poloniex

Poloniex python API client for humans

Description

Poloniex API client for humans

Installation

The package has been uploaded to PyPI, so you can install it with pip:

$ pip install poloniex

Usage Examples

Documentation can be inspected by calling the python's help function with a Poloniex object as parameter:

from poloniex import Poloniex
polo = Poloniex()
help(polo)

Public APIs

from poloniex import Poloniex
polo = Poloniex()
ticker = polo.returnTicker()['BTC_ETH']
print(ticker)

Private APIs

from poloniex import Poloniex
import os

api_key = os.environ.get('POLONIEX_API_KEY')
api_secret = os.environ.get('POLONIEX_SECRET')
polo = Poloniex(api_key, api_secret)

ticker = polo.returnTicker()['BTC_ETH']
print(ticker)

balances = polo.returnBalances()
print(balances)

Used in

• crypto_trader: Trading automation on poloniex cyriptocoin exchange

Common Errors

If you are having a nonce error or an exception like this one below, you probably need to generate a new api key-secret pair.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/name/.PyCharmCE2018.2/config/scratches/scratch.py", line 10, in <module>
    balances = polo.returnBalances()
  File "C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python27\site-packages\poloniex\poloniex.py", line 183, in returnBalances
    return self._private('returnBalances')
  File "C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python27\site-packages\poloniex\poloniex.py", line 50, in _fn
    raise PoloniexCommandException(respdata['error'])
poloniex.exceptions.PoloniexCommandException: Nonce must be greater than 1532206573738226. You provided 1533067257748.

Process finished with exit code 1

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