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Bitcoin email alerts when the price drops to a specific amount
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import requests | |
import time | |
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart | |
from email.mime.text import MIMEText | |
import smtplib | |
import getpass | |
def send_email(): | |
# create message object instance | |
msg = MIMEMultipart() | |
# the parameters of the message | |
password = your_password | |
msg['From'] = your_email | |
msg['To'] = send_email_to | |
msg['Subject'] = "Bitcoin price, ACT FAST" | |
# your message | |
message = "Dear " + your_name + "\nBitcoin prices are now " + str(bitcoin_rate) + ". Better buy quick.\nRegards,\n" + your_name | |
# adds in the message from the above variable | |
msg.attach(MIMEText(message, 'plain')) | |
# create the gmail server | |
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com: 587') | |
server.starttls() | |
# Login Creds for sending the email | |
server.login(msg['From'], password) | |
# sends the message | |
server.sendmail(msg['From'], msg['To'], message) | |
server.quit() | |
# prints to your console | |
print("successfully sent email to %s:" % (msg['To'])) | |
print("Price of bitcoin was at " + str(bitcoin_rate)) | |
# user inputs | |
your_name = input('Enter your name: ') | |
your_email = input('Enter your email address (gmail only): ') | |
your_password = getpass.getpass() | |
send_email_to = input('Enter email address to send to: ') | |
alert_amount = input('Alert if Bitcoin drops below: ') | |
while True: | |
url = "https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json" | |
response = requests.get( | |
url, | |
headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, | |
) | |
data = response.json() | |
bpi = data['bpi'] | |
USD = bpi['USD'] | |
bitcoin_rate = int(USD['rate_float']) | |
if bitcoin_rate < int(alert_amount): | |
send_email() | |
print('Will check again in 3 minutes. Ctrl + C to quit.') | |
time.sleep(180) | |
else: | |
time.sleep(300) | |
print('Price is ' + str(bitcoin_rate) + '. Will check again in 5 minutes. Ctrl + C to quit.') | |
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