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getCoinDeskBpi.py
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
r = requests.get("http://www.coindesk.com/price/")
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, "lxml")
latest = soup.find("div", class_='bpi-value bpiUSD').text
print(latest)
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