wiki/examples/py/fetch-ohlcv-on-new-candle.md
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
import sys
import time
import ccxt # noqa: E402
from ccxt.base.decimal_to_precision import ROUND_UP # noqa: E402
# common constants
msec = 1000
minute = 60 * msec
hold = 30
exchange = ccxt.binance()
limit = 500
timeframe = "5m"
interval = exchange.parse_timeframe(timeframe) * 1000
while True:
try:
print(exchange.milliseconds(), 'Fetching candles')
since = exchange.round_timeframe(timeframe, exchange.milliseconds(), ROUND_UP) - (limit * interval)
ohlcv = exchange.fetch_ohlcv('ETH/BTC', timeframe, since=since, limit=limit)
print(exchange.milliseconds(), 'Fetched', len(ohlcv), 'candles')
first = ohlcv[0][0]
last = ohlcv[-1][0]
print('First candle epoch', first, exchange.iso8601(first))
print('Last candle epoch', last, exchange.iso8601(last))
# Calculate time to next candle and sleep for that many seconds
sleeptime = (exchange.round_timeframe(timeframe, last, ROUND_UP) - exchange.milliseconds()) / 1000
print('sleeping for: ', sleeptime, 's', sleeptime // 60, 'min')
time.sleep(sleeptime)
except (ccxt.ExchangeError, ccxt.AuthenticationError, ccxt.ExchangeNotAvailable, ccxt.RequestTimeout) as error:
print('Got an error', type(error).__name__, error.args, ', retrying in', hold, 'seconds...')
time.sleep(hold)