diff --git a/examples/api_client.py b/examples/api_client.py
index dbad0f0b..caac88ed 100644
--- a/examples/api_client.py
+++ b/examples/api_client.py
@@ -1,72 +1,77 @@
 # This is an example of how to connect to and use the Bitmessage API.
 # See https://bitmessage.org/wiki/API_Reference
 
-import xmlrpclib
 import json
-import time
+import xmlrpclib
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     api = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://bradley:password@localhost:8442/")
 
-    print 'Let\'s test the API first.'
+    print('Let\'s test the API first.')
     inputstr1 = "hello"
     inputstr2 = "world"
-    print api.helloWorld(inputstr1, inputstr2)
-    print api.add(2,3)
+    print(api.helloWorld(inputstr1, inputstr2))
+    print(api.add(2, 3))
 
-    print 'Let\'s set the status bar message.'
-    print api.statusBar("new status bar message")
+    print('Let\'s set the status bar message.')
+    print(api.statusBar("new status bar message"))
 
-    print 'Let\'s list our addresses:'
-    print api.listAddresses()
+    print('Let\'s list our addresses:')
+    print(api.listAddresses())
 
-    print 'Let\'s list our address again, but this time let\'s parse the json data into a Python data structure:'
+    print('Let\'s list our address again, but this time let\'s parse the json data into a Python data structure:')
     jsonAddresses = json.loads(api.listAddresses())
-    print jsonAddresses
-    print 'Now that we have our address data in a nice Python data structure, let\'s look at the first address (index 0) and print its label:'
-    print jsonAddresses['addresses'][0]['label']
+    print(jsonAddresses)
+    print('Now that we have our address data in a nice Python data structure,'
+          ' let\'s look at the first address (index 0) and print its label:')
+    print(jsonAddresses['addresses'][0]['label'])
 
-    print 'Uncomment the next two lines to create a new random address with a slightly higher difficulty setting than normal.'
-    #addressLabel = 'new address label'.encode('base64')
-    #print api.createRandomAddress(addressLabel,False,1.05,1.1111)
+    print('Uncomment the next two lines to create a new random address'
+          ' with a slightly higher difficulty setting than normal.')
+    # addressLabel = 'new address label'.encode('base64')
+    # print api.createRandomAddress(addressLabel,False,1.05,1.1111)
 
-    print 'Uncomment these next four lines to create new deterministic addresses.'
-    #passphrase = 'asdfasdfqwser'.encode('base64')
-    #jsonDeterministicAddresses = api.createDeterministicAddresses(passphrase, 2, 4, 1, False)
-    #print jsonDeterministicAddresses
-    #print json.loads(jsonDeterministicAddresses)
+    print('Uncomment these next four lines to create new deterministic addresses.')
+    # passphrase = 'asdfasdfqwser'.encode('base64')
+    # jsonDeterministicAddresses = api.createDeterministicAddresses(passphrase, 2, 4, 1, False)
+    # print jsonDeterministicAddresses
+    # print json.loads(jsonDeterministicAddresses)
 
-    #print 'Uncomment this next line to print the first deterministic address that would be generated with the given passphrase. This will Not add it to the Bitmessage interface or the keys.dat file.'
-    #print api.getDeterministicAddress('asdfasdfqwser'.encode('base64'),4,1)
+    # print 'Uncomment this next line to print the first deterministic address that would be generated
+    # with the given passphrase.This will Not add it to the Bitmessage interface or the keys.dat file.'
+    # print api.getDeterministicAddress('asdfasdfqwser'.encode('base64'),4,1)
 
-    #print 'Uncomment this line to subscribe to an address. (You must use your own address, this one is invalid).'
-    #print api.addSubscription('2D94G5d8yp237GGqAheoecBYpdehdT3dha','test sub'.encode('base64'))
+    # print 'Uncomment this line to subscribe to an address. (You must use your own address, this one is invalid).'
+    # print api.addSubscription('2D94G5d8yp237GGqAheoecBYpdehdT3dha','test sub'.encode('base64'))
 
-    #print 'Uncomment this line to unsubscribe from an address.'
-    #print api.deleteSubscription('2D94G5d8yp237GGqAheoecBYpdehdT3dha')
+    # print 'Uncomment this line to unsubscribe from an address.'
+    # print api.deleteSubscription('2D94G5d8yp237GGqAheoecBYpdehdT3dha')
 
-    print 'Let\'s now print all of our inbox messages:'
-    print api.getAllInboxMessages()
+    print('Let\'s now print all of our inbox messages:')
+    print(api.getAllInboxMessages())
     inboxMessages = json.loads(api.getAllInboxMessages())
-    print inboxMessages
+    print(inboxMessages)
 
-    print 'Uncomment this next line to decode the actual message data in the first message:'
-    #print inboxMessages['inboxMessages'][0]['message'].decode('base64')
+    print('Uncomment this next line to decode the actual message data in the first message:')
+    # print inboxMessages['inboxMessages'][0]['message'].decode('base64')
 
-    print 'Uncomment this next line in the code to delete a message'
-    #print api.trashMessage('584e5826947242a82cb883c8b39ac4a14959f14c228c0fbe6399f73e2cba5b59')
+    print('Uncomment this next line in the code to delete a message')
+    # print api.trashMessage('584e5826947242a82cb883c8b39ac4a14959f14c228c0fbe6399f73e2cba5b59')
 
-    print 'Uncomment these lines to send a message. The example addresses are invalid; you will have to put your own in.'
-    #subject = 'subject!'.encode('base64')
-    #message = 'Hello, this is the message'.encode('base64')
-    #ackData = api.sendMessage('BM-Gtsm7PUabZecs3qTeXbNPmqx3xtHCSXF', 'BM-2DCutnUZG16WiW3mdAm66jJUSCUv88xLgS', subject,message)
-    #print 'The ackData is:', ackData
-    #while True:
+    print('Uncomment these lines to send a message. The example addresses are invalid;'
+          ' you will have to put your own in.')
+    # subject = 'subject!'.encode('base64')
+    # message = 'Hello, this is the message'.encode('base64')
+    # ackData = api.sendMessage('BM-Gtsm7PUabZecs3qTeXbNPmqx3xtHCSXF',
+    # 'BM-2DCutnUZG16WiW3mdAm66jJUSCUv88xLgS', subject,message)
+    # print 'The ackData is:', ackData
+    # while True:
     #    time.sleep(2)
     #    print 'Current status:', api.getStatus(ackData)
 
-    print 'Uncomment these lines to send a broadcast. The example address is invalid; you will have to put your own in.'
-    #subject = 'subject within broadcast'.encode('base64')
-    #message = 'Hello, this is the message within a broadcast.'.encode('base64')
-    #print api.sendBroadcast('BM-onf6V1RELPgeNN6xw9yhpAiNiRexSRD4e', subject,message)
+    print('Uncomment these lines to send a broadcast. The example address is invalid;'
+          ' you will have to put your own in.')
+    # subject = 'subject within broadcast'.encode('base64')
+    # message = 'Hello, this is the message within a broadcast.'.encode('base64')
+    # print api.sendBroadcast('BM-onf6V1RELPgeNN6xw9yhpAiNiRexSRD4e', subject,message)