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Node.js application to bypass Bitcoin buying limitations on Coinbase.

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coinbase-trader's Introduction

coinbase-trader

Node.js application to bypass buying limitations on Coinbase.

Instructions

You must first have node.js and an API key from Coinbase. The button you'll need is a little ways down on the page:

Clone the repo.
In the repo folder, run git submodule init; git submodule update
Edit config.js to provide your Coinbase API key.
Run node trader.js

You should now have a console to set up BTC buy orders. They will remain open until the Coinbase limit is lifted, at which point they'll be filled normally.

Use BUY <amount> to purchase Bitcoins, and SELL <amount> to sell. Orders will be retried at the configurable interval (default: 5 seconds) until filled. Every 60 seconds, a report will be printed of outstanding orders.

Use BUY <amount> [currency] to buy as many Bitcoin as possible using <amount> of [currency] at the current exchange rates, updated once per 60 seconds. Coinbase fees are included in the calculations, but fluctuating prices can result in slight over and under spends.

Notes

Currently, only buy orders are supported.

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coinbase-trader's Issues

Newbie error

after cloning:
user@host:/coinbase-trader$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
user@host:/coinbase-trader$ npm install
user@host:~/coinbase-trader$ nodejs trader.js
Welcome to BitCoin Trader.
Command-line console for buying and selling BitCoins.

 Syntax: BUY <amount> [currency]
Example: BUY 10

If a currency is provided (USD, EUR, etc.), the order will buy as many BTC as the provides at the current exchange rates, updated once per 60 seconds.

readline.js:121
var lines = prompt.split(/[\r\n]/);
^
TypeError: Object # has no method 'split'
at Interface.setPrompt (readline.js:121:24)
at new REPLServer (repl.js:128:7)
at Object.start (repl.js:251:14)
at Object. (/home/alan/coinbase-trader/trader.js:21:6)
at Module._compile (module.js:446:26)
at Object..js (module.js:464:10)
at Module.load (module.js:353:32)
at Function._load (module.js:311:12)
at Array.0 (module.js:484:10)
at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:190:39)

It's just attempting to buy and keeps on repeating

Hi I just stumbled across this from an article I read which said will help bypass the buying limitation from Coinbase.

But when I run the buy command, it just says "Attempting to buy".

Could you kindly explain why that is and how long I might need to wait before it actually buys?

Support SELL Orders

Coinbase Trader does not yet support SELL orders.

Rounding

The program should round to 8 decimal places when converting a buy order from USD into BTC.

Buying USD amounts doesn't work

Welcome to BitCoin Trader.
Command-line console for buying and selling BitCoins.

 Syntax: BUY <amount> [currency]
Example: BUY 10

If a currency is provided (USD, EUR, etc.), the order will buy as many BTC as th
e provides at the current exchange rates, updated once per 60 seconds.

coinbase> buy XXX usd
Order to BUY XXX USD worth of BTC queued @ 59.49 BTC/USD (X.273371512642943 BTC)

coinbase> Attempting to buy X.273371512642943 BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
(node) warning: possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 listeners added.
Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit.
Trace
at EventEmitter.addListener (events.js:160:15)
at request (C:\Users\jack\Documents\GitHub\coinbase-trader\node_modules\rest
ler\lib\restler.js:295:11)
at json (C:\Users\jack\Documents\GitHub\coinbase-trader\node_modules\restler
\lib\restler.js:331:10)
at Object.postJson (C:\Users\jack\Documents\GitHub\coinbase-trader\node_modu
les\restler\lib\restler.js:335:10)
at executeOrder (C:\Users\jack\Documents\GitHub\coinbase-trader\trader.js:11
8:12)
at null._onTimeout (C:\Users\jack\Documents\GitHub\coinbase-trader\trader.js
:125:13)
at Timer.listOnTimeout as ontimeout
(node) warning: possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 listeners added.
Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit.
Trace
at EventEmitter.addListener (events.js:160:15)
at executeOrder (C:\Users\jack\Documents\GitHub\coinbase-trader\trader.js:12
0:10)
at null._onTimeout (C:\Users\jack\Documents\GitHub\coinbase-trader\trader.js
:125:13)
at Timer.listOnTimeout as ontimeout
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...
Attempting to buy NaN BTC...

Help!

I'm new to this website, coding, everything. Any chance you could walk me through setting this up? It seems like a great way to get Bitcoin whenever Coinbase finally decides to work.

Feature request: buy amounts in dollars

When I buy from Coinbase I'm looking to spend an exact dollar amount. This program would be useful to me if it allowed a dollar entry, and queried the exchange rate before submitting in order to calculate the correct BTC amount automatically.