environment for you to explore your own ideas, follow along with Cloud Academy courses, or answer your own questions all without the need to install any software on your local machine. The extended duration of this playground provides you with ample time to play to your heart's content. The goal is to be able to experiment and learn with little start time or overhead. Feel free to experiment with leveraging the CoinGecko API and the Plotly libraries to retrieve any market data you want, manipulate it, and then plot it. You will have access to the Jupyter Notebook where you can perform all the operations from.
Intended Audience
This lab is intended for:
- Data scientists interested in cryptocurrencies trends
- Anyone who is passionate about cryptos that wants to handle cryptos market data
Prerequisites
To get the most from this lab, you should be familiar with the CoinGecko API. To get ready for it, you can complete the following lab:
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