Working on a bigger project to build my own online crypto trading system, I wrote a simple Python based CLI script to compare various currency prices against BTC using the Forex-Python module. This utility had minimal value but it will be used in the larger overarching project.

Clone the project and run the convertBTC.py script and pass the Currency Type and the currency amount.

If you want to convert 50 united Kingdom Pound to bitcoin, you would run:

python convertBTC.py -c GBP -a 50

If you want to convert 5000 USD to BTC, you run:

python convertBTC.py -c USD -a 5000

Valid input for currencies follow the ISO4217 specification (USD, JPY, GBP, etc.). You can get more detailed information here.

Per the forex-python documentation:

Bitcoin prices calculated every minute. For more information visit CoinDesk API.