Alpaca Trading SDK

class src.boatwright.External_Interfaces.Alpaca.Alpaca_Trading_API.AlpacaAuth(api_key, secret_key)

https://docs.alpaca.markets/docs/authentication-1

class src.boatwright.External_Interfaces.Alpaca.Alpaca_Trading_API.AlpacaTrading(api_key, api_secret, paper=False, debug=False)

HTTP/REST Client for Alpaca Trading API The rate limit is 200 requests every minute per API key.

cancel_order(order_id)

Attempts to cancel an open order. If the order is no longer cancelable (example: status = filled), the server will respond with status 422, and reject the request. Upon acceptance of the cancel request, it returns status 204. https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/cancel-an-order-by-id

delete(path_url, params=None)

“generic delete request structure

get(path_url, params=None)

“generic post request structure

get_all_open_positions()

Retrieves a list of the account’s open positions https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/getallopenpositions

get_an_open_position(symbol_or_asset_id)

Retrieves the account’s open position for the given symbol or assetId. https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/getopenposition

get_asset_by_id(symbol_or_asset_id)

https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/retrieving-an-asset-by-id-or-symbol

get_assets()

https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/retrieving-all-assets

get_order_by_client_id(client_order_id)

gets order by client order_id https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/retrieve-an-order-by-id

get_order_by_id(order_id)

gets order by broker order_id https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/retrieve-an-order-by-id

post(path_url, data)

“generic post request structure

post_order(symbol, side, type, time_in_force, qty=None, notional=None, limit_price=None, stop_price=None, trail_price=None, trail_percent=None, extended_hours=False, client_order_id=None, order_class=None, take_profit=None, stop_loss=None)

Places a new order for the given account. An order request may be rejected if the account is not authorized for trading, or if the tradable balance is insufficient to fill the order. https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/submit-an-order https://docs.alpaca.markets/docs/orders-at-alpaca

Parameters:

  • symbol (str)

  • side (str)

  • type (str)

  • time_in_force (str)

  • qty (str)

  • notional (str)

  • limit_price (str)

  • stop_price (str)

  • trail_price (str)

  • trail_percent (str)

  • extended_hours (bool)

  • client_order_id (str)

  • order_class (str)

  • take_profit (dict)

  • stop_loss (dict)

retrieve_account()

https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/retrieve-account