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How to get the current Bitcoin price from a JSON API
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gistfile1.txt
require "rubygems"
require "json"
require "net/http"
response = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse("https://api.bitcoinaverage.com/exchanges/USD"))
parsed_response = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts parsed_response["bitex"]["rates"]["last"]
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