Using socketIO-client module to test the Bitpay Insight socket data.

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# socketio client 
#

import sys, logging

logging.captureWarnings(True)
#logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

from socketIO_client import SocketIO, BaseNamespace

class Namespace(BaseNamespace):

    def on_connect(self):
        print 'Connected'
        socketIO.emit('subscribe', 'inv')
        
    def on_tx(self, msg):
        print 'tx', msg['txid'], msg['valueOut']
        
    def on_block(self, *args):
        print 'blk', args

try:
    socketIO = SocketIO('https://insight.bitpay.com',443, Namespace, verify=False)
    socketIO.wait()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    sys.exit(0)