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Created January 12, 2021 04:50
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Simple python bitcoin currency converter using the Bitcoin Charts API. Documentation here: http://bitcoincharts.com/about/markets-api/
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bitconvert.py
import urllib2
import json
data = urllib2.urlopen("http://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/weighted_prices.json")
def convert_to_bitcoin(amount, currency):
bitcoins = json.loads(data.read())
converted = float(bitcoins[currency]["24h"]) * amount
print converted
convert_to_bitcoin(1, "USD")
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