WayBar Crypto

A custom WayBar module to display market information on a cryptocurrency using the Binance API.

Installation

• Download a release for your platform from the releases page
• Move the binary into your path e.g /usr/bin/local
• Create a toml file at ~/.config/waybar-crypto/config.toml
• Populate the config file with your variables. Toggle features depending on what you want to see.

# Binance API Credentials
api_key = "YOUR_BIANCE_API_KEY"
secret_key = "YOUR_BINANCE_SECRET_KEY"

# Market Ticker
ticker = "BTCUSDT"

# Feature Toggles
show_funding_rate = true
show_open_interest = true
show_volume_change = true
show_long_short_ratio = true

# Custom Colors
color_positive = "#a6e3a1"  # Green
color_negative = "#f38ba8"  # Red

Check the installation by running waybar-crypto from the command line and you should see some json output

waybar-crypto

{"text":" $83400.01 \u003cspan color='#a6e3a1'\u003e0.37%\u003c/span\u003e | Funding: \u003cspan color='#a6e3a1'\u003e0.0060%\u003c/span\u003e | OI: \u003cspan color='#a6e3a1'\u003e0.31%\u003c/span\u003e | Vol: \u003cspan color='#a6e3a1'\u003e11.48%\u003c/span\u003e | LSR: \u003cspan color='#a6e3a1'\u003e1.76\u003c/span\u003e","tooltip":"Price Change: 0.37% | Funding Rate: 0.0060% | Open Interest Change: 0.31% | Volume Change: 11.48% | Long-Short Ratio: 1.76"}

WayBar configuration

Modify ~/.config/waybar/config and add the custom module.

"custom/waybar-crypto": {
  "exec": "/usr/local/bin/waybar-crypto",
  "interval": 60,
  "return-type": "json"
}

Choose where to display the module. Here it is displayed in the middle.

"modules-center": [
  "custom/btc",
],