Retrieves name, CMC id, symbol, slug, rank, an activity flag as well as activity dates on CMC for all coins

This code uses the web api. It retrieves data for all historic and all active exchanges and does not require an 'API' key.

Usage

exchange_list(only_active = TRUE, add_untracked = FALSE)

Arguments

only_active

Shall the code only retrieve active exchanges (TRUE=default) or include inactive coins (FALSE)

add_untracked

Shall the code additionally retrieve untracked exchanges (FALSE=default)

Value

List of (active and historically existing) exchanges in a tibble:

id

CMC exchange id (unique identifier)

name

Exchange name

slug

Exchange URL slug (unique)

is_active

Flag showing whether exchange is active (1), inactive(0) or untracked (-1)

first_historical_data

First time listed on CMC

last_historical_data

Last time listed on CMC, today's date if still listed

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# return all exchanges
ex_active_list <- exchange_list(only_active=TRUE)
ex_all_but_untracked_list <- exchange_list(only_active=FALSE)
ex_full_list <- exchange_list(only_active=FALSE,add_untracked=TRUE)
}