C++

Read Bitfinex WebSocket Ticker Channel

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Subscribes to the public Bitfinex websocket ticker channel and receives ticker updates. C++

#include <CkWebSocket.h>
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkWebSocket ws;

    // For brevity, this example does not check for errors when etablishing the WebSocket connection.
    // See Establish WebSocket Connection for more complete sample code for making the connection.

    CkRest rest;

    // Connect to api.bitfinex.com
    success = rest.Connect("api.bitfinex.com",443,true,false);
    ws.UseConnection(rest);
    ws.AddClientHeaders();

    const char *responseBody = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/ws");
    success = ws.ValidateServerHandshake();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << ws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << responseBody << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // After connecting, the bitfinex websocket server will send
    // an info message that contains the actual version of the websocket stream.
    // Receive that message..
    success = ws.ReadFrame();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "Failed to receive a frame" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "ReadFrame fail reason = " << ws.get_ReadFrameFailReason() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << ws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // We should get this:
    // {"event":"info","version":1.1,"platform":{"status":1}}
    std::cout << ws.getFrameData() << "\r\n";

    // Subscribe to the public ticker feed.
    // See https://docs.bitfinex.com/docs for more information.
    CkJsonObject json;
    json.AppendString("event","subscribe");
    json.AppendString("channel","ticker");
    json.AppendString("pair","BTCUSD");

    bool finalFrame = true;
    success = ws.SendFrame(json.emit(),finalFrame);

    // Read the response.
    success = ws.ReadFrame();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "Failed to receive a frame" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "ReadFrame fail reason = " << ws.get_ReadFrameFailReason() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << ws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Examine the response
    // We should get this:
    // {"event":"subscribed","channel":"ticker","chanId":2751,"pair":"BTCUSD"}
    std::cout << ws.getFrameData() << "\r\n";

    // Begin reading the ticker feed.
    // We'll just read the 1st 5 updates and then exit..
    bool receivedFinalFrame = false;
    int numUpdatesReceived = 0;
    while (numUpdatesReceived < 5) {

        success = ws.ReadFrame();
        if (success != true) {
            std::cout << "Failed to receive a frame" << "\r\n";
            std::cout << "ReadFrame fail reason = " << ws.get_ReadFrameFailReason() << "\r\n";
            std::cout << ws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
            return;
        }

        // The responses we desire are in Text frames, where the opcode = 1.
        if (ws.get_FrameOpcodeInt() == 1) {
            const char *receivedText = ws.getFrameData();
            std::cout << receivedText << "\r\n";
            // Should receive a line of text such as this:
            // [2751,7349,36.34269559,7349.1,41.01777063,-116.2,-0.0156,7349.1,22188.26055319,7560,7270.5]
            numUpdatesReceived = numUpdatesReceived + 1;
        }

    }

    // Close the websocket connection.
    success = ws.SendClose(true,1000,"Closing this websocket.");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << ws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Read the Close response.
    success = ws.ReadFrame();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "ReadFrame fail reason = " << ws.get_ReadFrameFailReason() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << ws.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }