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+#BTC Ticker Light
+This script updates one of your Philip's Hue lights to be either red or green depending on if the current price of bitcoin is below or above the 24 hour weighted price.
+
+![The light](http://i.imgur.com/LkwQKMBl.jpg "The endproduct")
+
+##Install Dependencies  
+    easy_install install beautifulhue
+
+##The Script  
+Save this to a python file after customizing your Philip's Hue Bridge ip, username, and light_id.
+```python
+from urllib import urlopen
+import json
+import time
+from beautifulhue.api import Bridge
+
+# CONFIGURE HERE
+bridge = Bridge(device={'ip':'192.168.1.28'}, user={'name': 'newdeveloper'})
+light_id = 1
+
+while True:
+    active_light = bridge.light.get({'which': light_id})
+	previous_color = -1
+	if active_light['resource']['state']['on']:
+		weightedprices_url= "http://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/weighted_prices.json"
+		weightedprices = urlopen(weightedprices_url)
+		weightedprices = json.loads(weightedprices.read())
+		weighted_24 = float(weightedprices["USD"]["24h"])
+
+		currentprices_url = "https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/"
+		currentprices = urlopen(currentprices_url)
+		currentprices = json.loads(currentprices.read())
+		currentprice = float(currentprices["last"])
+
+		color = 0 # red
+		if currentprice > weighted_24:
+			color = 25500 # green
+		if color != previous_color:
+			bridge.light.update({'which': light_id, 'data': {'state': {'hue': color}}})
+			previous_color = color
+			print "updating light color -- current=%s, avg=%s" % (currentprice, weighted_24)
+
+	time.sleep(60 * 1000)
+```        
+##To Run
+    python script_name.py