A simple Bitcoin price checker using coindesks api

btcprice.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import json

import requests

URL = "https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json"
response = requests.get(URL)

jsonResponse = json.loads(response.text)

updated = jsonResponse.get("time").get("updateduk")
valBTC = jsonResponse.get("bpi")
rateUSD = valBTC.get("USD").get("rate")
rateGBP = valBTC.get("GBP").get("rate")
rateEUR = valBTC.get("EUR").get("rate")
disclaimer = jsonResponse.get("disclaimer")

print("""
// Bitcoin price value
// Updated: {updated}

> USD: {rateUSD}
> GBP: {rateGBP}
> EUR: {rateEUR}

// Disclaimer: {disclaimer}
""".format(updated=updated,
           rateUSD=rateUSD,
           rateGBP=rateGBP,
           rateEUR=rateEUR,
           disclaimer=disclaimer))