wiki/examples/js/create-order-handle-errors.md
// @NO_AUTO_TRANSPILE
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import ccxt from '../../js/ccxt.js';
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(async () => {
const exchange = new ccxt.binance({
'apiKey': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'secret': 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY',
'verbose': false, // set to true to see more debugging output
'timeout': 60000,
});
// try to load markets first, retry on request timeouts until it succeeds:
while (true) {
try {
await exchange.loadMarkets();
break;
}
catch (e) {
if (e instanceof ccxt.RequestTimeout)
console.log(exchange.iso8601(Date.now()), e.constructor.name, e.message);
}
}
const symbol = 'ETH/BTC';
const orderType = 'limit';
const side = 'sell';
const amount = 0.321;
const price = 0.123;
// try just one attempt to create an order
try {
const response = await exchange.createOrder(symbol, orderType, side, amount, price);
console.log(response);
console.log('Succeeded');
}
catch (e) {
console.log(exchange.iso8601(Date.now()), e.constructor.name, e.message);
console.log('Failed');
}
})();