#!/usr/bin/python2.6 import urllib import sys import json import decimal def main(argv): current = fetch_mtgox_orders() selling = selling_stats(current['bids']) buying = buying_stats(current['asks']) def selling_stats(bids): high = max([bid[0] for bid in bids]) low = min([bid[0] for bid in bids]) print "highbid %s" % high print "lowbid %s" % low def buying_stats(asks): pass def fetch_mtgox_orders(): url = 'https://mtgox.com/code/data/getDepth.php' parsed = json.loads( urllib.urlopen(url).read(), parse_float=decimal.Decimal ) return parsed sys.exit(main(sys.argv))