Python Async

gistfile1.py

import websocket
import sys
import select
import json
"""
Pulls trading data from MtGox bitcoin exchange,
prints the trading price.

Written to brush up on async programming

Depends on https://github.com/liris/websocket-client

"""
if __name__ == "__main__":
	ws = websocket.create_connection(sys.argv[1])
	ws.sock.setblocking(0)
	while True:
		for socket in select.select([ws.sock],[],[])[0]:
			data = json.loads(ws.recv())
			if data.has_key("depth"):
				print data["depth"]["price"]