Graphs the Fear and Greed index from alternative.me with a moving average trend over time and indicator of highest value
Graphs the Fear and Greed index from alternative.me with a moving average trend over time and indicator of highest value
This script can use previously retrieved data for the Fear and Greed index as determined and made available by alternative.me. A graph of the trend over time is depicted as well as displaying the current level and descriptor at the top of the image.
This script is installed at ~/nodeyez/scripts/fearandgreed.py.
To manage and configure this script, use the nodeyez-config tool
sudo nodeyez-config
To manually configure this script, edit the ~/nodeyez/config/fearandgreed.json file
Fields are defined below
| field name | description |
|---|---|
| attributionColor | The text color for the source attribution line expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #aa2222 |
| backgroundColor | The background color of the image expressed as a hexadecimal color specifier. Default #000000 |
| dataValueColor | The color of the data values for each entry expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #ff7f00 |
| graphLineDarkColor | The color to draw the top and right and background dashed lines of the graph outline expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #606060 |
| graphLineLightColor | The color to draw the left and bottom of the graph outline expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #a0a0a0 |
| height | The height, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 320 |
| interval | The amount of time, in seconds, the script should wait before data gathering and image creation again. Default 43200 |
| movingAverageColor | The color to use for the moving average line expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #40ff40 |
| textColor | The color of the text expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #ffffff |
| url | The url that provides the fear and greed information. Default https://api.alternative.me/fng/?limit=0&format=json&date_format=cn |
| useTor | Indicates whether remote calls should use tor socks proxy for privacy. Default true |
| width | The width, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 480 |
Ensure the virtual environment is activated
source ~/.pyenv/nodeyez/bin/activate
Change to the scripts folder
cd ~/nodeyez/scripts
Run it
python fearandgreed.py
Press CTRL+C to stop the process
To enable the script to run at startup, as the privileged user run the following
sudo systemctl enable nodeyez-daily-data-retrieval.service
sudo systemctl start nodeyez-daily-data-retrieval.service
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