Websockets

[arvicco]

Websockets

[erubboli-bfx]

Hi @arvicco, you should use the listen_account method passing a block, this is a full working example :

require 'bitfinex'

Bitfinex::Client.configure do |conf|
    conf.api_key = ENV["BFX_KEY"]
    conf.secret = ENV["BFX_SECRET"]
end

client = Bitfinex::Client.new

client.listen_account do |c|
  puts "account: #{c.inspect}"
end

client.listen_ticker do |t|
  puts "tick: #{t.inspect}"
end

client.listen_book do |b|
  puts "book: #{b.inspect}"
end

client.listen_trades do |b|
  puts "trades: #{b.inspect}"
end

client.listen!

[arvicco]

Ah, sorry - it works now, I wasn't using the module API correctly - you need to call it's methods on Bitfinex::Client.

[prdn]

We are working on the websocket feed, should be ready soon.

[arvicco]

Great! I messed around with it a bit and got public channels working with code like:

bws = Bitfinex::Websocket::EMClient.new
bws.on ('open') { |_| bws.send( event: 'subscribe', channel: 'trades', pair: 'BTCUSD') }
bws.on ('message') { | json |  pp JSON.parse(json) }
bws.run!

I'm still not sure how to handle auth though, in order to receive account-specific channels. Maybe you happen have a Ruby snippet handy that you could share? I'm a bit obtuse with Javascript.

[prdn]

@arvicco have a look here: #7

[arvicco]

Thanks! I tried to use new WebsocketConnection module to do ws auth, but no luck so far: 'websocket_connection.rb:27:in ws_auth': undefined methodsign' for main:Object (NoMethodError)'

[arvicco]

Great job, guys! It does all I need atm.

[ilyacherevkov]

Do I understand correctly that this websocket API is for live feed only? And it's not suited to place/cancel orders etc?