#Cex.io API PHP source files and examples for the Cex.io API.
##How to use:
- Download API source
- Generate API key and API secret (https://cex.io/trade/profile)
- Create your PHP project
- Add the API import:
require_once("cexapi.class.php");
- Create an API object:
$api = new cexapi($username, $api_key, $api_secret);
$username; // Your username on Cex.io
$api_key; // Your API key
$api_secret; // Your API secret
##Methods and Parameters: Parameters:
// Description (Data Type): Examples
$couple; // Currency pair (String): "GHS/BTC", "NMC/BTC", "GHS/NMC", "BF1/BTC"
$since; // Timestamp (Integer): TODO
$order_id; // Order Number (Integer): TODO
$ptype; // Order Type (String): "buy", "sell"
$amount; // Order Quantitity (Float): TODO
$price; // Order Price (Float): TODO
Methods:
// Method Format:
// Description with Parameters(default value)
// Method(Parameters);
// Get ticker results for $couple("GHS/BTC")
ticker($couple);
// Get buy/sell data for $couple("GHS/BTC")
order_book($couple);
// Get trade history $since(1), for $couple("GHS/BTC")
trade_history($since, $couple);
// Get account balance
balance();
// Get account open orders for $couple("GHS/BTC")
open_orders($couple);
// Cancel account order with $order_id(none)
cancel_order($order_id);
// Place order of $ptype("buy"), for $amount(1), at $price(1), for $couple("GHS/BTC").
place_order($ptype, $amount, $price, $couple);
##Examples: Connect and create API object:
<?php
requre_once("cexapi.class.php");
$api = new cexapi($username, $api_key, $api_secret);
// Call API methods here
?>
Get the pair ticker:
var_dump($api->ticker("GHS/BTC"));
{'volume': '7154.78339022', 'last': '0.1078', 'timestamp': '1383379041', 'bid': '0.10778', 'high': '0.10799999', 'low': '0.10670076', 'ask': '0.10780000000000001'}
Get the order book:
var_dump($api->order_book("BF1/BTC"));
{'timestamp': '1383378967', 'bids': [['1.7', '0.30100000'], ['1.67', '0.00011000'], ['0.8', '0.02070000'], ['0.1002', '0.27748002'], ['0.1', '0.10000000'], ['0.011', '0.30500000'], ['0.009', '1.00000000'], ['0.00171', '0.00100000'], ['0.0012', '1.00000000'], ['0.00116819', '0.50000000'], ['0.001002', '33.00000000'], ['0.001001', '53.00000000'], ['0.001', '3.00000000'], ['0.00097626', '36.00000000'], ['0.0006', '85.00000000'], ['0.00058409', '0.50000000'], ['0.0004889', '0.06823960'], ['0.0003', '1.00000000'], ['0.00029204', '0.90000000'], ['0.0001', '101.00000000']], 'asks': []}
Get your account balance:
var_dump($api->balance());
{'timestamp': '1383379054', 'BTC': {'available': '0.04614310', 'orders': '0.00170000'}, 'GHS': {'available': '0.02000000'}}
Get your current active orders:
var_dump($api->open_orders("BF1/BTC"));
[{'price': '1.7', 'amount': '0.00100000', 'time': '1383378514737', 'type': 'buy', 'id': '6219104', 'pending': '0.00100000'}]
Place a new order:
var_dump($api->place_order("buy", 0.001, 1.7, "BF1/BTC"));
{'price': '1.7', 'amount': '0.00100000', 'time': 1383378987622, 'type': 'buy', 'id': '6219145', 'pending': '0.00100000'}
Cancel an order:
var_dump(api->cancel_order(6219145));
True
##Additional Help
- Cex.io online API documentation: https://cex.io/api
##Known Issues
API always returns null. Issue is caused by incorrect SSL certificates on the client. To fix, download this .pem file and add the following line to your php.ini file:
curl.cainfo=[PATH-TO]/cacert.pem