[ Solo ] Completed
TradingView API Integration
A real-time cryptocurrency charting tool using the TradingView API.
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- API
- TradingView
What it is
A client-side web application that provides real-time cryptocurrency charting by integrating the TradingView lightweight charts library. The application fetches data from the CoinGecko API to display key metrics like market cap, price changes, and volume, and allows users to search for and view charts for various cryptocurrencies.
Decisions
- Built with vanilla JavaScript to create a lightweight, high-performance, and dependency-free application.
- Leveraged the TradingView API for its powerful and interactive charting capabilities, avoiding the need to build a complex charting library from scratch.
- Integrated the CoinGecko API for a reliable and comprehensive source of cryptocurrency market data.
- Designed a clean, single-page interface focused on delivering essential financial data and a seamless user experience.
Build log
- Set up the basic HTML structure and styled it with CSS for a clean layout.
- Wrote the core JavaScript logic to fetch data from the CoinGecko API.
- Integrated the TradingView charting library and configured it to display financial data.
- Implemented a search functionality to allow users to look up different cryptocurrencies.
- Connected the search input to both the CoinGecko API calls and the TradingView widget to dynamically update the displayed data.