convert_currency_api_unirest.py

import unirest

def convert_currency(origin, destination, amount = 1):
    convert = origin+"_"+destination
    urlRequest = "https://free.currconv.com/api/v7/convert?q="+convert+"&compact=ultra&apiKey=47353d3141893576b990"
    response = unirest.get(urlRequest)
    return amount * response.body[convert]
    
usdcop = convert_currency("USD","COP")

convert_currency_api_urllib.py

import urllib2
import json

def convert_currency_urllib2( origin, destination, amount = 1):
    convert = origin+"_"+destination
    urlRequest = "https://free.currconv.com/api/v7/convert?q="+convert+"&compact=ultra&apiKey=47353d3141893576b990"
    response = urllib2.urlopen(urlRequest)
    data = json.load(response)   
    return amount * data[convert]
    
usdcop = convert_currency_urllib2("USD","COP");
print "urllib2 results: "sdcop

import json
import urllib

def convert_currency_urllib(origin, destination, amount = 1):
    convert = origin+"_"+destination
    urlRequest = "https://free.currconv.com/api/v7/convert?q="+convert+"&compact=ultra&apiKey=47353d3141893576b990"
    response = urllib.request.urlopen(urlRequest)
    data = json.loads(r.read().decode(response.info().get_param('utf-8'))  
    return amount * data[convert]
    
usdcop = convert_currency_urllib("USD","COP")
print "urllib results :" + usdcop

Thanks