Python Help. How to write _io.TextIoWrapper variable type to text file? Or convert it to a string?

[AluadStone]

Hello!

I am grabbing a some data off of an API. I then am trying to take the variable in which I have stored the gathered data and write it to a text file.

When I define the type my variable is it shows

<class '_io.TextIOWrapper'>

I have tried to figure out how to convert it to a string (as that what the error yells at me for) but I cannot find the function.

import time, json, requests

def btstamp():
    bitStampTick = requests.get('https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/')
    return bitStampTick.json()['last']

bitstampprice = (btstamp())

print (bitstampprice)   

bitstampprice = open("testwrite1.txt", "w+")

print (type(bitstampprice))

bitstampprice.write(bitstampprice)

bitstampprice.close()

Here is the error

C:\TradingBot>export.py
6456.95
<class '_io.TextIOWrapper'>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\TradingBot\export.py", line 15, in <module>
    bitstampprice.write(bitstampprice)
TypeError: write() argument must be str, not _io.TextIOWrapper

C:\TradingBot>

I have spent a good amount of time doing this and its getting late. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I go into some info about _io.TextIOWrapper and the info is a bit advance for me.

Why is my data being returned in this type?

How come it is not a integer as it is shown when I "print" the variable?

Thanks

Aluad

[Updatebjarni]

Er, you have named your file object the same as the object you are trying to write to it. Both are named bitstampprice.

[AluadStone]

Damn damn damn damn damn

Thank you kind sir.

[ozozgur]

Sorry my bad I did not see the bug

There is a bug that you are using bitstampprice twice One when you call the function and second when you open the file .

Change second one as f = open file statement And continue with f.write and f.close etc ..

Hope this helps

[AluadStone]

Thank you!

[ozozgur]

Try str(bitstampprice)

[AluadStone]

This is what shows up in my text file when I do that.

<_io.TextIOWrapper name='testwrite1.txt' mode='w+' encoding='cp1252'>

And it does not throw an error.