Automate Coinranking Data Imports To Google Sheets

Install the Amigo Data Google Sheets add-on from the Google Workspace Marketplace to retrieve cryptocurrency data with Coinranking API.

Link to install Amigo

We’ll be using the Coinranking API on RapidAPI to pull cryptocurrency data to Google Sheets. The API documentation is much easier to use without being any less functional.

Log in to RapidAPI, or sign up if you don’t have an account.

Once you’re logged in, go to the Coinranking API documentation in RapidAPI

Choose a subscription plan from the Pricing menu. You can choose the Basic (free) plan and upgrade it later should you need to.

Click Endpoints to go back to the Coinranking API documentation and scroll down a bit. You will find your API key under the Header Parameters.

On the left of the Coinranking API documentation is a list of all data endpoints that we can use to retrieve crypto data to Google Sheets.

Select any of the endpoints. For example, to get a list of all coins with the their market cap and price, and other statistical information, select the Get Coins endpoint under Coins.

The header parameter consists of the API key and API host. Using the optional parameters we can fine-tune our data imports by specifying the reference currency, time period and so on.

Click the Test Endpoint option to check the results of the requested data.

If everything is working fine we should see a success message along with the results.

The Coinranking API endpoint URL as well as the headers can be found under Code Snippets.

Change the language from (Node.js) Axios to Shell-> cURL from the dropdown menu.

Copy the Coinranking API endpoint URL excluding the apostrophes and also note the headers. These will be used to retrieve and import Coinranking data to Google Sheets.

Go back to Google Sheets and launch the Amigo Data extension to import the Coinranking data to Google Sheets.

Select Custom API from the list of sources.

Enter the Coinranking API endpoint URL in the API URL field.

Then expand the Details tab and enter the headers given in the Code Snippets. The headers are:

Header 1
Name: X-RapidAPI-Host
Value: coinranking1.p.rapidapi.com
Header 2
Name: X-RapidAPI-Key
Value: your_key (replace this with your key)

Click the PREVIEW button to retrieve the crypto data to import to Google Sheets with Coinranking API.

Flatten and expand the nested datasets and then click IMPORT.

The cryptocurrency data from Coinranking will be imported into Googe Sheets in a moment. A snippet of the imported data.

You can likewise import other types of data with the Coinranking API. Following are some other examples.

Coin price data

The coin price endpoint gets you the latest price of a particular cryptocurrency. In the required parameter section, you are expected to enter the valid UUID of a cryptocurrency. You can go through the list of cryptocurrencies with their respective UUID.

Coin price history

Coin price history endpoint helps you keep track of prices on all listed assets. It lists prices and their timestamp for the requested time period which is useful for making a chart. By simply specifying the UUID of the cryptocurrency you can access the historical price data. You can also mention the timeperiod of your choice, 24h is the default time period