trading_ig

A lightweight wrapper for the IG Markets API written in Python. Simplifies access to the IG REST and Streaming APIs with a live or demo account.

What is it?

IG Markets provides financial spread betting and CFD platforms for trading equities, forex, commodities, indices, cryptocurrencies, bonds, rates, options and more.

IG provide APIs so that developers can access their platforms programmatically. Using the APIs you can get live and historical data, automate your trades, or create apps. For details about the IG APIs please see their site:

https://labs.ig.com/

NOTE: this is not an IG project. Use it at your own risk

Installation

From Python package index:

$ pip install trading_ig

with Poetry:

$ git clone https://github.com/ig-python/ig-markets-api-python-library
$ cd ig-markets-api-python-library
$ poetry install

or with optional packages:

$ poetry install --extras "pandas munch"

From source:

$ git clone https://github.com/ig-python/ig-markets-api-python-library
$ cd ig-markets-api-python-library
$ python setup.py install

or direct from Github:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/ig-python/ig-markets-api-python-library

Dependencies

• requests
• pycryptodome

For full details, see pyproject.toml

Docs

https://trading_ig.readthedocs.io/

License

BSD (See LICENSE)