(VBScript) Bitfinex v2 REST Public Trades

The trades endpoint allows the retrieval of past public trades and includes details such as price, size, and time. Optional parameters can be used to limit the number of results; you can specify a start and end timestamp, a limit, and a sorting method.

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/trades/tBTCUSD/hist?limit=5

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api-pub.bitfinex.com/v2/trades/tBTCUSD/hist?limit=5",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonArray")
set jarrResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
success = jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jarrResp.EmitCompact = 0

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

respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Failed.")
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

' on trading pairs (ex. tBTCUSD)
' [
'   [
'     ID,
'     MTS,
'     AMOUNT,
'     PRICE
'   ]
' ]

' [
'   [
'     472164271,
'     1594077725121,
'     -0.15101673,
'     9370
'   ],
'   [
'     472164270,
'     1594077723860,
'     -0.015,
'     9370
'   ],
'   [
'     472164269,
'     1594077720208,
'     -0.015,
'     9370
'   ],
'   [
'     472164267,
'     1594077718125,
'     -0.005,
'     9370
'   ],
'   [
'     472164251,
'     1594077697587,
'     -0.015,
'     9370
'   ]
' ]

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

i = 0
count_i = jarrResp.Size
Do While i < count_i
    ' jarr_trade is a Chilkat.JsonArray
    Set jarr_trade = jarrResp.ArrayAt(i)

    trade_id = jarr_trade.StringAt(0)
    mts = jarr_trade.StringAt(1)
    amount = jarr_trade.StringAt(2)
    price = jarr_trade.StringAt(3)

    i = i + 1
Loop

outFile.Close