IbPy - Interactive Brokers Python API
NOTE
Beginning with release 9.73, InteractiveBrokers is now officially supporting a new Python API client (Python 3 only). This should make this repo superfluous except for Python 2.
For more info: https://interactivebrokers.github.io/tws-api/#gsc.tab=0
What is IbPy?
IbPy is a third-party implementation of the API used for accessing the Interactive Brokers online trading system. IbPy implements functionality that the Python programmer can use to connect to IB, request stock ticker data, submit orders for stocks and futures, and more.
Installation
There is a package maintained on PyPI under the name IbPy2, it's version is in sync with the tags on GitHub.
pip install IbPy2
Alternatively, it can be installed from source. From within the IbPy directory, execute:
python setup.py install
Pip also supports installing directly from GitHub, e.g. if you want commit 83b9d08ed9c850d840a6700d0fb9c3ca164f9bff, use
pip install git+https://github.com/blampe/IbPy@83b9d08ed9c850d840a6700d0fb9c3ca164f9bff
How do I use IbPy?
See the IbPy wiki page https://github.com/blampe/IbPy/wiki/Getting-Started
What are the requirements?
- Python >2.5 or >3.3. Previous versions are not supported.
- Either a running instance of Trader Workstation (TWS) or IB Gateway.
License
IbPy is distributed under the New BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the release for details.
Note
IbPy is not a product of Interactive Brokers, nor is this project affiliated with IB.