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I have used quickfix in c++. I am trying to use the python version. Documentation seems a little sparse, so I was hoping to get some information regarding the same. I have an emulator, that assembles a message in various protocols (some fix/ some non fix). opens a tcp connection to a server and sends these messages over. I am considering assembling the fix message using quickfix. I don't want to use the client portion of quickfix, just the part which assembles a fix message. Can this be done? ie: does the api support getting the raw fix(which can then be sent over tcp connection) from Message format.

Thanks and Regards.

Pradyot
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  • What is "quickfix"? Can you please provide some references, maybe some sample code? – Glyph May 22 '13 at 20:37
  • @Glyph quickfix is an api to the Financial Information eXchange protocol. Its for sending orders and data between financial institutions. – robthewolf May 23 '13 at 06:23
  • I am not familiar with the python API but I assume it should allow you to create a message object and have that ready to transmit. – robthewolf May 23 '13 at 06:25
  • Is quickfix open source? – Glyph May 23 '13 at 17:04
  • @Glyph yes. it is open source. [offical page](http://quickfixengine.org/) – cengizkrbck Mar 18 '14 at 13:50
  • @Pradyot You can convert FIX.Message objects to string. But, there are other point like Sequence Numbers, HeaderFields, Field validations etc. What is your plan about these? – cengizkrbck Mar 18 '14 at 13:55

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Use the message.ToString() function to serialize the message.

Frank Smith
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