Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Bitfinex v2 REST Public Trades

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The trades endpoint allows the retrieval of past public trades and includes details such as price, size, and time. Optional parameters can be used to limit the number of results; you can specify a start and end timestamp, a limit, and a sorting method. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- Implements the following CURL command:

-- curl https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/trades/tBTCUSD/hist?limit=5

-- Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
-- Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

local sbResponseBody = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
local success = http:quick_get_sb("https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/trades/tBTCUSD/hist?limit=5", sbResponseBody)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

local jarrResp = chilkat.JsonArray.new()
jarrResp:load_sb(sbResponseBody)
jarrResp.emit_compact = false

print("Response Body:")
print(jarrResp:emit())

local respStatusCode = http.last_status
print("Response Status Code = " .. respStatusCode)
if respStatusCode >= 400 then
    print("Response Header:")
    print(http.last_header)
    print("Failed.")
    return
end

-- Sample JSON response:
-- (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

-- on trading pairs (ex. tBTCUSD)
-- [
--   [
--     ID,
--     MTS,
--     AMOUNT,
--     PRICE
--   ]
-- ]

-- [
--   [
--     472164271,
--     1594077725121,
--     -0.15101673,
--     9370
--   ],
--   [
--     472164270,
--     1594077723860,
--     -0.015,
--     9370
--   ],
--   [
--     472164269,
--     1594077720208,
--     -0.015,
--     9370
--   ],
--   [
--     472164267,
--     1594077718125,
--     -0.005,
--     9370
--   ],
--   [
--     472164251,
--     1594077697587,
--     -0.015,
--     9370
--   ]
-- ]

-- Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
-- Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
-- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

local jarr_trade = chilkat.JsonArray.new()

local i = 0
local count_i = jarrResp.size
while i < count_i do
    jarrResp:array_at2(i, jarr_trade)

    local trade_id = jarr_trade:string_at(0)
    local mts = jarr_trade:string_at(1)
    local amount = jarr_trade:string_at(2)
    local price = jarr_trade:string_at(3)
    i = i + 1
end