CHANGELOG.md

IG Markets Changelog

0.35 — March 26, 2023

• Updated supported Ruby version range to 2.7 - 3.2.
• Updated dependency versions.

0.34 — April 29, 2020

• Updated supported Ruby version range to 2.5 - 2.7.
• Updated dependency versions.
• Switched from Travis CI to GitHub Actions.
• Removed CodeClimate.

0.33 — December 30, 2017

• Added DealingPlatform::ClientSentimentMethods#find for retrieving multiple client sentiments in one request
• Added support for the tradeable_no_edit market state
• Added IGMarkets::Sessions#log_sinks for directing debug log output to arbitrary locations
• Use the paging support provided by the IG API when fetching large numbers of activities and transactions
• Switch to using the ColorizedString class instead of relying on extensions to the String class for colorizing

0.32 — May 27, 2017

• The force_open option now defaults to true for working orders, and is automatically set to true when creating a position that specifies a limit distance, limit level, stop distance, or stop level
• Added --to option to the ig_markets activities, ig_markets transactions, and ig_markets performance commands
• All timestamps provided to the ig_markets activities, ig_markets transactions, and ig_markets performance commands must now specify an explicit time zone
• Support the unavailable state on IGMarkets::Streaming::MarketUpdate#market_state
• Fix exception in the ig_markets performance command when no performance data is found
• Fixed IGMarkets::AccountMethods#activities and IGMarkets::AccountMethods#transactions sometimes returning duplicate entries

0.31 — March 26, 2017

• Added IGMarkets::Streaming::PositionUpdate#currency attribute
• Added proper detection of an invalid deal ID passed to ig_markets orders update
• Limited the update rate of ig_markets stream to 2Hz to avoid flickering caused by large numbers of simultaneous updates
• Fixed errors caused by a missing millisecond component on certain timestamps

0.30 — March 10, 2017

• Fixed ig_markets self-test command
• Support the trade transaction type

0.29 — March 8, 2017

• The IGMarkets::AccountMethods#activities and IGMarkets::AccountMethods#transactions now take Time values for :from and :to instead of Date values
• The ig_markets activities, ig_markets performance and ig_markets transactions commands now expect their optional --from option to be formatted as yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss
• Fixed IGMarkets::AccountMethods#activities and IGMarkets::AccountMethods#transactions never returning if there were more than 500 activities or transactions in a single day during the specified period
• Added IGMarkets::Position#limited_risk_premium and IGMarkets::WorkingOrder#limited_risk_premium
• Support the chart transaction type

0.28 — February 24, 2017

• Added IGMarkets::Instrument#limited_risk_premium
• Added IGMarkets::Transaction#open_date_utc
• Added #currency, #good_till_date, #order_type and #time_in_force attributes to IGMarkets::Streaming::WorkingOrderUpdate
• Fixed IGMarkets::AccountState not updating its working orders when a level update is received
• Added IGMarkets::Error::GetSessionTimeoutError and IGMarkets::Error::InvalidShareOrderInstrumentDataError

0.27 — January 18, 2017

• Added IGMarkets::Format.colored_currency
• Fixed ig_markets help command not working when using a config file

0.26 — January 12, 2017

• Fully support Ruby 2.4
• Added IGMarkets::Errors::MarketOrdersNotSupported and IGMarkets::Errors::TooManyMarketsError
• Fixed incorrect exception messages when trying to set an invalid or disallowed value on an attribute
• Fixed the ig_markets stream command not finding the curses gem
• The curses gem is now installed automatically on non-Windows platforms

0.25 — December 7, 2016

• Increased required Ruby version to >= 2.2.2

0.24 — December 6, 2016

• Added IGMarkets::DealConfirmation#channel attribute which is used by the streaming API
• Updated to codeclimate-test-reporter 1.0

0.23 — October 19, 2016

• Use Integer instead of Fixnum in preparation for Ruby 2.4
• Fixed documentation warnings found by Inch CI

0.22 — October 3, 2016

• The curses gem is no longer a dependency because it can be difficult to install on Windows, it now has to be installed separately in order to use the ig_markets stream command that relies on curses functionality

0.21 — September 29, 2016

• Replaced IGMarkets::Streaming::AccountState#data_to_process? with IGMarkets::Streaming::AccountState#data_queue_empty?
• Fixed circular references in the IGMarkets::DealingPlatform subclasses
• All documented IG Markets API errors now have a matching IGMarkets::IGMarketsError subclass, and any unrecognized error codes returned by the API cause a warning to be written to stderr

0.20 — August 20, 2016

• Added IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#streaming which along with new classes in the IGMarkets::Streaming module provides a simple interface to the IG Markets streaming API
• Added ig_markets stream command that shows a live display of account balances, positions and working orders, the previous behavior of showing raw streaming output is still available using ig_markets stream raw
• Added new IGMarkets::Position#deal_reference attribute
• The ig_markets self-test command now runs self-tests on the streaming functionality as well
• Removed IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#lightstreamer_session

0.19 — August 5, 2016

• Added ig_markets stream command that displays live streaming data for accounts, markets and trading activity
• Added IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#lightstreamer_session that returns a Lightstreamer::Session instance that is ready to connect and start streaming data
• Improved parsing of expiry dates on instruments and dealing confirmations
• If the API returns an unexpected enum value then a one-time warning is now emitted and the value is treated as nil, this replaces the previous behavior of raising an exception and makes the library more future-proof
• When a traffic allowance is exceeded the time waited before retrying is now ten seconds instead of five
• HTTP response headers are now shown when in verbose mode

