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Hello,
I have written a small program for personal use in Java but it is missing one key piece of functionality. Namely, it needs the ability to query the BTC-E API for price information on bitcoins using Java. I have read the documentation on BTC-E's website as well as posts of other forum members. However, it is still not clear to me (as the documentation is a bit lacking).

If someone could help me with some simple Java code that just queries the BTC-E API for bitcoin price, that would be awesome. If necessary, I would be willing to pay for the aforementioned help.

So, can anyone assist me?

Thank you.

Hey buddy, happy to help!  There is an example of how to query the Trading API here http://pastebin.com/jyd9tACF.  


If you just want the current price, it is much simpler.  Send a GET request here

https://btc-e.com/api/2/btc_usd/ticker

And the result will be returned as JSON which you can parse.  
EG

{"ticker":{"high":925,"low":808,"avg":866.5,"vol":27641876.50246,"vol_cur":31521.98718,"last":906,"buy":906,"sell":902.19,"updated":1386650589,"server_time":1386650589}}

Send me a PM with specific questions if you are having trouble.  And my btc address is in my signature, anything is appreciated! ;-)

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NOTE -
The API's BTC-e has are TICKER, TRADES and DEPTH

Ticker -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/insert_pair/ticker
Trades -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/insert_pair/trades
Depth -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/insert_pair/depth

EG

BTC/USD
Ticker -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/btc_usd/ticker
Trades -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/btc_usd/trades
Depth -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/btc_usd/depth

LTC/BTC
Ticker -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/ltc_btc/ticker
Trades -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/ltc_btc/trades
Depth -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/ltc_btc/depth

LTC/USD
Ticker -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/ltc_usd/ticker
Trades -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/ltc_usd/trades
Depth -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/ltc_usd/depth  

And just continue to modify for other pairs you need info for
PPC/USD Ticker -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/ppc_usd/ticker
NMC/USD Ticker -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/nmc_usd/ticker
NVC/USD Ticker -  https://btc-e.com/api/2/nvc_usd/ticker

ETC ETC ETC

You might want to look at:

https://github.com/ReAzem/cryptocoin-tradelib/blob/master/modules/btc_e/src/de/andreas_rueckert/trade/site/btc_e/client/BtcEClient.java

Or try the following...

https://github.com/abwaters/btce-api

Very easy to use API with only one dependency...

I have written a trading bot in java, and can easily help you. My trading bot framework...

https://github.com/italiano40/Bitcoin-Trading-bot

So pm and we can work out a deal.