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Simply shows the bitcoin price in $ from mtgox.com and the total price of all the bitcoins you own. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/UatFwkM.png
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Simply shows the bitcoin price in $ from mtgox.com and the total price of all the bitcoins you own.
# Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/UatFwkM.png
# Donations --> 1HpQQds9wUFykgwKyzXp747SAb6374RjUL
import requests
import json
from time import sleep
from sys import stdout
import argparse
import locale
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Bitcoin watch')
parser.add_argument('bitcoins', type=float, help='how much bitcoins do you own?')
parser.add_argument('--proxy', type=str, default='', help='http proxy')
parser.add_argument('--interval', type=int, default=5, help='refresh interval')
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.interval < 1:
args.interval = 1
if args.proxy:
proxies = {"http": args.proxy}
else:
proxies = None
class c:
FALL = '\033[%s;31m'
RISE = '\033[%s;32m'
ENDC = '\033[0m'
TOTAL = '\033[1;30m'
CLEAR = '\033[2J\033[;H'
def spinner():
items = ['—', '\\', '|', '/']
while True:
for item in items:
yield item
last_price = 0
changed = 0
color = c.RISE
the_spinner = spinner()
while True:
try:
#r = requests.get('http://data.mtgox.com/api/1/BTCUSD/ticker', proxies=proxies)
#price = float(data['return']['last']['value'])
r = requests.get('http://data.mtgox.com/api/2/BTCUSD/money/ticker_fast', proxies=proxies)
data = json.loads(r.content)
price = float(data['data']['last']['value'])
except:
price = -1
if price > last_price:
color = c.RISE
changed = 1
elif price < last_price:
color = c.FALL
changed = 1
else:
changed = 0
total_price = args.bitcoins * price
if total_price < 100: # show decimal points under $100
total_format = '%0.2f'
else:
total_format = '%d'
total_price = locale.format(total_format, total_price, grouping=True)
stdout.write('%s$%s%0.2f %s%s %s(%s)%s' % (c.CLEAR, color % changed, price, c.ENDC, next(the_spinner), c.TOTAL, total_price, c.ENDC))
stdout.flush()
last_price = price
sleep(args.interval)
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@moshekapian: thanks!

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Yeraze commented Jun 8, 2014

Needs to be updated since mtgox.com failed.

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