python-okx

Overview

This is an unofficial Python wrapper for the OKX exchange v5 API

If you came here looking to purchase cryptocurrencies from the OKX exchange, please go here.

Source code

https://github.com/okxapi/python-okx

OKX API Telegram

https://t.me/OKXAPI

API trading tutorials

• Spot trading: https://www.okx.com/help/how-can-i-do-spot-trading-with-the-jupyter-notebook
• Derivative trading: https://www.okx.com/help/how-can-i-do-derivatives-trading-with-the-jupyter-notebook

Make sure you update often and check the Changelog for new features and bug fixes.

Features

• Implementation of all Rest API endpoints.
• Private and Public Websocket implementation
• Testnet support
• Websocket handling with reconnection and multiplexed connections

Quick start

Prerequisites

python version：>=3.9

WebSocketAPI： websockets package advise version 6.0

Step 1: register an account on OKX and apply for an API key

• Register for an account: https://www.okx.com/account/register
• Apply for an API key: https://www.okx.com/account/users/myApi

Step 2: install python-okx

pip install python-okx

Step 3: Run examples

• Fill in API credentials in the corresponding examples

api_key = ""
secret_key = ""
passphrase = ""

• RestAPI
  • For spot trading: run example/get_started_en.ipynb
  • For derivative trading: run example/trade_derivatives_en.ipynb
  • Tweak the value of the parameter flag (live trading: 0, demo trading: 1 ) to switch between live and demo trading environment
• WebSocketAPI
  • Run test/WsPrivateTest.py for private websocket channels
  • Run test/WsPublicTest.py for public websocket channels
  • Use different URLs for different environment
    • Live trading URLs: https://www.okx.com/docs-v5/en/#overview-production-trading-services
    • Demo trading URLs: https://www.okx.com/docs-v5/en/#overview-demo-trading-services

Note

• To learn more about OKX API, visit official OKX API documentation

• If you face any questions when using WebSocketAPI,you can consult the following links

  • asyncio、websockets document/github：

    https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-dev.html
    https://websockets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intro.html
    https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets
    

  • About code=1006：

    https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py/issues/1996
    https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/issues/587