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clikraken
=========
*Note: As of 2019, I do not intend to maintain this tool further myself.
Feel free to fork it if you want. If a well maintained fork appears, let
me know so I can link to it from here.*
**Command-line client for the Kraken exchange**
This command line client allows you to get useful public and private
information from `Kraken's API <https://www.kraken.com/help/api>`__ and
displays it in formatted tables.
Moreover you can place or cancel simple orders (only simple or leveraged
buy/sell market/limit orders are currently implemented).
It is mainly oriented as an alternative to manually entering orders on
Kraken's webpages, to save some time and eliminate mouse clicks. It is
not optimized for automated use.
See package on PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/clikraken
**WARNING**: This software is currently in development. I consider it in
*beta* state, which means that it works well enough for me but hasn't
been thoroughly tested. There are probably undetected bugs left. **Use
at your own risk!**
See list of changes in the `Changelog <CHANGELOG.md>`__.
Installation
------------
Step 0: Create a virtualenv (optional)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can install it in a virtualenv if you wish to keep this program and
dependencies isolated from the rest of your system, but that's not
mandatory.
::
mkdir -p ~/.venv # or any folder of your choice
pyvenv ~/.venv/clikraken
And activate it:
::
source ~/.venv/clikraken/bin/activate
Step 1: Install clikraken
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
::
pip install clikraken
If everything went well, ``clikraken --version`` should output the
program's version without error.
Step 2: Add your API key in the file ``~/.config/clikraken/kraken.key``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You will need it to perform private queries to the Kraken API.
(Create the config folder if needed: ``mkdir -p ~/.config/clikraken``)
::
keykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykeykey
secretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecretsecret
You should probably change the permissions to this file to protect it:
``chmod 600 ~/.config/clikraken/kraken.key``
Alternatively, you can set a path in the environment variable
``CLIKRAKEN_API_KEYFILE`` to override the default keyfile location.
Step 3 (optional): Generate a settings file and adapt it to your needs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
clikraken looks for settings in ``~/.config/clikraken/settings.ini`` per
default.
If the settings file doesn't exist yet, default settings are assumed.
You can see the default settings by calling
``clikraken generate_settings``. Currently these settings are mostly
useful for defining the default currency pair to use if the option
``--pair`` (or ``-p``) is not provided. *The current built-in default
pair is XETHZEUR* (Ethereum/Euro). You may want to change that if you
are mostly trading with another currency pair. Alternatively, you can
set the environment variable ``CLIKRAKEN_DEFAULT_PAIR`` to override the
default currency pair.
You can generate your ``settings.ini`` by doing the following:
::
mkdir -p ~/.config/clikraken # only if the folder doesn't exist yet
clikraken generate_settings > ~/.config/clikraken/settings.ini
Alternatively, you can set a path in the environment variable
``CLIKRAKEN_USER_SETTINGS_PATH`` to override the default user settings
file location.
Usage
-----
If installed in a virtualenv, don't forget to activate it first:
``source ~/.venv/clikraken/bin/activate`` (When you are done using
clikraken, you can deactivate the virtualenv with ``deactivate``.)
This command line client works by calling subcommands with their
respective options and arguments (similar to git).
Get help to see the available subcommands:
::
clikraken --help
Output:
::
usage: clikraken [-h] [-V] [--debug] [--raw] [--csv]
[--csvseparator CSVSEPARATOR] [--cron]
{generate_settings,asset_pairs,ap,ticker,t,depth,d,last_trades,lt,ohlc,oh,balance,bal,trade_balance,tbal,place,p,cancel,x,olist,ol,positions,pos,clist,cl,ledgers,lg,trades,tr,deposit_methods,dm,deposit_addresses,da}
...
clikraken - Command line client for the Kraken exchange
positional arguments:
{generate_settings,asset_pairs,ap,ticker,t,depth,d,last_trades,lt,ohlc,oh,balance,bal,trade_balance,tbal,place,p,cancel,x,olist,ol,positions,pos,clist,cl,ledgers,lg,trades,tr,deposit_methods,dm,deposit_addresses,da}
available subcommands
generate_settings [clikraken] Print default settings.ini to stdout
asset_pairs (ap) [public] Get the list of available asset pairs
ticker (t) [public] Get the ticker
depth (d) [public] Get the current market depth data
last_trades (lt) [public] Get the last trades
ohlc (oh) [public] Get ohlc data
balance (bal) [private] Get your current balance
trade_balance (tbal)
[private] Get your current trade balance
place (p) [private] Place an order
cancel (x) [private] Cancel orders
olist (ol) [private] Get a list of your open orders
positions (pos) [private] Get a list of your open positions
clist (cl) [private] Get a list of your closed orders
ledgers (lg) [private] Get ledgers info
trades (tr) [private] Get trades history
deposit_methods (dm)
[private] Get deposit methods
deposit_addresses (da)
[private] Get deposit addresses
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version show program version
--debug debug mode
--raw output raw json results from the API
--csv output results from the API as CSV
--csvseparator CSVSEPARATOR
separator character to use with CSV output
--cron activate cron mode (tone down errors due to timeouts
or unavailable Kraken service)
To get help about a subcommand use: clikraken SUBCOMMAND --help
For example:
clikraken place --help
Current default currency pair: XETHZEUR.
