# hashCheck.py # A basic JSON parser written to access the lite.coin-pool API # by Jamie Walters (jagw@jagw.co.uk) import json import urllib2 from optparse import OptionParser # Our API key api_key = "825abd217d7f72ed8a42f1bac0c56464d91dd7a480d99f99883f12474770c1ea" # The URL of the API we are calling. url = "http://lite.coin-pool.com/api.php?api_key=" + api_key # Set up the command line arguments parser = OptionParser(version="litecoinPool 1.0") parser.add_option("-r", "--rewards", action="store_true", dest="rewards", help="Print confirmed rewards") parser.add_option("-p", "--payouthistory", action="store_true", dest="payouthistory", help="Print payout history") parser.add_option("-e", "--roundestimate", action="store_true", dest="roundestimate", help="Print round estimated shares") parser.add_option("-o", "--roundshares", action="store_true", dest="roundshares", help="Print round shares") parser.add_option("-t", "--hashrate", action="store_true", dest="hashrate", help="Print hashrate of the miner") parser.add_option("-u", "--username", action="store_true", dest="username", help="Print Username of the miner") parser.add_option("-j", "--json", action="store_true", dest="json", help="Print raw JSON from the API - doesn't work fully") (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # Make a call to the API using the URL we constructed earlier - throws error if there's a timeout etc. try: api_call= urllib2.urlopen(url) except urllib2.URLError, e: handleError(e) # Use the JSON library to decode the API call into something we can fiddle with decoded_json = json.loads(api_call.read()) # For debug purposes, prints all the JSON out in human readable format #print json.dumps(decoded_json, sort_keys=True, indent=4) # If the options are set, do these actions if options.rewards: print "Current rewards:", decoded_json['confirmed_rewards'] if options.payouthistory: print "Payout History:", decoded_json['payout_history'] if options.roundestimate: print "Current Round Estimate", decoded_json['round_estimate'] if options.roundshares: print "Current Round Shares", decoded_json['round_shares'] if options.hashrate: print "Current Hashrate:", decoded_json['total_hashrate'], "KH/s" if options.username: print "We are:", decoded_json['username'] if options.json: print decoded_json