bitfin
Utility to manage your Bitstamp account. You may put these scripts into cron jobs to do DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging) on your cryptocurrency investments.
setup
You'll need to provide the following environment variables. The API key pair can be created under the Security tab in your Bitstamp account.
BITSTAMP_ACCOUNT_ID
BITSTAMP_API_KEY
BITSTAMP_API_SECRET
You can opt to place these in a JSON document named .env.json
at the root of this repository's directory.
buy.js
The following command will attempt to place a single market order to purchase USD $ 100 worth of BTC.
node buy 100
You can choose the currency you want to purchase by changing the TO
environment variable. The following command will attempt to buy USD $ 100 worth of LTC.
TO=LTC node buy 50
You can choose the currency you want to spend using FROM
. The following command will attempt to buy 0.5 BTC worth of ETH.
FROM=BTC TO=ETH node buy 0.5
You can define limits on how much you'd like to spend. The following command attempts to buy USD $ 500 worth of ETH, provided the market price for 1 ETH is somewhere between USD $ 200 and USD $ 800.
TO=ETH MIN=200 MAX=800 node buy 500
The TO
, FROM
, MIN
, and MAX
variables can be placed in .env.json
or in .env.defaults.json
.
variables
Environment Variable | Description | Default Value |
---|---|---|
BITSTAMP_ACCOUNT_ID |
Your Bitstamp account ID | undefined |
BITSTAMP_API_KEY |
Your Bitstamp API key | undefined |
BITSTAMP_API_SECRET |
Your Bitstamp API secret | undefined |
FROM |
Currency you want to spend | 'USD' |
TO |
Currency you want to purchase | 'BTC' |
MIN |
Minimum acceptable market asking price | 2000 |
MAX |
Maximum acceptable market asking price | 8000 |
license
mit