current temperature of the Willamette River by the Morrison Bridge in PDX

rivertemp.py

import requests
import json

url = "https://waterservices.usgs.gov/nwis/iv/?site=14211720&format=json"
response = requests.get(url)
# there's probably a better way to get here than this blob
data = response.json()['value']['timeSeries'][0]['values'][0]['value']
print(data)