TradingClient

class alpaca.trading.client.TradingClient(api_key: Optional[str] = None, secret_key: Optional[str] = None, oauth_token: Optional[str] = None, paper: bool = True, raw_data: bool = False, url_override: Optional[str] = None)

A client to interact with the trading API, in both paper and live mode.

__init__(api_key: Optional[str] = None, secret_key: Optional[str] = None, oauth_token: Optional[str] = None, paper: bool = True, raw_data: bool = False, url_override: Optional[str] = None) → None

Instantiates a client for trading and managing personal brokerage accounts.

Parameters:

• api_key (Optional[str]) – The API key for trading. Use paper keys if paper is set to true.

• secret_key (Optional[str]) – The secret key for trading. Use paper keys if paper is set to true.

• oauth_token (Optional[str]) – The oauth token for trading on behalf of end user.

• paper (bool) – True is paper trading should be enabled.

• raw_data (bool) – Whether API responses should be wrapped in data models or returned raw. This has not been implemented yet.

• url_override (Optional[str]) – If specified allows you to override the base url the client points to for proxy/testing.