from util import http, hook @hook.command(autohelp=False) def bitcoin(inp, say=None): """bitcoin -- gets current exchange rate for bitcoins from mtgox""" data = http.get_json("https://data.mtgox.com/api/2/BTCUSD/money/ticker") data = data['data'] ticker = { 'buy': data['buy']['display_short'].encode('ascii','ignore'), 'high': data['high']['display_short'].encode('ascii','ignore'), 'low': data['low']['display_short'].encode('ascii','ignore'), 'vol': data['vol']['display_short'].encode('ascii','ignore'), } say("Current: \x0307{!s}\x0f - High: \x0307{!s}\x0f" " - Low: \x0307{!s}\x0f - Volume: {!s}".format(ticker['buy'],ticker['high'],ticker['low'],ticker['vol']))