ig-trading-api

IG Trading API

Unofficial IG Trading API for Node.js, written in TypeScript and covered by tests.

Features

• Typed. Source code is 100% TypeScript. No need to install external typings.
• Tested. Code coverage is 100%. No surprises when using ig-trading-api.
• Maintained. Automated security updates. No threats from outdated dependencies.
• Documented. Get started with the generated documentation.

Installation

npm

npm install ig-trading-api

Yarn

yarn add ig-trading-api

Usage

You can set the API gateway, when initializing the API client. Use APIClient.URL_DEMO (demo-api.ig.com) for demo accounts and APIClient.URL_LIVE (api.ig.com) for live account access.

Login

import {APIClient} from 'ig-trading-api';

const client = new APIClient(APIClient.URL_LIVE, {
  apiKey: 'your-api-key',
  username: 'your-username',
  password: 'your-password',
});

Search Trading Symbol

Make sure to use IG's Epic codes to find a trading symbol:

const query = 'BITCOIN';
const response = await client.rest.market.searchMarkets(query);
console.log(response.markets[0].epic);

Show available resolutions

Check the available intervals for retrieving data:

import {APIClient, Resolution} from 'ig-trading-api';
console.log(Resolution);

Retrieve historical data

const epic = 'UC.D.MSFT.CASH.IP';
const prices = await client.rest.market.price.getPrices(epic, Resolution.DAY, 5);

Subscribe to live data

Here is how you can subscribe to live candles and other updates from IG:

• stream.ts

More Examples

More code examples can be found in the demo directory.

Resources

• IG REST Trading API Reference
• IG API Companion
• IG Streaming Companion
• IG REST Trading API Limits
• Spreads, commissions and margins (in Germany)

IG Instrument Identifier (Epic)

Breakdown for "IX.D.DOW.DAILY.IP":

Symbol	Description	Example
IX	Hours of trading	"Index Out of Hours"
D	Tradability	"D" when tradeable
DOW	Underlying market	"Dow Jones"
DAILY	Indicator for processing method	"Daily" funded bet
IP	Asset type	"Intellectual Property"

Epics for testing:

Epic	Name	Environment	Trading Time
ED.D.DHERGY.CASH.IP	Delivery Hero SE	Live / Demo	Germany: 09:00 - 17:30
UC.D.MSFT.CASH.IP	Microsoft Corp	Live / Demo	Germany: 10:00 - 03:00
UA.D.COINUS.CASH.IP	Coinbase Global Inc	Live	Germany: 15:30 - 22:00

Development Setup

You can get up and running in just a few simple steps:

1. Run yarn (to install or update third-party dependencies)
2. Have a look at the .env.defaults file and make a copy (including your own credentials) with the name .env in the root directory of this repository (read more about dotenv files)
3. Run yarn demo:login to test your credentials

Maintainers

Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!

Feel free to check the issues page.

License

This project is MIT licensed.

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