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OpenBB/openbb_sdk

OpenBB SDK

Pre-requisites

To install and use you need:

  • A fresh virtual environment
  • Python 3.8 or higher
  • API keys for the APIs you want to use

To develop you need:

  • Poetry 1.5.1 or higher
  • ruff 0.0.256
  • mypy 1.4.1
  • black

Installation

This will install the SDK in the virtual environment.

When working with the source code of the SDK it is required to create the static python interface:

import openbb
openbb._rebuild_python_interface()
exit()

Python Usage

Import and basic usage:

from openbb import obb
aapl = obb.stocks.load(symbol="AAPL", start_date="2020-01-01", provider="fmp")
df = aapl.to_dataframe()
df.head()

API keys:

To connect to APIs you need to provide the API keys.

API Usage

Launch the API with:

uvicorn openbb_core.api.rest_api:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload

Navigate to http://0.0.0.0:8000/docs to see the swagger API documentation.

Authorize with the developer credentials: openbb/openbb

Development

From the root of the OpenBB Terminal repo run:

poetry install -C ./openbb_sdk

When developing a specific extension cd into the extension folder and run:

poetry install