crypto-ticker-api

Lightweight, self-hostable crypto price & gas API. Perfect for Raspberry Pi, home servers, or any Node.js environment.

Features

• Real-time crypto prices via CoinGecko (no API key needed)
• Trending coins endpoint
• Ethereum gas prices
• Built-in response caching (1 min TTL)
• Zero dependencies - pure Node.js
• CORS enabled

Quick Start

node server.js
# or
PORT=8080 node server.js

API Endpoints

Endpoint	Description
GET /	API info and available endpoints
GET /prices	Top coin prices (default: BTC, ETH, SOL)
GET /prices?ids=bitcoin,dogecoin&vs=eur	Custom coins and currency
GET /trending	Trending coins on CoinGecko
GET /gas	Ethereum gas prices
GET /health	Server health and uptime

Example

curl http://localhost:3456/prices?ids=bitcoin,ethereum&vs=usd

Deploy

# systemd service
sudo cp crypto-ticker.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable --now crypto-ticker

Donations

If this project is useful to you, consider supporting development:

• ETH: 0xa977ED7922703Bf4F9A14cFd27c56d3Cc571908C
• SOL: 3TcijsNw7kL97QmaLHNE8gDeKt177w4PsJd8XMWDQjUn

License

MIT