bfx-api-node-util

Utilities for the Bitfinex node API

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

Bitfinex API Utilities for Node.JS

Build Status

This repo contains minor utilities shared by the Bitfinex Node.JS API libraries.

Features

  • prepareAmount and preparePrice for making values API-compatible
  • nonce generator function
  • padCandles for handling gaps in candle data returned by the Bitfinex APIs

Installation

npm i --save bfx-api-node-util

Quickstart

const { nonce } = require('bfx-api-node-util')
const n = nonce()

// n is ready to be passed to API requests, or used as order CIDs, etc

Docs

Refer to docs/func_docs.md for JSDoc-generated API documentation

Example: Padding Candles

const { padCandles } = require('bfx-api-node-util')
const { RESTv2 } = require('bfx-api-node-rest')
const rest = new RESTv2()

const candles = await rest.candles({
  symbol: 'tBTCUSD',
  timeframe: '1m',
})

const paddedCandles = padCandles(candles, 60 * 1000)

// paddedCandles are ready to be used for processing where 0-volume candles are required

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create a new Pull Request