Python Examples
Coinbase Watch Ticker
Coinbase Watch Ticker — CCXT Python code example.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Prefer watchTicker over polling fetchTicker in a loop: a single WebSocket
# subscription streams live updates instead of hammering the REST ticker endpoint.
import ccxt.pro
from importlib import import_module
from importlib.util import find_spec
run = import_module(next(filter(find_spec, ('uvloop', 'winloop', 'asyncio')))).run
async def main():
exchange = ccxt.pro.coinbase()
method = 'watchTicker'
print('CCXT Pro version', ccxt.pro.__version__)
if exchange.has[method]:
while True:
try:
ticker = await exchange.watch_ticker('BTC/USD')
print(exchange.iso8601(exchange.milliseconds()), ticker['symbol'], ticker['last'], ticker['bid'], ticker['ask'])
except Exception as e:
# stop
await exchange.close()
raise e
# or retry
# pass
else:
raise Exception(exchange.id + ' ' + method + ' is not supported or not implemented yet')
run(main())