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Fetch Order Book Rtt

Fetch Order Book Rtt — CCXT Python code example.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
import sys
from pprint import pprint


import ccxt  # noqa: E402


# WARNING!
# This example measures the round-trip time by fetching the orderbook from an exchange
# In order to measure the speed of requests it disables the rate-limiting
# Disabling the rate-limiter is required to do an accurate measurement
# If you keep running without a rate limiter for a long time the exchange will ban you
# In a live production system always use either the built-in rate limiter or make your own


def main():

    # the exchange instance has to be reused
    # do not recreate the exchange before each call!

    exchange = ccxt.binance({

        # if you do not rate-limit your requests the exchange can ban you!
        'enableRateLimit': False,  # /docs/manual#rate-limit

    })

    exchange.load_markets()  # /docs/manual#loading-markets

    # exchange.verbose = True  # uncomment for debugging purposes if needed

    symbol = 'BTC/USDT'

    results = []
    num_iterations = 50

    for i in range(0, num_iterations):
        started = exchange.milliseconds()
        orderbook = exchange.fetch_order_book(symbol)
        ended = exchange.milliseconds()
        elapsed = ended - started
        print(elapsed, 'ms')
        results.append(elapsed)

    pprint(results)

    rtt = int(sum(results) / len(results))
    print('Successfully tested', num_iterations, 'calls, the average round-trip time per call is', rtt, 'milliseconds')


main()