How can I get the current price using IB API

Asked Nov 16 '21 at 11:26

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I have this code, and I need to store in a variable the last price, how can i do?

class IBapi(EWrapper, EClient):

    def __init__(self):
         EClient.__init__(self, self)
    def tickPrice(self, reqId, tickType, price, attrib):
         if tickType == 2 and reqId == 1:
                print('The current ask price is: ', price)


app = IBapi()
app.connect('127.0.0.1', 7497, 123)

#Create contract object
apple_contract = Contract()
apple_contract.symbol = 'AAPL'
apple_contract.secType = 'STK'
apple_contract.exchange = 'SMART'
apple_contract.currency = 'USD'


app.reqMktData(1, apple_contract, '', False, False, [])

I need to save in a variable the current price

edited Nov 16 '21 at 11:40

asked Nov 16 '21 at 11:26

Trees Jin

What's `app`? Provide a reproducible example. You can write the value in the class's instance variable. – gshpychka Nov 16 '21 at 11:28
Sorry, app = Ibapi() – Trees Jin Nov 16 '21 at 11:35
You mean `IBapi()`? – gshpychka Nov 16 '21 at 11:36
Yes, just edited the code – Trees Jin Nov 16 '21 at 11:38
Your code still says `Ibapi`, not `IBapi`. You can create an instance variable in the class and store the value there. – gshpychka Nov 16 '21 at 11:39
I don't have much experience, you mean to create a variable under init function? but then how can i get the price with price = app.reqMktData(1, apple_contract, '', False, False, []) ? – Trees Jin Nov 16 '21 at 11:42
`app.sleep(1)` at the end of code should solve it. – Sid Nov 16 '21 at 11:55
Thanks for the answer, but the prices are printed, I just want to save in a variable the command that get the price – Trees Jin Nov 16 '21 at 11:59
`x = app.reqMktData(1, apple_contract, '', False, False, [])` `print(x)` try this. – Sid Nov 16 '21 at 12:07
I tried but it prints 'None' – Trees Jin Nov 16 '21 at 13:37

How can I get the current price using IB API

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