Vonpupp I'm looking for a price fetcher for coinmarketcap. Would you by any chance be willing to share your code? Would save me the hassle of having to write one from scratch :-)
On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 2:24:13 AM UTC+2, Vonpupp wrote: > > Hi, > > Congratulations on beancount. I am new to it but I think it is an amazing > software, therefore I would like to take the most advantage of it. This is > actually my first message on the forum. > > I would like to use beancount with cryptocurrencies. I have may doubts but > I prefer to take one step at a time. What I would like to be able to do > first is to be able to see the my portfolio value at the present time. For > instance, let's assume the following file: > > ; -*- mode: org; mode: beancount; coding: utf-8; fill-column: 400; -*- > ; > ; Cheatsheet > ; > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M4GwF6BkcXyVVvj4yXBJMX7YFXpxlxo95W6CpU3uWVc/edit > > option "title" "Crypto" > option "operating_currency" "ETH" > option "operating_currency" "GAS" > option "operating_currency" "LTC" > option "operating_currency" "NEO" > > plugin "beancount.plugins.book_conversions" > "Assets:Crypto:ETH,Income:Capital-gains" > > ;* Equity > ;2017-11-01 open Equity:Opening-Balances > > * Account declarations > ; Account1 > 2017-08-18 open Assets:Crypto:ETH:Account1 ETH > 2017-08-18 open Assets:Crypto:LTC:Account1 LTC > ; Account2 > 2017-08-18 open Assets:Crypto:ETH:Account2 ETH > ; Exchange > 2017-08-18 open Assets:Crypto:GAS:Exchange GAS > 2017-08-18 open Assets:Crypto:NEO:Exchange NEO > > 2017-08-18 open Expenses:Crypto:ETH:Balance ETH > 2017-08-18 open Expenses:Crypto:GAS:Balance GAS > 2017-08-18 open Expenses:Crypto:LTC:Balance LTC > 2017-08-18 open Expenses:Crypto:NEO:Balance NEO > > * Income > 2017-08-18 open Income:Capital-gains > > * Expenses > 2017-08-18 open Expenses:Financial:Commisions:USD > > * Transactions > 2017-11-19 * "Opening balance: Account1" > Assets:Crypto:ETH:Account1 5.12561083 ETH > Assets:Crypto:LTC:Account1 7.58990978 LTC > Expenses:Crypto:ETH:Balance -5.12561083 ETH > Expenses:Crypto:LTC:Balance -7.58990978 LTC > > 2017-11-19 * "Opening balance: Account2" > Assets:Crypto:ETH:Account2 3.968560 ETH > Expenses:Crypto:ETH:Balance -3.968560 ETH > > 2017-11-19 * "Opening balance: Exchange" > Assets:Crypto:NEO:Exchange 4 NEO > Assets:Crypto:GAS:Exchange 0.18651499 GAS > Expenses:Crypto:NEO:Balance -4 NEO > Expenses:Crypto:GAS:Balance -0.18651499 GAS > > I am not experienced with accounting and english is not my primary > language, but I guess the file is in "accounting good shape" and it makes > sense somehow. If not please let me know. > > Now let's go to the point. Assuming that file I would like to be able to > issue a command on the command line and be able to see the portfolio in USD > or EUR at the present time value. I can query most of the coins using a pip > package, the question is, how I do that? I have read the "Prices in > Beancount" [1] google docs file, however there is no example and it would > be very useful to grasp a bit better how everything ties up. Is there any > example of fetcher module so I can build mine on top of it? Or if you are > aware of any module for prices that works with crypto that I could use out > of the box it would be even better. > > Please note that each coin might be on an exchange account or in a wallet > (account1 or account2). I would like to get the overview of this sum, for > instance when I refer to "ETH" I would like to see as it appears on the > balance, but at the current USD or EUR price, and so for the other > currencies. > > From what I understood about the prices document, the prices will be > fetched and saved on the beancount file automatically. I would like to do > this automatically on a weekly basis, so I guess cron is my friend here. I > guess it is wise to use a separated file and link them together somehow. > > I would also like (if possible) to have this on a web interface like fava > or similar if possible. I guess this might work automatically once the > prices are correctly fetched. > > Could you please point me into the right directions to get all these > things working properly? > > Thank you very much. > > [1]: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1thYRAMell_QT1Da1F_laprSs6BlROZjyK_h3V8qHW9c/edit > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/d040ef83-6b96-463b-8a98-b9c853400e88%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
