This script scrapes data from the historical data tab on coinmarketcap.com
$ git clone https://github.com/dylankilkenny/CoinMarketCap-Historical-Prices.git
$ cd CoinMarketCap-Historical-Prices
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
To run the script and gather data for all listed cryptocurrencys on coinmarketcap you need to pass the start date and end date in YYYYMMDD format
$ python3 cmc.py 20170101 20180201
you can also specify a cryptocurrency with a third argument
$ python3 cmc.py 20170101 20180201 ethereum
The data will be saved to a CSV file