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IbPy - Interactive Brokers Python API
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IbPy Released :release_date:
What is IbPy?
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IbPy is a third-party implementation of the API used for accessing the
Interactive Brokers on-line trading system. IbPy implements functionality that
the Python programmer can use to connect to IB, request stock ticker data,
submit orders for stocks and futures, and more.
What's new in this release?
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* TWS API version :twsapi_ver: now supported
* Over 60% test coverage and growing
* Fixed outstanding bugs in EReader generated source
* Module ib.opt.logger moved to ib.lib.logger
* Class ib.opt.Connection moved to new ib.opt.connection module
* Added script to filter TWS log files; see `demo/log_filter`
* Added ib.sym package to hold various symbolic constants
* Many small enhancements to ib.opt package
* Python 3 support
Where can I get IbPy?
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GitHub:
https://github.com/blampe/IbPy
Older versions of IbPy are available for download from Google Code:
https://code.google.com/p/ibpy/downloads/list
Project page:
http://code.google.com/p/ibpy/
How do I use IbPy?
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See the IbPy wiki page "Getting Started with IbPy":
http://code.google.com/p/ibpy/wiki/GettingStarted
What are the requirements?
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IbPy requires Python 2.5 or newer. Previous versions are not supported.
TWS requires a web browser capable of executing Sun(R) Java(tm) applets. TWS
can also be started directly with Sun(R) Java(tm) and the stand-alone package
supplied by Interactive Brokers.
What is Interactive Brokers?
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From the page "About The Interactive Brokers Group" [2]:
> Interactive Brokers conducts its broker/dealer and proprietary trading
> businesses on 60 market centers worldwide. In its broker dealer agency
> business, IB provides direct access ("on line") trade execution and clearing
> services to institutional and professional traders for a wide variety of
> electronically traded products including options, futures, stocks, forex, and
> bonds worldwide. In its proprietary trading business IB engages in market
> making for its own account in about 6,500 different electronically traded
> products. Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates now trade 19% of the
> world’s exchange traded equity options, and executes approximately 500,000
> trades per day.
What is Python?
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From the page "What is Python?" [1]:
> Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
> It is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java.
> Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules,
> classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing.
> There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to
> various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC). New built-in modules
> are easily written in C or C++. Python is also usable as an extension
> language for applications that need a programmable interface.
> The Python implementation is portable: it runs on many brands of UNIX, on
> Windows, DOS, OS/2, Mac, Amiga... If your favorite system isn't listed here,
> it may still be supported, if there's a C compiler for it. Ask around on
> comp.lang.python -- or just try compiling Python yourself.
> The Python implementation is copyrighted but freely usable and distributable,
> even for commercial use.
What Else?
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IbPy is not a product of Interactive Brokers, nor is this project affiliated
with IB.
IbPy is installed with distutils. Refer to the Python distutils documentation
for more information. The digest version is:
$ tar xzf :release_file:
$ cd :release_root:
$ python setup.py install
The TWS demo system is available here:
http://interactivebrokers.com/cgi-pub/jtslink.pl?user_name=edemo
The stand-alone TWS and other API software is available from IB:
http://interactivebrokers.com/
IbPy is distributed under the New BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the
release for details.
I'm very interested in your experience with IbPy. Please drop me an note with
any feedback you have.
Troy Melhase
[1]: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/about/about.php
[2]: http://python.org/doc/Summary.html