romanbovda / bitfinex-python-client

Python package to communicate with bitfinex

bitfinex-python-client

Python package to communicate with the bitfinex.net API.

Compatible with Python 2.7+ and Python 3.3+

Overview

There are two classes. One for the public part of API and a second for the trading part.

Public class doesn't need user credentials, because API commands which this class implements are not bound to bitfinex user account.

Description of API: https://www.bitfinex.com/pages/api

Install

Install from git:

pip install git+git://github.com/streblo/bitfinex-python-client.git

Usage

Here's a quick example of usage:

>>> import bitfinex.client

>>> public_client = bitfinex.client.Public()
>>> print(public_client.ticker()['last_trade'])
620.23

>>> trading_client = bitfinex.client.Trading(key='xxx', secret='xxx')
>>> print(trading_client.new_order(amount=10.0, price=610.00))
<order_id>

How to activate a new API key

Get the API key from the website: https://www.bitfinex.com/account/api