get_request / post_request

Using get_request, post_request in backtest is not recommended.

Input

• get_request

url
params: {key: value}
args

• post_request

url
data: {key: value}
json: {key: value}
args

Supported URLs (Third party APIs):

Website	API Endpoints	API Documentation
Etherscan	https://api.etherscan.io/	https://docs.etherscan.io/
Glassnode	https://api.glassnode.com/	https://docs.glassnode.com/
CryptoQuant	https://api.cryptoquant.com/	https://cryptoquant.com/docs
Twitter	https://api.twitter.com/	https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api
APILayer	https://api.apilayer.com	https://apilayer.com/docs
Luabase	https://api.luabase.com/	https://luabase.notion.site/Luabase-Docs-e9c2c5338c47494cb35294b47ce4b744
Santiment	https://santiment.net/	https://academy.santiment.net/

Example

  url = "https://api.apilayer.com/currency_data/live?source=USD&currencies=EUR"
  payload = {}
  headers= {
    "apikey": "[YOUR_API_KEY]"
  }
  response = CA.get_request(url, headers=headers, data=payload)

  status_code = response.status_code
  result = response.json()
  CA.log(str(status_code))
  CA.log(str(result))
  CA.log(str(result['quotes']['USDEUR']))

logging:

200
{'success': True, 'timestamp': 1655851923, 'source': 'USD', 'quotes': {'USDEUR': 0.948897}}
0.948897