Get Bitcoin BTC/USD quotes from Bitstamp.net using Node.js

getBtcUsd.js

/*
*	Small Node.js script that gets BTC/USD quotes from www.bitstamp.net
*	from https://www.bitstamp.net/api/v2/ticker/BTCUSD/
*/

const https = require('https'); // because the URL is https

const quoteOptions = {
	host: 'www.bitstamp.net',
	port: 443, // because https default
	path: '/api/v2/ticker/BTCUSD/',
	method: 'GET',
	headers: {
		'Content-Type': 'application/json'
	}
}

https.get(quoteOptions, function (response) {

	response.on('data', function (data) {

		/*
		*	The response data contains the following keys:
		*	high, last, timestamp (UNIX), bid, vwap (volume weighted average), volume, low, ask, and open
		*/
		
		let quote = JSON.parse(data);

		// example:
		console.log("\u02431 = $"+quote.last, "on "+Date(quote.timestamp)); // or pass it to a web page
		// \u0243 is the BTC symbol

	});

}).on('error', function (e) {
	console.log(e.message);
});