import json import sys import urllib.request if len(sys.argv) != 3: print("Usage: ./currencyrates.py lookup_currency base_currency. Example: ./currencyrates.py cad usd") sys.exit() currency = sys.argv[1] basecurrency = sys.argv[2] currencyurl = "http://freecurrencyrates.com/api/action.php?do=cvals&iso=" + currency + "&f=" + basecurrency + "&v=1&s=cbr" f = urllib.request.urlopen(currencyurl) obj = json.loads(f.read()) result = "1 " + currency.upper() + " is " result+="{:,.2f}".format(1/obj[currency.upper()]) + " " + basecurrency.upper() print(result);