In <mailman.355.1379077258.5461.python-l...@python.org> Anthony Papillion <papill...@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm still working to get my head around JSON and I thought I'd done so > until I ran into this bit of trouble. I'm trying to work with the > CoinBase API. If I type this into my browser: > https://coinbase.com/api/v1/prices/buy > I get the following JSON returned > {"subtotal":{"amount":"128.00","currency":"USD"},"fees":[{"coinbase":{"amount":"1.28","currency":"USD"}},{"bank":{"amount":"0.15","currency":"USD"}}],"total":{"amount":"129.43","currency":"USD"},"amount":"129.43","currency":"USD"} > So far, so good. Now, I want to simply print out that bit of JSON (just > to know I've got it) and I try to use the following code: > returnedJSON = json.loads('https://coinbase.com/api/v1/prices/buy') > print returnedString JSON is a notation for exchanging data; it knows nothing about URLs. It's up to you to connect to the URL and read the data into a string, and then pass that string to json.loads(). -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
