alphatrading.trading.trader.ibapi.comm Namespace Reference

Functions
bytes	make_msg (text)
str	make_field (val)
str	make_field_handle_empty (val)
tuple	read_msg (bytes buf)
tuple	read_fields (bytes buf)

Variables
	logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

Detailed Description

Copyright (C) 2019 Interactive Brokers LLC. All rights reserved. This code is subject to the terms
 and conditions of the IB API Non-Commercial License or the IB API Commercial License, as applicable.

Function Documentation

make_field()

str alphatrading.trading.trader.ibapi.comm.make_field

(

val

)

 adds the NULL string terminator 

make_msg()

bytes alphatrading.trading.trader.ibapi.comm.make_msg

(

text

)

 adds the length prefix 

read_msg()

tuple alphatrading.trading.trader.ibapi.comm.read_msg

(

bytes

buf

)

 first the size prefix and then the corresponding msg payload