Get Bitcoin wallet balance

Best way to send Dogecoins and view wallet balance with Python?

I want to get a Dogecoin service up that holds, sends, and checks the balances of Dogecoin wallets. I plan on running this service via the Django Web framework so I need Python libraries for dealing with Dogecoin.

I've already found a Python wallet generator for all the top Crypto-currencies:

now I need to find a way to send money using any public and private key for Dogecoin. I've found this Python library that seems to have the ability to connect to a Dogecoin-Qt:

But this documentation is completely leaves out the wallet itself. Right away it tells you to run this line of Python code:

> conn = dogecoinrpc.connect_to_local But what local dogecoin exactly is this thing connecting to?? Is it connecting to the Dogecoin-Qt app which is already installed on my OS X computer?

So if I enter that line of Python code in the Python shell interpreter, it seems to go through without any problems. And so immediately in the documentation the very next step involves getting the balance already, this is where I'm lost:

> print "Your balance is %f" % (conn.getbalance, ) The guide never got into any specifics of what wallet or key pair we're working with, and so here's how the entire guide pans out: