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```python

import time import hmac, hashlib import requests

def sign():

  user = '' # username @ Bitstamp
  key = '' # API key
  secret = '' # API secret
  now = time.strftime("%s")
  message = now + user + key
  signature = hmac.new(secret.encode(),message.encode(),hashlib.sha256).hexdigest().upper()
  return {'key':key,'signature':signature,'nonce':now}

uri = “https://www.bitstamp.net/api/v2/”

# public requests

requests.get(uri + 'ticker/btceur').json() requests.get(uri + 'ohlc/btceur', {'limit': 1000, 'step': 3600}).json()

# private requests

requests.post(uri + 'balance/btceur/', sign()).json() requests.post(uri + 'buy/instant/btceur/', {sign(), 'amount': 10}).json() # amount in EUR requests.post(uri + 'cancel_order/', {sign(), 'id': order_id}).json() ```