Extracting real-time data from the Binance API using Python
In this article, we will look at how to extract real-time data for a character set from the Binance API using the binance-connector-python
library.
Prerequisites
pip install binance-connector-python
binance-connector-python
libraryStep 1: Authenticate with Binance API
Before extracting data, you need to authenticate with the Binance API using your API key. This can be done by creating a Config
object:
import binance.connector as bc
class Config:
Binance_API_KEY = 'YOUR_Binance_API_KEY'
Binance_API_SECRET = 'YOUR_Binance_API_SECRET'
Replace YOUR_Binance_API_KEY
and YOUR_Binance_API_SECRET
with your actual API key and secret.
Step 2. Creating the Client object
Create a Client
object that is used to interact with the Binance API:
client = bc.Client(api_key=Config.Binance_API_KEY,
api_secret=Config.Binance_API_SECRET)
Step 3. Extract real-time data for symbols
To retrieve real-time data for a set of symbols, use the symbol
parameter in your request. You can pass an array of characters to get data for multiple pairs:
pairs = ['BTCUSDT', 'ETHUSDT']
list of symbolsclient.symbol(symbol='BTCUSDT')
This will return the latest information on both BTC/USD and ETH/USD.
Step 4: Get real-time data for each symbol
To get real-time data for each symbol, use the symbol
parameter with the time
option set to True
. This will return a dictionary with the current market data:
client.symbol(symbol='BTCUSDT', time=True)
This will return the current price, volume and other market data.
Example Code
Here is an example of a code snippet demonstrating how to extract real-time data for multiple symbols using binance-connector-python
:
import binance.connector as bc
class RealTimeDataRetriever:
def __init__(self):
self.config = Config()
self.client = bc.Client(api_key=self.config.Binance_API_KEY,
api_secret=self.config.Binance_API_SECRET)
def get_real_time_data(self, symbol=None, time=False):
if not symbol and time:
return {
'symbol': '',
'time': True
}
if not symbol:
raise ValueError('Symbol is required')
pairs = [symbol]
for pair in pairs:
data = self.client.symbol(symbol=pair)
if time:
return {'data': data, 'timestamp': data['timestamp']}
otherwise:
return {
data, {'data': None}}
if __name__ == '__main__':
retriever = RealTimeDataRetriever()
for symbol in ['BTCUSDT', 'ETHUSDT']:
print(retriever.get_real_time_data(symbol=symbol))
This code snippet demonstrates how to get real-time data for multiple symbols using binance-connector-python
. You can add more characters by adding them to the list and changing the loop.
Conclusion
In this article, we covered the basics of extracting real-time data from the Binance API using binance-connector-python
. By following these steps and examples, you will be able to extract the latest information about several Binance symbols every 15 seconds. Remember to replace API key and secret with actual values and always follow security and speed limiting recommendations when interacting with external APIs.