Create or edit the setting file /home/zertrin/.config/clikraken/settings.ini to change it.
If the setting file doesn't exist yet, you can create one by doing:
clikraken generate_settings > /home/zertrin/.config/clikraken/settings.ini
You can also set the CLIKRAKEN_DEFAULT_PAIR environment variable
which has precedence over the settings from the settings file.
Each subcommand has different optional arguments, to get information on
how to use a subcommand:
::
clikraken SUBCOMMAND --help
For example, the ``place`` subcommand has the following help:
::
usage: clikraken place [-h] [-l LEVERAGE] [-p PAIR] [-t {market,limit}]
[-s STARTTM] [-e EXPIRETM] [-r USERREF] [-q] [-T]
[-v]
{sell,buy} volume [price]
positional arguments:
{sell,buy}
volume
price
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l LEVERAGE, --leverage LEVERAGE
leverage for margin trading (default: none)
-p PAIR, --pair PAIR asset pair (default: XETHZEUR)
-t {market,limit}, --ordertype {market,limit}
order type. Currently implemented: [limit, market].
(default: limit)
-s STARTTM, --starttm STARTTM
scheduled start time (default: 0)
-e EXPIRETM, --expiretm EXPIRETM
expiration time (default: 0)
-r USERREF, --userref USERREF
user reference id. 32-bit signed number. (optional)
(default: None)
-q, --viqc volume in quote currency (default: False)
-T, --nopost disable 'post-only' option (for limit taker orders)
(default: False)
-v, --validate validate inputs only. do not submit order (default:
False)
Usage examples
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notice: Without the ``-p`` option, the default currency pair is taken
from the settings file or the aforementioned environment variable,
defaulting to ``XETHZEUR`` if neither of those exists.
::
clikraken ticker
clikraken balance
clikraken depth
clikraken ohlc --interval 15 --since 1508513700
clikraken place buy -t limit 0.42 11.1337
clikraken place buy -t market 0.1
# without the -t option, defaults to limit orders
clikraken place sell 0.5 13.3701
clikraken cancel OUQUPX-9FBMJ-DL7L6W
Using leverage (maximum multiplier allowed depends on the currency pair
chosen):
::
# open a short position with 5:1 leverage
clikraken place sell 0.1 -l 5
clikraken positions
clikraken trade_balance
# to close an open position the same volume and leverage should be used
clikraken place buy -t limit 0.1 1492.0 -l 5
Examples in another currency pair:
::
# BTC/EUR currency pair
clikraken ticker -p XXBTZEUR
clikraken depth -p XXBTZEUR
clikraken place buy 0.08 587.12 -p XXBTZEUR
clikraken olist -p XXBTZEUR
# ETH/BTC currency pair
clikraken ticker -p XETHXXBT
clikraken depth -p XETHXXBT
clikraken last_trades -p XETHXXBT
Global options examples:
::
# format the output as CSV data
clikraken --csv ohlc
# change the separator character for output in CSV format
clikraken --csv --csvseparator "|" ohlc
clikraken --csv --csvseparator "\t" ohlc
# output the raw JSON output from Kraken API
clikraken --raw ticker
Store the results in a file:
::
# store the results as CSV file
clikraken --csv ohlc > /path/to/my/results.csv
Upgrade
-------
::
pip install -U clikraken
Attribution
-----------
clikraken code is licensed under the Apache license, Version 2.0. See
the ``LICENSE`` file. For the full text, see
`here <https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>`__.
Requirements
------------
Python 3.4+
clikraken is tested with Python 3.4 to 3.6. Future Python versions
should be compatible but haven't been tested yet.
There is no plan to support Python 2 at all and it's unlikely that
Python 3.0 to 3.3 will ever be supported. Sorry!
clikraken has been tested on Linux (Debian Jessie) and Windows. I guess
it should work with other systems but your mileage may vary.
Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The dependencies should be automatically installed when installing
clikraken with pip. But if working in a fresh environment (for example
after cloning the source code to develop), you may need to install these
manually with pip.
- ``pip install -r requirements.txt``
The following modules are used by clikraken.
- `krakenex <https://github.com/veox/python3-krakenex>`__ is licensed
under the LGPLv3 license.
- `arrow <https://github.com/crsmithdev/arrow/blob/master/LICENSE>`__
is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
- `tabulate <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tabulate>`__ is licensed
under the MIT License.
- `colorlog <https://github.com/borntyping/python-colorlog>`__ is
licensed under the MIT License.
Development dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The development dependencies are only needed for developing, testing and
packaging clikraken.
- GNU Make if using the provided Makefile
- ``pip install -r requirements_dev.txt``
Quickstart for developing on clikraken
--------------------------------------
Setup
~~~~~
- Clone this repository and cd into it.
- Preferably create and activate a fresh virtualenv.
- ``python3 -m venv /path/to/your/venv``
- ``source /path/to/your/venv/bin/activate`` (for windows, omit
``source``)
- If make is available: ``make setup_dev``
- Otherwise:
- ``pip install -r requirements.txt``
- ``pip install -r requirements_dev.txt``
- ``python setup.py develop``
Tests
~~~~~
Tests can be run by calling ``tox``.
Contributors
------------
Special thanks to @t0neg, @citec and @melko for their contributions to
clikraken.
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