README.rst

BTFXWSS

Client for Bitfinex Websocket API written in Python

Currently supports all public endpoints; authenticated channels are a work in progress.

Offers graceful exception handling of common server errors.

Data is stored within BtfxWss as `Queue`s. There are convenience methods available to retrieve a queue for a given type. Consult the code for more documentation.

Please note that you must take care of handling data in the queues yourself! Not doing so will eventually result in `MemoryError`s, since the queues do not have a maximum length defined.

Installation

Via pip:

pip install btfxwss

Usage

Starting a session and subscribing to channels.

from btfxwss import BtfxWss

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, filename='test.log')
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

fh = logging.FileHandler('test.log')
fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
sh = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
sh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

log.addHandler(sh)
log.addHandler(fh)

wss = BtfxWss()
wss.start()
while not wss.connection.is_connected.is_set():
    time.sleep(1)

# Subscribe to some channels
wss.subscribe_to_ticker('BTCUSD')
wss.subscribe_to_order_book('BTCUSD')

# Send a ping - if this returns silently, everything's fine.
wss.ping()

# Do something else
t = time.time()
while time.time() - t < 10:
    pass

Accessing data stored in BtfxWss:

ticker_q = wss.tickers('BTCUSD')  # returns a Queue object for the pair.
while not ticker_q.empty():
    print(ticker_q.get())

Unsubscribing from channels:

wss.ticker('BTCUSD', unsubscribe=True)
wss.ticker('BTCEUR', unsubscribe=True)

Shutting down the client:

wss.stop()

Your help is required

If you find any bugs, error or have feature requests, please don't hesitate to open an issue. Be as descriptive as possible, and I'll look into the matter as soon as I can.

Thanks

A big thanks to the devs providing the websocket-client library, as well ekulyk for providing the PythonPusherClient, which I used as a reference for the connection class. And finally, a big thanks to all the people submitting issues, discussing solutions and simply starring the project - you all help me stay excited and motivated for this project! Cheers to you.