narainsagar / coingecko_api

Laravel REST API and Artisan command that fetches data from Coingecko API and stores it in a database.

CoinGecko-API

This project is built with Laravel v10.10.0 and PHP v8.2.5.

About the project:

Simple artisan command that fetches data from the provided Coingecko API endpoint and stores it in a database.

Coingecko API Documentation: https://www.coingecko.com/en/api/documentation

Requirements

Make sure you have PHP and composer installed and configured on your system.

Setup and Running

# download/setup the project on your machine.
$ git clone https://github.com/narainsagar/coingecko_api.git

$ cd /projects/coingecko-api

# install required packages
$ composer install

# create databases and run migrations.
$ php artisan migrate


# Run the artisan command to fetch data from coingecko api and store into db.
$ php artisan fetch:coingecko


# Run the app - Check the Live API and all coins data via below mentioned API endpoints.
$ php artisan serve 

$ php artisan serve command will run the app and expose to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ address by default

You may also try below API endpoinds to see the data right in favourite web browser or API client.

GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/coins

GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/coins/{coin_id}

What's more

Sample database schema script could be found in db_schema.sql

Demo screenshots

Data Fetch and stored in DB using command

$ php artisan fetch:coingecko

Running app in browser

$ php artisan serve -- GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/

/api/coins

$ php artisan serve -- GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/coins

/api/coins/0chain

$ php artisan serve -- GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/coins/0chain

About me...

Narain M.