(VB.NET) Bitfinex v2 REST Tickers

The tickers endpoint provides a high level overview of the state of the market. It shows the current best bid and ask, the last traded price, as well as information on the daily volume and price movement over the last day. The endpoint can retrieve multiple tickers with a single query.

For more information, see https://docs.bitfinex.com/reference#rest-public-tickers

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/tickers?symbols=tBTCUSD,tLTCUSD,fUSD

' Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/tickers?symbols=tBTCUSD,tLTCUSD,fUSD",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jarrResp As New Chilkat.JsonArray
jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jarrResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jarrResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = http.LastStatus
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' [
'   [
'     "tBTCUSD",
'     9318.6,
'     21.53815472,
'     9318.7,
'     5.30463105,
'     223.5,
'     0.0246,
'     9318.7,
'     4125.21689058,
'     9370.998872,
'     9075.80199233
'   ],
'   [
'     "tLTCUSD",
'     44.008,
'     1807.8617840300003,
'     44.019,
'     2394.7625575100005,
'     2.359,
'     0.0566,
'     44.019,
'     27051.34115724,
'     44.16,
'     41.559
'   ],
'   [
'     "fUSD",
'     0.00022955068493150685,
'     0.000199,
'     30,
'     871597.2359141599,
'     0.0001962,
'     2,
'     67926.11558407999,
'     -0.00001146,
'     -0.0523,
'     0.00020757,
'     167542924.22214913,
'     0.00024,
'     0.00000299,
'     null,
'     null,
'     82649109.90968154
'   ]
' ]

' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON



Dim jarr_1 As Chilkat.JsonArray
Dim j As Integer
Dim count_j As Integer
Dim strVal As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jarrResp.Size
While i < count_i
    jarr_1 = jarrResp.ArrayAt(i)
    j = 0
    count_j = jarr_1.Size
    While j < count_j
        strVal = jarr_1.StringAt(j)
        j = j + 1
    End While

    i = i + 1
End While