Bitcoin Chart Scraper

Scrape the entire Bitcoin chart history to JSON.

Install & Scrape

git clone https://github.com/F1LT3R/bitcoin-scraper.git
cd bitcoin-scraper
npm install
mkdir data
node scrape.js

Output Example

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                                          /
Running with maxstreams=8

Fetching: 2017-8-9
Fetching: 2017-8-8
Fetching: 2017-8-7
Fetching: 2017-8-6
Fetching: 2017-8-5
Fetching: 2017-8-4
Fetching: 2017-8-3
Fetching: 2017-8-2
Recevied: 2017-8-3
Saved to: data/bitstampUSD-2017-8-3.json
Recevied: 2017-8-9
Saved to: data/bitstampUSD-2017-8-9.json
Recevied: 2017-8-6
Saved to: data/bitstampUSD-2017-8-6.json
Recevied: 2017-8-7
Saved to: data/bitstampUSD-2017-8-7.json
...
DONE!

Data Structure

[
  [
    1419033600,
    318.58,
    318.58,
    318.58,
    318.58,
    0.01719605,
    5.478317609,
    318.58
  ],
  ...

Columns

Timestamp	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume (BTC)	Volume (Currency)	Weighted Price (USD)
1419033600	318.58	318.58	318.58	318.58	0.01719605	5.478317609	318.58

Le Combine...

Combine all data into one file sequentially.

node combine.js data/bitcoin-history.json

Chart...

Charting Bitcoin against the Moore's Law theory of Bitcoin growth. Logarithmic Y axis = dollars.

npm install http-server -g
http-server
# point your browser to http://localhost:8080/chart.html

2020 May 30

2017 August 9