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diff --git a/piker/brokers/questrade.py b/piker/brokers/questrade.py
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+"""
+Questrade API backend.
+"""
+# from ..config import load
+from ..log import get_logger, get_console_log
+from pprint import pformat
+import sys
+import trio
+
+# TODO: move to urllib3/requests once supported
+import asks
+asks.init('trio')
+
+log = get_logger('questrade')
+
+_refresh_token_ep = 'https://login.questrade.com/oauth2/token'
+_version = 'v1'
+
+
+class ResponseError(Exception):
+    "Non-200 OK response code"
+
+
+def err_on_status(resp: asks.response_objects.Response) -> None:
+    """Raise error on non-200 OK response.
+    """
+    if not resp.status_code == 200:
+        raise ResponseError(resp.body)
+
+
+class Client:
+    """API client suitable for use as a long running broker daemon.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, refresh_token: str):
+        self._sess = asks.Session()
+        self.refresh_token = refresh_token
+        self.ud = None  # userdata
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def from_token(cls, refresh_token: str):
+        client = cls(refresh_token)
+        await client.refresh_access()
+        return client
+
+    async def refresh_access(self) -> None:
+        """Acquire new ``refresh_token`` and ``access_token`` if necessary.
+
+        """
+        resp = await self._sess.get(
+            _refresh_token_ep,
+            params={'grant_type': 'refresh_token',
+                    'refresh_token': self.refresh_token}
+        )
+        err_on_status(resp)
+        data = resp.json()
+
+        self._sess.base_location = data['api_server'] + _version
+        self.access_token = data['access_token']
+        self.expires_in = data['expires_in']
+        self.refresh_token = data['refresh_token']
+        self.token_type = data['token_type']
+
+        # set auth token for the session
+        self._sess.headers.update(
+            {'Authorization': f'{self.token_type} {self.access_token}'}
+        )
+
+    async def get_user_data(self) -> dict:
+        """Get and store user data from the ``accounts`` endpoint.
+        """
+        resp = await self._sess.get(path='/accounts')
+        err_on_status(resp)
+        self.ud = resp.json()
+        return self.ud
+
+
+async def get_client(refresh_token: str = None) -> Client:
+    """Gain api access using a user generated token.
+
+    See the instructions::
+
+        http://www.questrade.com/api/documentation/getting-started
+    """
+    if refresh_token is None:
+        # sanitize?
+        refresh_token = input(
+            "Questrade access token:")
+
+    log.info("Waiting for initial API access...")
+    return await Client.from_token(refresh_token)
+
+
+async def serve_forever(refresh_token: str = None) -> None:
+    """Start up a client and serve until terminated.
+    """
+    client = await get_client(refresh_token=refresh_token)
+    data = await client.get_user_data()
+    log.info(pformat(data))
+    return client
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    log = get_console_log('INFO')
+    argv = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    refresh_token = None
+    if argv:
+        refresh_token = argv[0]
+
+    # main loop
+    try:
+        client = trio.run(serve_forever, refresh_token)
+    except Exception as err:
+        log.exception(err)
+    else:
+        log.info(
+            f"\nLast refresh_token: {client.refresh_token}\n"
+            f"Last access_token: {client.access_token}"
+        )