CryptoWhisperer

An application that retrieves the latest crypto news from CoinDesk by performing a keyword-based or URL-based search query. Then, it returns downloadable vocal summaries of the news.

Demo

Youtube: watch

Try it out: share.streamlit.io

Workflow

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository to local machine
2. Install python version >=3.6 and all required python packages in requirements.txt
3. Create a folder called chromedriver and download chromedriver from here. Extract chromedriver.exe from downloaded zip to chromedriver folder.
4. Create a folder called .streamlit and add a file called secrets.toml. Add your Modzy API key at this file as shown below:

API_KEY = "YOUR_MODZY_API_KEY"`

5. Go to backend\backend.py uncomment line 91 and comment line 92 for local running as shown below (conversely revert those lines for deployment):

    91    with webdriver.Chrome(CHROMEDRIVER_LOCATION, options=options) as driver: # for local dev
    92    # with webdriver.Chrome(options=options) as driver:                          # for deploy

6. Open terminal and run command below to launch app which is running on http://localhost:8501 by default:

streamlit run app.py

Files Description

• app.py

  • streamlit frontend application

• backend\backend.py

  • backend logic for processing user input search via Modzy SDK and selenium package

• crypto_whisperer_prototype.ipynb

  • notebook for experimenting Modzy API and SDK

• chromedriver\chromedriver.exe

  • toolkit for selenium special needs in order to manipulate chrome

• packages.txt

  • for purpose of attaching along with the app when deploying to streamlit platfrom, which helps installing chrome and chromedriver on streamlit instance

Future Improvement

• add audio autoplay feature to the app
• improve the execution speed for backend especially for keyword-based search
• build a lightweight chrome extension version for this app
• extend "whisper" to other famous crypto sites (etc. reddit, CoinTelegraph)