Method buy

cbpro/authenticated_client.py:285–303

Place a buy order. This is included to maintain backwards compatibility with older versions of cbpro-Python. For maximum support from docstrings and function signatures see the order type-specific functions place_limit_order, place_market_order, and place_stop_order.

(self, product_id, order_type, **kwargs)

        return self._send_message('post', '/orders', data=json.dumps(params))

    def buy(self, product_id, order_type, **kwargs):
        """Place a buy order.

        This is included to maintain backwards compatibility with older versions
        of cbpro-Python. For maximum support from docstrings and function
        signatures see the order type-specific functions place_limit_order,
        place_market_order, and place_stop_order.

        Args:
            product_id (str): Product to order (eg. 'BTC-USD')
            order_type (str): Order type ('limit', 'market', or 'stop')
            **kwargs: Additional arguments can be specified for different order
                types.

        Returns:
            dict: Order details. See `place_order` for example.

        """
        return self.place_order(product_id, 'buy', order_type, **kwargs)

    def sell(self, product_id, order_type, **kwargs):
        """Place a sell order.