ronek22 / kraken-wsclient-py

Kraken WebSockets Client in Python

Kraken WebSockets Client in Python

Sample Kraken WebSockets client in Python. This client was created for demonstration purposes only. It is neither maintained nor supported.

Installation

pip install kraken-wsclient-py

Sample Usage

from kraken_wsclient_py import kraken_wsclient_py as client

def my_handler(message):
    # Here you can do stuff with the messages
    print(message)

my_client = client.WssClient()
my_client.start()

# Sample public-data subscription:

my_client.subscribe_public(
    subscription = {
        'name': 'trade'
    },
    pair = ['XBT/USD', 'XRP/USD'],
    callback = my_handler
)

# Sample private-data subscription:

my_client.subscribe_private(
    subscription = {
        'name': 'openOrders',
        'token': '__WS_TOKEN_HERE__'
    },
    callback = my_handler
)

# Sample order-entry call:

my_client.request(
    request = {
        'token': '__WS_TOKEN_HERE__',
        'event': 'addOrder',
        'type': 'buy',
        'ordertype': 'limit',
        'pair': 'XBT/USD',
        'price': '9000',
        'volume': '0.01',
        'userref': '666'
    },
    callback = my_handler
)

Compatibility

This code has been tested on Python 3.7.

Contributing

Pull requests are not monitored and likely will be ignored.