IB rest api experiences??

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theakson

Hi all
I'm about to start looking into using the IB rest api for my personal trading. I'm moving from Python to Julia ( under duress from MIT :-) )) and thought it would be a giggle to see how well it performs. I was wondering if anyone else has tried it out? I would be interested in how easy it was to get a stream of symbol pricing data going. The documentation makes it look simple but...

the IB python API was darn good and I'm hoping for the same experience with the rest api. The only drawback so far is that it seems to need a running gateway, shame. IEX use a token system which seems more webby.
happy new year to all
tk
 
what duress from MIT? please elaborate.
Latency of stuff going thru IB servers is so high doesn't matter what language u pick. Should pick the one that you can code fastest
 
it was a joke. I have many many chums from both Stanford and MIT.

My question poorly phrased.

I want to see how well Julia performs and that has nothing to do with IB so latency is not the issue. My bad.

I want to know if anyone has actually coded ANYTHING to the REST API and what their experiences were. Here are some more specific questions.

1 Is the REST API stable? (can you start up the gateway and just let it run for a week until the weekend reboot) if not what is the main issue.

2 Is the REST API accurate? ( does it give you what you ask for consistently)

Again sorry for the poorly phrased op. IB latency is NOT the issue here, I'm looking to spend more time looking into JULIA and less time into working on the data feed. I figured that someone here had used the REST API or the REST API BETA and could comment.
 
theakson said:
it was a joke. I have many many chums from both Stanford and MIT.

My question poorly phrased.

I want to see how well Julia performs and that has nothing to do with IB so latency is not the issue. My bad.

I want to know if anyone has actually coded ANYTHING to the REST API and what their experiences were. Here are some more specific questions.

1 Is the REST API stable? (can you start up the gateway and just let it run for a week until the weekend reboot) if not what is the main issue.

2 Is the REST API accurate? ( does it give you what you ask for consistently)

Again sorry for the poorly phrased op. IB latency is NOT the issue here, I'm looking to spend more time looking into JULIA and less time into working on the data feed. I figured that someone here had used the REST API or the REST API BETA and could comment.
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yes to both 1&2
work with python u will thank me later
try ib insync
 
have worked with python for 6 years
was on the insync beta and have code running with it for years. Ewald is a star.

when you set up the gateway does the nightly reboot work consistently. For insync we use TWS and have never used the gateway.

thank you for your help most appreciated
 
Could someone explain the main benefits of using IB insync? Is it mainly because you have Ewald to help? Is it async functionality?
 
Ewald has created the fastest path to using Python on Ib's api. Even if you just run his cookbook examples and work from there you will be off and running VERY quickly. I don't use it for trading just for data flow and I love it. Make sure you join his group and PLEASE read the posts before asking. Normally someone has hit the problem you have. Ewald is great when it comes to helping out as is the rest of the group. Most people think async is tricky but it really isn't, insync insulates you from a lot of the noise but it's useful to understand what is going on so I would take the time.
 
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