get_btc.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import urllib
import json
import better_spoken_numbers as bsn
from math import floor
import ConfigParser
Config=ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
try:
  Config.read('alarm.config')
except:
  raise Exception('Sorry, Failed reading alarm.config file.')

try: 
    coinbase_api = urllib.urlopen('https://coinbase.com/api/v1/prices/buy')
    response = coinbase_api.read()
    response_dictionary = json.loads(response)
    # reads bit coin value from coinbase
    btc_price=response_dictionary['subtotal']['amount']
    whole_price = int(floor(float(btc_price)))
    decimal_price = int(floor((float(btc_price) - whole_price)*100))
    btc_price = bsn.n2w(int(whole_price)) + ' dollars'
    if decimal_price > 0:
      btc_price += ' and ' + bsn.n2w(int(decimal_price)) + ' cents'

    btc = 'The value of 1 bitcoin is: ' + btc_price + '.  '
except Exception:
    btc = 'Failed to connect to coinbase.  '

#print response_dictionary['amount']
#print response_dictionary['subtotal']['amount']

if Config.get('main','debug') == str(1):
  print btc