wrapper around the the telnet output from api.bitcoincharts.com

api_bitcoincharts.py

import telnetlib
import json
import datetime
from termcolor import colored


print ""
print "opening telnet connection to api.bitcoincharts.com:27007"
print ""

stream = telnetlib.Telnet("api.bitcoincharts.com",27007)

def unix_to_datetime(inp):
    return(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(inp)))

"""
4+10 |14 + 8   | 22
5+10 |15 + 8   | 23
6+10 |16 + 10  | 26
8+10 |18 + 12  | 30
2+10 |12 + 9   | 21
"""

def print_title():
    title = "%-22s | %-23s | %-26s | %-30s | %-21s " % (colored("date","white"),
                                                          colored("price","white"),
                                                          colored("volume","white"),
                                                          colored("exchange","white"),
                                                          colored("id","white"))
    print title
    print "%-22s + %-23s + %-26s + %-30s + %-21s " % (colored("-------------","yellow"),
                                                        colored("--------------","yellow"),
                                                        colored("-----------------","yellow"),
                                                        colored("---------------------","yellow"),
                                                        colored("---------","yellow"))

reprint_count = 80
count = 0
print_title()
while 1:
    data = json.loads(stream.read_until("\n"))
    formatted_string = "%-22s | %-23s | %-26s | %-30s | %-21s " % (colored(unix_to_datetime(data['timestamp']).strftime('%H:%M:%S'),"red"),
                                                                     colored(data['price'],'yellow'),
                                                                     colored(data['volume'],"magenta"),
                                                                     colored(data['symbol'],"blue"),
                                                                     colored(data['id'],"cyan"))
    print formatted_string

    if(count >= reprint_count):
        print_title()
        count = 0
    else:
        count +=1