htmlcoin_tracker.py

import os
# for running it hourly
# in the terminal: crontab -e
# add this line, putting your path in the place of mine
# 0 * * * * /usr/bin/python /Users/jonathan/htmlcoin/htmlcoin.py

osCommand = "curl https://bleutrade.com/api/v2/public/getticker?market=HTML_BTC 2>/dev/null"

result = os.popen(osCommand).read()

result = eval(result)

if result["success"]:
	result = result["result"][0]

	print " BID: %s" % result["Bid"]
	print " ASK: %s" % result["Ask"]
	print "LAST: %s" % result["Last"]

	osCommand = "curl https://bleutrade.com/api/v2/public/getorderbook?market=HTML_BTC 2>/dev/null"
	
	result = os.popen(osCommand).read()

	result = eval(result)

	print
	print
	print

	if result["success"]:
		result = result["result"]

		print " Buy: %s - %s"%(str(float(result["buy"][0]["Quantity"]) * float(result["buy"][0]["Rate"])), result["buy"][0]["Rate"])
		print "Sell: %s - %s"%(str(float(result["sell"][0]["Quantity"]) * float(result["sell"][0]["Rate"])), result["sell"][0]["Rate"])

		__location__ = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.path.dirname(__file__)))


		file = open(os.path.join(__location__, "bidask.txt"), "r+")

		content = file.read()

		file.close()

		newContent = "Bid: %s - Ask: %s"%(result["buy"][0]["Rate"], result["sell"][0]["Rate"])

		if content.strip() != newContent.strip():
			command = "osascript -e 'display notification \"%s\" with title \"%s\"'" %( newContent, "HTMLCoin changed" )

			os.system(command)

			file = open(os.path.join(__location__, "bidask.txt"), "w")
			file.write(newContent)
			file.close()
else:
	print "ERRO"