Display latest crypto prices using powershell

In this article we show you how to display various crypto currency rates using powershell

Depending on when you read this and what the status of the crypto market is – you may be checking these frequently and are very nervous because of the latest crypto crash

Code

There are masses of api’s available at https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/documentation?api_key= , some of these need api keys, some are free with no api key. This is one of these

In this example we want the following cryptos

GetCryptoRate BTC “Bitcoin”
GetCryptoRate ETH “Ethereum”
GetCryptoRate ADA “Cardano”
GetCryptoRate DOGE “Dogecoin”
GetCryptoRate DOT “Polkadot”
GetCryptoRate SOL “Solana”
GetCryptoRate LTC “Litecoin”

And we want to convert these to GBP, USD and EUR

There are more cryptocurrencies available and many fiat currencies that are available, check the documentation at the api site

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Lists the latest crypto exchange rates
.DESCRIPTION
	This script lists the latest crypto exchange rates.
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./get-crypto-rates
#>

function GetCryptoRate { param([string]$Symbol, [string]$Name)
	$Rates = (invoke-webRequest -uri "https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/price?fsym=$Symbol&tsyms=USD,EUR,GBP" -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
	new-object PSObject -property @{ 'Cryptocurrency' = "1 $Name ($Symbol) ="; 'USD' = "$($Rates.USD)"; 'EUR' = "$($Rates.EUR)"; 'GBP' = "$($Rates.GBP)" }
}

function GetCryptoRates 
{ 
	GetCryptoRate BTC "Bitcoin"
	GetCryptoRate ETH "Ethereum"
	GetCryptoRate ADA "Cardano"
	GetCryptoRate DOGE "Dogecoin"
	GetCryptoRate DOT "Polkadot"
	GetCryptoRate SOL "Solana"
	GetCryptoRate LTC "Litecoin"
}

try 
{
	""
	"Latest Crypto Exchange Rates from cryptocompare"
	"============================="
	GetCryptoRates | format-table -property @{e='Cryptocurrency';width=20},USD,EUR,GBP
	exit 0
} 
catch 
{
	"Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
	exit 1
}

Output

This is what i saw at the time of running this

Latest Crypto Exchange Rates from cryptocompare                                                                         =============================                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Cryptocurrency       USD                              EUR                              GBP                              --------------       ---                              ---                              ---
1 Bitcoin (BTC) =    37807.81                         33928.02                         28230.99
1 Ethereum (ETH) =   2536.99                          2275.79                          1892.6
1 Cardano (ADA) =    1.055                            0.9464                           0.7868
1 Dogecoin (DOGE) =  0.1417                           0.1271                           0.1058
1 Polkadot (DOT) =   18.38                            16.48                            13.72
1 Solana (SOL) =     92.41                            83.02                            69
1 Litecoin (LTC) =   109.7                            98.4                             81.95