New Order Example

[gtman002]

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OS:       Win 10
Python:   3.6.3
krakenex: 3

What are you trying to achieve?

I want to write a python program to place a new order, and am wondering what type of feedback I should be expecting from the Kraken API. I have installed Krakenex with pip3 and can succesfully look up balances and get a response as expected, but when I run code for new order, I get an appropriate pause (3 - 10 seconds), but no response at all. No error, or anything.

# code sample
import krakenex
from requests.exceptions import HTTPError

k = krakenex.API()
k.load_key('kraken.key')

tradepair = 'LTCUSD'
volume_units = 1
buy_price = 1
sell_price = 1000


k.query_private('AddOrder',
                {'pair': tradepair,
                 'type': 'buy',
                 'ordertype': 'limit',
                 'price': buy_price,
                 'volume': volume_units,
                 # only `ordertype`, `price` and `price2` are valid
                 'close[ordertype]': 'limit',
                 'close[price]': sell_price,
                 # these will be ignored!
                 'close[pair]': tradepair,
                 'close[type]': 'sell',
                 'close[volume]': volume_units})

What do you expect to happen?

I would expect to get a response of some sort that has TXID, or an error message saying I don't have enough USD to complete the order.

What happens instead?

After a pause, I get a command prompt.

# error message
no error messages

I have no balance, so I don't expect the trade order to be successful, but I would expect something back.

[veox]

Duplicate of #73? In particular: #73 (comment)

Also, there is no krakenex version 3. The latest tagged one is v2.0.0.

[gtman002]

Thanks very much for responding quickly. Yes #73 was the same issue and the reply there was helpful. Also, #65 (retries) looks like something I'd like to try to implement.

To change the api.py file, would I just replace or edit it in the installed directory:
(on Win10)
c:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\krakenex\ ?

Version is 2.0.0

[veox]

Check PR #66 linked from issue #65. There are already implementations of the "retry" approach.

I assume this can be closed.