cTrader Open API gets Python library
Spotware Systems, the developer of popular online trading platform cTrader, announces that cTrader Community team has released the first open source Python library for cTrader Open API, accompanied with a sample console application.
The new library makes it easier to use cTrader Open API using one of the most popular programming languages, Python. A console application has been also shipped, demonstrating the basic ways of using the library with Python. The project is open source and open to third party contributions.
Additional information about the cTrader Python Open API library and console application example can be found here.
Open API is part of the cTrader platform which is available for all cTrader brokers. It allows third party developers to develop Apps or services for cTrader users and integrate cTrader on their platforms. Open API uses Google Protocol Buffers for sending and receiving messages, it allows you to use any programming language you are familiar with to interact with the API.
The Open API 2.0 is the new version of the publicly available Protobuf-based API developed by Spotware. It allows third-party service providers to integrate additional tools and applications for trading and analysis with the data and functionality from cTrader platform.
cTrader Open API provides all the required cTID data, market data and performs all possible trading operations on behalf of other cTrader users.
Unlike the Open API version 1.0, which was using a different protocol for each scope (REST and Protocol Buffers), cTrader Open API 2.0 is designed to use solely protocol buffers. Now by using Protocol Buffers you can retrieve accounts information, market data, and trading data.