Discussion on: Code Challenge: Follow the Dirty Money

[Florian Rohrer]

Loving it!

import json
import requests
import re

start_url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jorinvo/6f68380dd07e5db3cf5fd48b2465bb04/raw/c02b1e0b45ecb2e54b36e4410d0631a66d474323/fd0d929f-966f-4d1a-89cd-feee5a1c5347.json"
matcher = re.compile(r"\$\d+[\.,]\d+")
money = 0
todo = []
seen = set()

todo.append(start_url)

while todo:
    nexturl = todo.pop()
    data = requests.get(nexturl).json()
    if data["id"] in seen:
        continue
    pos = matcher.search(data["content"]).group()[1:]
    money += float(pos.replace(",", "."))
    todo += data["links"]
    seen.add(data["id"])

print("Final amount: $%.2f" % money)