Winner Picker using Blockchain

pick_winner.py

""" 
Pick a random winner
"""

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    entries = sys.argv[1]
    import requests
    # Grab the latest hash
    latest_hash = requests.get("https://blockchain.info/q/latesthash")
    # Convert from hex to decimal
    latest_hash = int(latest_hash.text, 16)
    # Modulo the number of entries and add 1 to find the winning row
    winner = latest_hash % int(entries) + 1
    print "The winner is " + str(winner)