24 Hour Summary CryptoBot

Please note that I originally posted this in #bitcoin and now I'm posting this is #steemdev after someone recommended it. I hope it gets more attention in this category.

Recently I created a bot which allowed you to comment on my post with the name of a listed cryptocurrency, the bot would then retrieve a 24 hour summary on the commented cryptocurrency in real time from Bittrex using the Bittrex API. All markets are Bitcoin markets. The bot had a few issues which prevented the bot from retrieving the summaries.

Issues Fixed

1. Added in case insensitive dictionary search for the currencies because the previous bot could only retrieve currencies that were typed in the correct case. The bot could not retrieve, for example, a summary of Ethereum if Ethereum was spelled "ethereum"(lower case 'E').

2. Added in the Bitcoin currency symbol.

Coin List

Any of the coins in the above list can be commented on this post in any case eg . "steem"

Example Comment and Reply

The Code

Before you go over the following code thinking "What the actual F#ck!?" just note the following:

1. I learned Python from scratch in order to play around with the Steemit and Bittrex API's

2. I'm aware that there are numerous redundant code statements, since I'm new to Python I tried to make it as less condensed as possible.

3. This code can not just be copied, pasted and ran since you need to set up your environment first

4. The code does not have proper exit code

Without further adieu, here we go:

from steem import Steem
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen 
from forex_python.bitcoin import BtcConverter
import os
from dateutil import parser
import time

#create steem instance
s = Steem()
#create BtcConverter instance
b = BtcConverter()
#get the Bitcoin currency symbol
symbol = b.get_symbol()+" "

#unlock wallet
os.environ["UNLOCK"]="your-super-dooper-secret-wallet-passphrase"

runMe = True
 
#I did not actually type out all the currencies and their corresponding markets
cryptos = {'evergreencoin': 'BTC-EGC', 'lunyr': 'BTC-LUN', 'pinkcoin': 'BTC-PINK'....}

def commentResult(crypto, author, permlink):
    #url to query the Bittrex API for market info
    url = "https://bittrex.com/api/v1.1/public/getmarketsummary?market="+cryptos[crypto]
    print("Getting data from Bittrex")
    #open url
    response = urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8')
    #disect dictionary to get market data
    formatted = json.loads(response)['result'][0]
    marketName = str(formatted['MarketName'])
    high = symbol+str(float('%0.8f' % formatted['High'])) 
    low = symbol+str(float('%0.8f' % formatted['Low']))
    volume = str(formatted['Volume'])
    last = symbol+str(float('%0.8f' % formatted['Last']))
    baseVolume = str(formatted['BaseVolume'])
    timeStamp =str(formatted['TimeStamp']) 
    bid = symbol+str(float('%0.8f' % formatted['Bid'])) 
    ask = symbol+str(float('%0.8f' % formatted['Ask']))
    openBuyOrders = str(formatted['OpenBuyOrders'])
    openSellOrders = str(formatted['OpenSellOrders']) 
    
    print("Setting up strings")
    
    devider = "___________________________________ \n"
    string1 = "Market Name: "+marketName+"\n"
    string2 = "High: "+high+"\n"
    string3 = "Low: "+low+"\n"
    string4 = "Volume: "+volume+"\n"
    string5 = "Last Price: "+last+"\n"
    string6 = "Base Volume: "+baseVolume+"\n"
    string7 = "TimeStamp: "+timeStamp+"\n"
    string8 = "Bid: "+bid+"\n"
    string9 = "Ask: "+ask+"\n"
    string10 = "Open Buy Orders: "+openBuyOrders+"\n"
    string11 = "Open Sell Orders: "+openSellOrders+"\n"
    
    print("commenting on post: Correct currency")
    message = string1+devider+string2+string3+string5+devider+string4+string6+devider+string8+string9+devider+string10+string11+devider+string7
    s.post("", message, "benniebanana", "", "@"+author+"/"+permlink)
    print("Commented on new post: Correct")
    print("Sleeping for 20 seconds after commenting")
    time.sleep(20)
    print("Done sleeping")
    

while runMe == True:
    #get replies on post
    data = s.get_content_replies("benniebanana", "<permlink of post >")
    #check for new comment id's
    for c in data:
                
        idLog = open("/home/myComputerName/Desktop/log/log.txt", "r+") #Should probably change this
        latestId = int(idLog.readlines()[-1])
        if c['id'] > latestId:
            print("New post found")
            crypto = c['body'].lower()
            author = c['author']
            permlink = c['permlink']
            #check if crypto is in dictionary
            if crypto in cryptos:
                commentResult(crypto, author, permlink)
                idLog.write(str(c['id'])+"\n")  
                print("log updated")     
                
            else:
                print("Currency not found")
                idLog.write(str(c['id'])+"\n") 
                print("log updated ")
                
            
        else: 
            print("no new comments")
     
    
#close log file
idLog.close()

Please Note

• This was in no way created to help anyone make trading decisions, this was purely a little project I tackled to keep myself busy and should not be used to make any trading decisions off.
• If you don't get an instant reply it's because I have to wait 20 seconds after replying before I may reply again so botty needs to sleep a little in between replies to prevent him from crashing and causing my laptop to explode.
• I can not guarantee 24/7 uptime of the bot because I have not tested my code extensively, as I mentioned before, this is merely an experiment and not some enterprise level software but I will be keeping an eye on him to make sure he stays alive for those who want to test him out a little. Please don't downvote or flag this post if the bot doesn't work, I'll try my best to keep the bot running.
• Feel free to comment, besides a cryptocurrency name, for me to reply back on(Not the bot).
• You will not get a summary if you misspell a coin name(case does not matter as long as the spelling is correct)

Enjoy!

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