import urllib, json, appuifw, time URL = "http://developer.yahooapis.com/TimeService/V1/" +\ "getTime?appid=MobilePython&output=json" output = json.read(urllib.urlopen(URL).read()) print "Yahoo response: ", output tstamp = int(output["Result"]["Timestamp"]) appuifw.note(u"Yahoo says that time is %s" % time.ctime(tstamp))