Error: ITBIT: pair config format is nil

[Kunal]

New Issue

Starting gocryptotrader with default config fails on the second attempt.
First attempt is successful - stop the service using Ctrl+C. And the next attempt to start fails with the following error:

Error: ITBIT: pair config format is nil

Context

OS	GoCryptoTrader version
macOS Sonoma Version 14.3	GoCryptoTrader v0.1 arm64 go1.21.6 pre-release

Expected Behavior

Second attempt to start the bot/service should be successful

Current Behavior

What is the current behavior?

Failure Information (for bugs)

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2024/01/31 13:41:03 Loading config file /Users/someuser/.gocryptotrader/config.json..
2024/01/31 13:41:03 Unable to initialise bot engine. Error: failed to load config. Err: fatal error checking config values. Error: ITBIT: pair config format is nil

Steps to Reproduce

Please provide detailed steps for reproducing the issue.

1. Start the service first time

   # Copy the config file
   cp config_example.json ~/.gocryptotrader/config.json
   ./gocryptotrader

2. Stop the service by pressing Ctrl+C
3. Starting the server second time fails

   # reuse the previously created config file
   ./gocryptotrader

[Kunal]

It seems like requestFormat and configFormat is missing for ITBIT exchange when the config is saved during step (2)?

[Kunal]

Yeah the default currencyPairs config for ITBIT exchange is:

   "currencyPairs": {
    "bypassConfigFormatUpgrades": false,
    "requestFormat": {
     "uppercase": true
    },
    "configFormat": {
     "uppercase": true
    },
    "useGlobalFormat": true,
    "lastUpdated": 1591062026,
    "pairs": {
     "spot": {
      "assetEnabled": null,
      "enabled": "XBTUSD,XBTSGD",
      "available": "XBTUSD,XBTSGD"
     }
    }
   },

And requestFormat and configFormat go missing after the config file is saved during shutdown. Config after shutdown:

   "currencyPairs": {
    "bypassConfigFormatUpgrades": false,
    "lastUpdated": 1591062026,
    "pairs": {
     "spot": {
      "assetEnabled": true,
      "enabled": "XBTUSD,XBTSGD",
      "available": "XBTUSD,XBTSGD"
     }
    }
   },

[Adrian Gallagher]

Thanks for reporting this. Will get a proper fix for this shortly but for now you can edit the config for Itbit as follows:

   "currencyPairs": {
    "bypassConfigFormatUpgrades": false,
    "lastUpdated": 1591062026,
    "requestFormat": {
     "uppercase": true
    },
    "configFormat": {
     "uppercase": true,
     "delimiter": "-"
    },
    "useGlobalFormat": true,
    "pairs": {
     "spot": {
      "assetEnabled": true,
      "enabled": "XBT-USD,XBT-SGD",
      "available": "XBT-USD,XBT-SGD"
     }
    }
   },