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Install

The easiest way to install the ccxt library is to use builtin package managers:

This library is shipped as an all-in-one module implementation with minimalistic dependencies and requirements:

You can also clone it into your project directory from ccxt GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/kroitor/ccxt.git

An alternative way of installing this library into your code is to copy a single file manually into your working directory with language extension appropriate for your environment.

JavaScript (NPM)

JavaScript version of ccxt works both in Node and web browsers. Requires ES6 and async/await syntax support (Node 7.6.0+). When compiling with Webpack and Babel, make sure it is not excluded in your babel-loader config.

ccxt crypto trading library in npm

npm install ccxt
var ccxt = require ('ccxt')

console.log (ccxt.exchanges) // print all available exchanges

JavaScript (for use with the <script> tag):

All-in-one browser bundle (dependencies included), served from unpkg CDN, which is a fast, global content delivery network for everything on NPM.

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://unpkg.com/ccxt"></script>

Creates a global ccxt object:

console.log (ccxt.exchanges) // print all available exchanges

Python

ccxt algotrading library in PyPI

pip install ccxt
import ccxt
print(ccxt.exchanges) # print a list of all available exchange classes

The library supports concurrent asynchronous mode with asyncio and async/await in Python 3.5+

import ccxt.async as ccxt # link against the asynchronous version of ccxt

PHP

The autoloadable version of ccxt can be installed with Packagist/Composer (PHP 5.3+).

It can also be installed from the source code: ccxt.php

It requires common PHP modules:

  • cURL
  • mbstring (using UTF-8 is highly recommended)
  • PCRE
  • iconv
include "ccxt.php";
var_dump (\cxxt\Exchange::$exchanges); // print a list of all available exchange classes

Proxy

In some specific cases you may want a proxy, if you experience issues with DDoS protection by Cloudflare or your network / country / IP is rejected by their filters.

If you need a proxy, use the proxy property (a string literal) containing base URL of http(s) proxy. It is for use with web browsers and from blocked locations.

Bear in mind that each added intermediary contributes to the overall latency and roundtrip time. Longer delays can result in price slippage.

The absolute exchange endpoint URL is appended to proxy string before HTTP request is sent to exchange. The proxy setting is an empty string '' by default. Below are examples of a non-empty proxy string (last slash is mandatory!):

  • kraken.proxy = 'https://crossorigin.me/'
  • gdax.proxy = 'https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/'

Python Proxies

The python version of the library uses the python-requests package for underlying HTTP and supports all means of customization available in the requests package, including proxies.

You can configure proxies by setting the environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY.

$ export HTTP_PROXY="http://10.10.1.10:3128"
$ export HTTPS_PROXY="http://10.10.1.10:1080"

After exporting the above variables with your proxy settings, all reqeusts from within ccxt will be routed through those proxies.

You can also set them programmatically:

import ccxt
exchange = ccxt.poloniex({
    'proxies': {
        'http': 'http://10.10.1.10:3128',
        'https': 'http://10.10.1.10:1080',
    },
})

Or

import ccxt
exchange = ccxt.poloniex()
exchange.proxies = {
  'http': 'http://10.10.1.10:3128',
  'https': 'http://10.10.1.10:1080',
}

A more detailed documentation on using proxies with the sync python version of the ccxt library can be found here:

CORS (Access-Control-Allow-Origin)

CORS is Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. When accessing the HTTP REST API of an exchange from browser with ccxt library you may get a warning or an exception, saying No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. That means that the exchange admins haven't enabled access to their API from arbitrary web browser pages.

You can still use the ccxt library from your browser via a CORS-proxy, which is very easy to set up or install. There are also public CORS proxies on the internet, like https://crossorigin.me.

To run your own CORS proxy locally you can either set up one of the existing ones or make a quick script of your own, like shown below.

Node.js CORS Proxy

// JavaScript CORS Proxy
// Save this in a file like cors.js and run with `node cors [port]`
// It will listen for your requests on the port you pass in command line or port 8080 by default
let port = (process.argv.length > 2) ? parseInt (process.argv[2]) : 8080; // default
require ('cors-anywhere').createServer ().listen (port, 'localhost')

Python CORS Proxy

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Python CORS Proxy
# Save this in a file like cors.py and run with `python cors.py [port]` or `cors [port]`
try:
    # Python 3
    from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, test as test_orig
    import sys
    def test (*args):
        test_orig (*args, port = int (sys.argv[1]) if len (sys.argv) > 1 else 8080)
except ImportError: # Python 2
    from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer, test
    from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler

class CORSRequestHandler (SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def end_headers (self):
        self.send_header ('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
        SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.end_headers (self)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    test (CORSRequestHandler, HTTPServer)

Testing CORS

After you set it up and run it, you can test it by querying the target URL of exchange endpoint through the proxy (like https://localhost:8080/https://exchange.com/path/to/endpoint).

To test the CORS you can do either of the following:

  • set up proxy somewhere in your browser settings, then go to endpoint URL https://exchange.com/path/to/endpoint
  • type that URL directly in the address bar as https://localhost:8080/https://exchange.com/path/to/endpoint
  • cURL it from command like curl https://localhost:8080/https://exchange.com/path/to/endpoint

To let ccxt know of the proxy, you can set the proxy property on your exchange instance.