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A simple Python script that queries the Bitstamp API every 5 seconds and prints the last USD/Bitcoin price to the shell. Requires the Python Requests library.
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bitcoinShellTicker.py
# /usr/bin/python3
import requests
import json
from time import sleep
def getBitcoinPrice():
URL = "https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/"
try:
r = requests.get(URL)
priceFloat = float(json.loads(r.text)["last"])
return priceFloat
except requests.ConnectionError:
print("Error querying Bitstamp API")
while True:
print("Bitstamp last price: $" + str(getBitcoinPrice()) + "/BTC")
sleep(5)
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@Smugmug24 I found the error. Orange/anaconda was messing with the path and so my script was calling python but not the real one (i don't know how to explain this) but Atom editor was detecting the right one.
SOLUTION: I just refreshed the default way you open .pyw and .py files in Windows.

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nice :)

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UBISOFT-1 commented May 18, 2020 •
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Python 3 Version

#/usr/bin/python3
import requests, json
from time import sleep

def getBitcoinPrice():
    URL = 'https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/'
    try:
        r = requests.get(URL)
        priceFloat = float(json.loads(r.text)['last'])
        return priceFloat
    except requests.ConnectionError:
        print("Error querying Bitstamp API")

while True:
	print("Bitstamp last price: $" + str(getBitcoinPrice()) + "/BTC")
        sleep(5)

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