Cryptocurrency Price Fetcher

This Flask application fetches the last 24 hours average prices for Bitcoin and Ethereum in USD and EUR from the CoinGecko API.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Git
• Docker and Docker Compose (for running with Docker)
• Python and pip (for running without Docker)

Using Docker Compose

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cryptocurrency-price-fetcher.git
2. Navigate to the project folder: cd cryptocurrency-price-fetcher
3. Make the scripts executable: chmod +x run.sh stop.sh
4. Run the run.sh script to build and start the Docker containers: ./local-dev/run.sh

Once the Docker containers are running, navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser. You will see a JSON response with the latest prices for Bitcoin and Ethereum in USD and EUR.

To stop the application and remove the Docker containers, run the stop.sh script: ./local-dev/stop.sh

Using Docker

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cryptocurrency-price-fetcher.git
2. Navigate to the project folder: cd cryptocurrency-price-fetcher
3. Build the Docker image: docker build -t cryptocurrency-price-fetcher -f docker/app.Dockerfile .
4. Run the Docker container: docker run -p 8080:8080 cryptocurrency-price-fetcher

Once the Docker container is running, navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser. You will see a JSON response with the latest prices for Bitcoin and Ethereum in USD and EUR.

Without Docker

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cryptocurrency-price-fetcher.git
2. Navigate to the project folder: cd cryptocurrency-price-fetcher
3. Install the dependencies: pip3 install -r app/requirements.txt
4. Run the application: python3 app/app.py

Helm Installation

Prerequisites

• Helm should be installed on your machine.
• Access to a Kubernetes cluster.

Installing the Helm Chart

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/yourusername/cryptocurrency-price-fetcher.git
2. Navigate to the project folder: cd cryptocurrency-price-fetcher
3. Install the Helm chart: helm upgrade -i cryptocurrency-price-fetcher chart/. -n <namespace>

Replace cryptocurrency-price-fetcher with a name of your choice and adjust other parameters as needed.

Configuration

Modify the values.yaml file in the chart directory to customize the deployment according to your requirements.