Ticker / Name pairs

coinmarketcap3.py

import requests
import json

while True:
    # base URLs
    globalURL = "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/global/"
    tickerURL = "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/?limit=0"

    # making a call to all (creating a dictionary of ticker symbol / name pairs)
    pairs = {}
    request = requests.get(tickerURL)
    data = request.json()
    for x in data:
        ticker = x['symbol']
        name = x['name']
        name = name.lower()
        name = name.replace(' ', '-')
        if ticker is not None and name is not None:
            pairs[ticker] = name

    # all of your currencies from bittrex (append the ticker symbols to an array like this instead of user input)
    currencies = []
    currencies = input("What are the ticker symbols for all of your currencies? (separated by spaces): ").split()

    for currency in currencies:
        # check if we have the current currency in out dictionary, skip it if not
        if currency not in pairs:
            print(currency + " not found.")
            continue
        tickerURL = "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/"
        tickerURL += pairs[currency] + '/' # this gets the name from the dictionary by specifying the ticker symbol
        request = requests.get(tickerURL)
        data = request.json()
        ticker = data[0]['symbol']
        price = data[0]['price_usd']
        print(ticker + ":\t\t$" + price)
        print()

    choice = input("Again? (y/n): ")
    if choice == "n":
        break

neat :)
Have to see how I can work this code into mine.
btw, it fails when entering in lower case.