gnome applet to track crypto prices

  1  from gi.repository import Gtk as gtk
  2  from gi.repository import AppIndicator3 as appindicator
  3  import signal
  4  from threading import Thread
  5  
  6  APPINDICATOR_ID = "my-crypto-tracker"
  7  
  8  def main():
  9      indicator = appindicator.Indicator.new(
 10          APPINDICATOR_ID,
 11          os.path.abspath("crypto.svg"),
 12          appindicator.IndicatorCategory.SYSTEM_SERVICES,
 13      )
 14      indicator.set_status(appindicator.IndicatorStatus.ACTIVE)
 15      indicator.set_menu(build_menu())
 16      gtk.main()
 17  
 18  def build_menu():
 19      menu = gtk.Menu()
 20      item_quit = gtk.MenuItem("Quit")
 21      menu.append(item_quit)
 22      menu.show_all()
 23      return menu
 24  
 25  def quit(source):
 26      notify.uninit()
 27      gtk.main_quit()
 28  
 29  if __name__ == "__main__":
 30      signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 31  

  1  CRYPTO_PRICE_ENDPOINT = "https://bitbns.com/order/getTickerWithVolume/"
  2  def fetch_prices(coin_symbol):
  3      response = requests.get(CRYPTO_PRICE_ENDPOINT)
  4      response_to_json = response.json()
  5      coin_price = response_to_json[coin_symbol]["last_traded_price"]
  6      return coin_price
  7  

  1  use indicator.set_label(your_thread) to keep updating the ticker
  2