ig-cfd-cli

CLI tool and API for the IG CFDs API.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

• Currently allows price history of a CFD to be downloaded.

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WARNING

Please be aware that if you run this multiple times you can quickly exhaust your data limits with IG.

Use sparingly!

CLI usage

You must have Node.js installed to use this tool.

Install it globally:

npm install -g ig-cfd-cli

Create config.json in your working directory and fill out your IG account details:

{
    "baseUrl": "https://demo-api.ig.com/gateway/deal",
    "userName": "<your-ig-username>",
    "password": "<your-ig-password>",
    "apiKey": "<your-ig-apikey>"
}

You can start your config.json with a copy of the template config.json:

Now run the command line tool to download the price history for a CFD:

ig-cfd-cli price-history <epic> <max-bars> [<resolution>]

Options:

• epic - The name of the CFD to download price history.
• max-bars - Max number of bars to download (keep it as small as possible to avoid exhausting your data allowance).
• resolution - Optional resolution of bars, defaults to DAY.

For example to download the price history for the Bitcoin CFD:

ig-cfd-cli price-history CS.D.BITCOIN.CFD.IP 10

This downloads the price history for the requested CFD to a CSV file in the working directory. It will be named after the epic that was requested.

For example downloading CS.D.BITCOIN.CFD.IP will create the file CS-D-BITCOIN-CFD-IP.csv.

Resolution defaults to DAY, but you can set it to other values such as HOUR:

ig-cfd-cli price-history CS.D.BITCOIN.CFD.IP 10 HOUR

The resolution parameter is passed directly to the IG API, available options are:

MINUTE
MINUTE_2
MINUTE_3
MINUTE_5
MINUTE_10
MINUTE_15
MINUTE_30
HOUR
HOUR_2
HOUR_3
HOUR_4
DAY
WEEK
MONTH

Missing features

• Document API usage.
• Other commands: Get accounts, get positions, open position, close position, etc.
• Better error checking (eg missing config file).