VB.NET

Read Bitfinex WebSocket Ticker Channel

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Subscribes to the public Bitfinex websocket ticker channel and receives ticker updates. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim ws As New Chilkat.WebSocket

' 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.

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' Connect to api.bitfinex.com
success = rest.Connect("api.bitfinex.com",443,True,False)
ws.UseConnection(rest)
ws.AddClientHeaders()

Dim responseBody As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/ws")
success = ws.ValidateServerHandshake()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ws.LastErrorText)
    Debug.WriteLine(responseBody)
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Exit Sub
End If


' 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) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to receive a frame")
    Debug.WriteLine("ReadFrame fail reason = " & ws.ReadFrameFailReason)
    Debug.WriteLine(ws.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' We should get this:
' {"event":"info","version":1.1,"platform":{"status":1}}
Debug.WriteLine(ws.GetFrameData())

' Subscribe to the public ticker feed.
' See https://docs.bitfinex.com/docs for more information.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.AppendString("event","subscribe")
json.AppendString("channel","ticker")
json.AppendString("pair","BTCUSD")

Dim finalFrame As Boolean = True
success = ws.SendFrame(json.Emit(),finalFrame)

' Read the response.
success = ws.ReadFrame()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to receive a frame")
    Debug.WriteLine("ReadFrame fail reason = " & ws.ReadFrameFailReason)
    Debug.WriteLine(ws.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Examine the response
' We should get this:
' {"event":"subscribed","channel":"ticker","chanId":2751,"pair":"BTCUSD"}
Debug.WriteLine(ws.GetFrameData())

' Begin reading the ticker feed.
' We'll just read the 1st 5 updates and then exit..
Dim receivedFinalFrame As Boolean = False
Dim numUpdatesReceived As Integer = 0
While numUpdatesReceived < 5

    success = ws.ReadFrame()
    If (success <> True) Then
        Debug.WriteLine("Failed to receive a frame")
        Debug.WriteLine("ReadFrame fail reason = " & ws.ReadFrameFailReason)
        Debug.WriteLine(ws.LastErrorText)
        Exit Sub
    End If


    ' The responses we desire are in Text frames, where the opcode = 1.
    If (ws.FrameOpcodeInt = 1) Then
        Dim receivedText As String = ws.GetFrameData()
        Debug.WriteLine(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]
        numUpdatesReceived = numUpdatesReceived + 1
    End If


End While

' Close the websocket connection.
success = ws.SendClose(True,1000,"Closing this websocket.")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ws.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Read the Close response.
success = ws.ReadFrame()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("ReadFrame fail reason = " & ws.ReadFrameFailReason)
    Debug.WriteLine(ws.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")