piker/docs/tina_readme.rst

### NOTE this is likely out of date given it was written some (years) time ago by a user that has since not really partaken in contributing since.

install for tinas

for windows peeps you can start by installing all the prerequisite software:

• install git with all default settings - https://git-scm.com/download/win
• install anaconda all default settings - https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual
• install microsoft build tools (check the box for Desktop development for C++, you might be able to uncheck some optional downloads) - https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
• install visual studio code default settings - https://code.visualstudio.com/download

then, crack a conda shell and run the following commands:

mkdir code # create code directory
cd code # change directory to code
git clone https://github.com/pikers/piker.git # downloads piker installation package from github
cd piker # change directory to piker

conda create -n pikonda # creates conda environment named pikonda
conda activate pikonda # activates pikonda

conda install -c conda-forge python-levenshtein # in case it is not already installed
conda install pip # may already be installed
pip # will show if pip is installed

pip install -e . -r requirements.txt # install piker in editable mode

test Piker to see if it is working:

piker -b binance chart btcusdt.binance # formatting for loading a chart
piker -b kraken -b binance chart xbtusdt.kraken
piker -b kraken -b binance -b ib chart qqq.nasdaq.ib
piker -b ib chart tsla.nasdaq.ib

potential error:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Roaming\\piker\\brokers.toml'

solution:

• navigate to file directory above (may be different on your machine, location should be listed in the error code)
• copy and paste file from 'C:\Users\user\code\data/brokers.toml' or create a blank file using notepad at the location above

Visual Studio Code setup:

• now that piker is installed we can set up vscode as the default terminal for running piker and editing the code
• open Visual Studio Code
• file --> Add Folder to Workspace --> C:Usersusercodepiker (adds piker directory where all piker files are located)
• file --> Save Workspace As --> save it wherever you want and call it whatever you want, this is going to be your default workspace for running and editing piker code
• ctrl + shift + p --> start typing Python: Select Interpetter --> when the option comes up select it --> Select at the workspace level --> select the one that shows ('pikonda')
• change the default terminal to cmd.exe instead of powershell (default)
• now when you create a new terminal VScode should automatically activate you conda env so that piker can be run as the first command after a new terminal is created

also, try out fancyzones as part of powertoyz for a decent tiling windows manager to manage all the cool new software you are going to be running.

provider support

for live data feeds the in-progress set of supported brokers is:

• IB via ib_insync, also see our container docs
• binance and kraken for crypto over their public websocket API
• questrade (ish) which comes with effectively free L1

coming soon...

• webull via the reverse engineered public API
• yahoo via yliveticker

if you want your broker supported and they have an API let us know.