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Subscribe to Multiple Bitfinex Tickers on One Connection

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Subscribes to multiple ticker symbols on the public Bitfinex websocket ticker channel and receives ticker updates.

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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkRest.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"
IncludeFile "CkWebSocket.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    ws.i = CkWebSocket::ckCreate()
    If ws.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; 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.

    rest.i = CkRest::ckCreate()
    If rest.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Connect to api.bitfinex.com
    success = CkRest::ckConnect(rest,"api.bitfinex.com",443,1,0)
    CkWebSocket::ckUseConnection(ws,rest)
    CkWebSocket::ckAddClientHeaders(ws)

    responseBody.s = CkRest::ckFullRequestNoBody(rest,"GET","/ws")
    success = CkWebSocket::ckValidateServerHandshake(ws)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkWebSocket::ckLastErrorText(ws)
        Debug responseBody
        Debug CkRest::ckResponseHeader(rest)
        CkWebSocket::ckDispose(ws)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; After connecting, the bitfinex websocket server will send
    ; an info message that contains the actual version of the websocket stream.
    ; Receive that message..
    success = CkWebSocket::ckReadFrame(ws)
    If success <> 1
        Debug "Failed to receive a frame"
        Debug "ReadFrame fail reason = " + Str(CkWebSocket::ckReadFrameFailReason(ws))
        Debug CkWebSocket::ckLastErrorText(ws)
        CkWebSocket::ckDispose(ws)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; We should get this:
    ; {"event":"info","version":1.1,"platform":{"status":1}}
    Debug CkWebSocket::ckGetFrameData(ws)

    ; Subscribe to the BTCUSD ticker feed.
    ; See https://docs.bitfinex.com/docs for more information.
    json1.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json1.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(json1,"event","subscribe")
    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(json1,"channel","ticker")
    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(json1,"pair","BTCUSD")

    finalFrame.i = 1
    success = CkWebSocket::ckSendFrame(ws,CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json1),finalFrame)

    ; Subscribe to the ETHUSD ticker feed.
    json2.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json2.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(json2,"event","subscribe")
    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(json2,"channel","ticker")
    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(json2,"pair","ETHUSD")

    success = CkWebSocket::ckSendFrame(ws,CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json2),finalFrame)

    ; Begin reading the ticker feed.
    ; / This will include a single confirmation response for each subscription.

    ; We'll just read the 1st 5 updates and then exit..
    receivedFinalFrame.i = 0
    numUpdatesReceived.i = 0
    While numUpdatesReceived < 7

        success = CkWebSocket::ckReadFrame(ws)
        If success <> 1
            Debug "Failed to receive a frame"
            Debug "ReadFrame fail reason = " + Str(CkWebSocket::ckReadFrameFailReason(ws))
            Debug CkWebSocket::ckLastErrorText(ws)
            CkWebSocket::ckDispose(ws)
            CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
            CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json1)
            CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json2)
            ProcedureReturn
        EndIf

        ; The responses we desire are in Text frames, where the opcode = 1.
        If CkWebSocket::ckFrameOpcodeInt(ws) = 1
            receivedText.s = CkWebSocket::ckGetFrameData(ws)
            Debug receivedText
            ; 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]
            ; Initially, a single confirmation response for each subscription would be received, such as this:
            ; {"event":"subscribed","channel":"ticker","chanId":810,"pair":"BTCUSD"}
            numUpdatesReceived = numUpdatesReceived + 1
        EndIf

    Wend

    ; This is sample output:
    ; You can see that the 1st message received is the subscription confirmation for the BTCUSD subscribe request.
    ; The next message is a BTCUSD ticker update.
    ; The next message is the confirmation for the ETHUSD subscription.
    ; The next message is an ETHUSD update.
    ; The BTCUSD channel ID is "537", and the ETHUSD channel ID is "700".  The channel IDs are provided in the 
    ; subscription confirmation messages.  Each ticker update begins with the channel ID..

    ; {"event":"subscribed","channel":"ticker","chanId":537,"pair":"BTCUSD"}
    ; [537,6457.9,79.59102302,6458,22.49395741,-24.1,-0.0037,6457.9,13644.52820029,6540,6370.76958739]
    ; {"event":"subscribed","channel":"ticker","chanId":700,"pair":"ETHUSD"}
    ; [700,496.9,247.24493326,496.92,284.09636979,-2.47,-0.0049,496.9,74154.05945261,502.85,486.96]
    ; [537,"hb"]
    ; [700,"hb"]
    ; [700,496.92,233.34338276,496.93,431.78867277,-2.45,-0.0049,496.92,74167.99173586,502.85,486.96]

    ; Close the websocket connection.
    success = CkWebSocket::ckSendClose(ws,1,1000,"Closing this websocket.")
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkWebSocket::ckLastErrorText(ws)
        CkWebSocket::ckDispose(ws)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json1)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json2)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Read the Close response.
    success = CkWebSocket::ckReadFrame(ws)
    If success <> 1
        Debug "ReadFrame fail reason = " + Str(CkWebSocket::ckReadFrameFailReason(ws))
        Debug CkWebSocket::ckLastErrorText(ws)
        CkWebSocket::ckDispose(ws)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json1)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json2)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Success."


    CkWebSocket::ckDispose(ws)
    CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json1)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json2)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure