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Add order

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/url"
  krakenapi "github.com/beldur/kraken-go-api-client"
)

func main() {
  api := krakenapi.New("API_KEY", "API_SECRET")
  args := url.Values{
    "pair":      {"XXBTZUSD"},
    "type":      {"buy"},
    "ordertype": {"limit"},
    "price":     {"50000"},
    "volume":    {"1.0"},
  }
  resp, err := api.AddOrder("XXBTZUSD", "buy", "limit", "1.0", args)
  fmt.Println(resp, err)
}

Get OHLC data

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/url"
  krakenapi "github.com/beldur/kraken-go-api-client"
)

func main() {
  api := krakenapi.New("", "")
  resp, err := api.Query("OHLC", url.Values{
    "pair":     {"XXBTZUSD"},
    "interval": {"60"},
  })
  fmt.Println(resp, err)
}

Get asset pairs

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/url"
  krakenapi "github.com/beldur/kraken-go-api-client"
)

func main() {
  api := krakenapi.New("", "")
  resp, err := api.AssetPairs(url.Values{
    "pair": {"XXBTZUSD,XETHZUSD"},
  })
  fmt.Println(resp, err)
}

Get ticker

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  krakenapi "github.com/beldur/kraken-go-api-client"
)

func main() {
  api := krakenapi.New("", "")
  resp, err := api.Ticker("XXBTZUSD")
  fmt.Println(resp.XXBTZUSD.C[0], err) // last trade price
}

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