OANDA for Go

OANDA for Go is a library to access the OANDA REST API from open source programming language Go.

OANDA is a technology company that provides internet based forex trading and currency information. OANDA provide access to their services via a free REST API. OANDA is not affiliated and does not endorse or recommend OANDA for Go.

Please note that this is an alpha release and the code is likely to contain bugs.

Usage

package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/santegoeds/oanda"
)

var (
	token   = flag.String("token", "", "Oanda authorization token.")
	account = flag.Int64("account", 0, "Oanda account.")
)

func main() {
	flag.Parse()

	if *token == "" {
		panic("An Oanda authorization token is required")
	}

	if *account == 0 {
		panic("An Oanda account is required")
	}

	client, err := oanda.NewFxPracticeClient(*token)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	client.SelectAccount(oanda.Id(*account))

	// List available instruments
	instruments, err := client.Instruments(nil, nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(instruments)

	// Buy one unit of EUR/USD with a trailing stop of 10 pips.
	tradeInfo, err := client.NewTrade(oanda.Buy, 1, "eur_usd", oanda.TrailingStop(10.0))
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(tradeInfo)

	// Create and run a price server.
	priceServer, err := client.NewPriceServer("eur_usd")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	priceServer.ConnectAndHandle(func(instrument string, tick oanda.PriceTick) {
		fmt.Println("Received tick:", instrument, tick)
		priceServer.Stop()
	})

	// Close the previously opened trade.
	tradeCloseInfo, err := client.CloseTrade(tradeInfo.TradeId)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(tradeCloseInfo)
}

License

Oanda for Go is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0