Using python 2.7:
from sseclient import SSEClient
import requests, json
messages = SSEClient('https://api.spark.io/v1/events/{EVENT FILTER}?access_token={ACCESS TOKEN}')
for msg in messages:
event = str(msg.event).encode('utf-8')
data = str(msg.data).encode('utf-8')
print event
print data
dataJson = json.loads(data)