Thanks to the library IbPy is very easy to access the Interactive Brokers API with Python and perform all the functionality it allows.
In this post I share a very basic use of it just for downloading the updated porftolio.
""" This script will contain functions for accessing the IB API """ #=============================================================================== # LIBRARIES #=============================================================================== from ib.opt import ibConnection, message from time import sleep #=============================================================================== # Class IB_API #=============================================================================== class IB_API: """ This class will establish a connection to IB and group the different operations """ def __init__(self): """ Connection to the IB API """ print "Calling connection" # Creation of Connection class self.connection = ibConnection() # Register data handlers self.connection.registerAll(self.process_messages) # Connect self.connection.connect() def process_messages(self, msg): """ Function that indicates how to process each different message """ if msg.typeName == "updatePortfolio": print msg def get_account_updates(self): """ Call for updated portfolio information """ print "Calling Portfolio" self.connection.reqAccountUpdates(1, '') sleep(10) if __name__ == '__main__': ib = IB_API() ib.get_account_updates() |
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