0.18 — August 2, 2016

• Added support for the recently added #date attribute on IGMarkets::DealConfirmation
• Fixed the second call to IGMarkets::Session#sign_in looping indefinitely if the previously logged in session was not explicitly signed out
• Fixed automatic re-sign-in when the client security token is invalid not working correctly
• Fixed exception when executing a DELETE request and verbose output is enabled

0.17 — July 27, 2016

• Switched to the excon HTTP library
• Replaced IGMarkets::RequestFailedError with a new IGMarkets::IGMarketsError class which is used as a base class for all errors raised by this gem
• Added a full set of error subclassses to give more accurate reporting of errors generated by the IG Markets API
• Documentation improvements

0.16 — July 20, 2016

• Switched to YAML for the .ig_markets config files and added support for storing multiple authentication profiles in the config files that can then be selected on the command-line using the new --profile NAME argument
• Added IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#client_account_summary
• Report the HTTP code when a request fails

0.15 — July 11, 2016

• Added ig_markets self-test command that can be run under a demo account in order to test the library against the live IG Markets API
• If the API key or account's traffic allowance is exceeded then IGMarkets::Session now automatically retries the request after a five second pause
• Added IGMarkets::MarketHierarchyResult::HierarchyNode#markets and IGMarkets::MarketHierarchyResult::HierarchyNode#nodes methods

0.14 — July 2, 2016

• Added delete-all subcommand to ig_markets orders
• Added a #reload method that reloads a model's attributes in-place to IGMarkets::Account, IGMarkets::ClientSentiment, IGMarkets::Market, IGMarkets::Position and IGMarkets::WorkingOrder
• Support mass assignment of attributes on models
• Fixed a compatibility issue with recent IG API changes

0.13 — June 22, 2016

• Added ig_markets performance command that summarizes an account's dealing performance over a specified period
• Added ig_markets markets command which prints the current state of all the passed EPICs
• Correctly handle instrument periods that are formatted as DD-MMM-YY
• The :type option to IGMarkets::AccountMethods::transactions is now validated
• The platform type previously referred to as production is now referred to as live to better match standard IG terminology, existing calls to IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#sign_in and IGMarkets::Session#sign_in will need to be updated if they explicitly specified :production

0.12 — June 21, 2016

• Unrecognized attributes returned by the IG Markets API now trigger a warning rather than causing an error, this makes the library able to handle new return values being added to existing APIs
• Upgraded to version 3 of the activities API, which significantly changes the structure of IGMarkets::Activity
• Accept "DFB" (daily funded bet) on instrument periods, it is silently converted to nil
• Correctly handle instrument periods that are formatted as MMM-YY
• Stops and limits can now be specified as levels rather than distances when creating and updating working orders
• Report profit/loss information when printing deal confirmations
• Renamed --print-requests option to --verbose
• The --currency-code option to ig_markets positions create and ig_markets orders create no longer defaults to USD and must be specified explicitly

0.11 — May 23, 2016

• IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#activities and IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#transactions now send as many requests as necessary in order to get around the fact that the IG Markets API caps the maximum number of results returned by a single request at 500
• IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#activities and IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#transactions no longer take a :days option, and their :to option defaults to today's date if it is omitted
• Accept "DFB" (daily funded bet) on instrument expiries, it is silently converted to nil
• Instrument high and low is now shown in the ig_markets positions list command

0.10 — May 10, 2016

• Added --epic option to the ig_markets activities command
• Added --sort-by option to the ig_markets activities and ig_markets transactions commands
• The --instrument option for ig_markets transactions is no longer case-sensitive
• Added ig_markets positions close-all to close all open positions at once
• Added IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#disable_api_key

0.9 — May 2, 2016

• IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#sign_in now returns an IGMarkets::ClientAccountSummary instance
• IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::MarketMethods#find can now handle being passed more than 50 EPICs at once
• Renamed --start-date option for ig_markets activities and ig_markets transactions commands to --from
• Deal confirmations reported by the command-line client are now retried after a five second pause if the initial request returns a 'deal not found' error

0.8 — April 30, 2016

• The ig_markets prices command now takes --from and --to arguments accurate to one second
• Fixed incomplete data being returned by IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#activities and IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#transactions
• Fixed errors calling IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#instantiate_models for models that have deprecated attributes

0.7 — April 30, 2016

• Added ig_markets console command which logs in then opens a live Ruby console
• Merged IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#activities_in_date_range and IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#recent_activities into IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#activities
• Merged IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#transactions_in_date_range and IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#recent_transactions into IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#transactions
• Merged IGMarkets::Market#recent_prices and IGMarkets::Market#prices_in_date_range into IGMarkets::Market#historical_prices
• Removed the --account-time-zone option and IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#account_time_zone
• Improved error reporting on assignment of invalid values to model attributes
• IGMarkets::Model#inspect now reports Time attributes in the local time zone
• Model attributes that are deprecated in the IG Markets API are now no longer included as part of the model classes

0.6 — April 27, 2016

• Added ig_markets prices command to print historical market prices
• Added IGMarkets::DealingPlatform#account_time_zone to handle the Time attributes that come back from the IG Markets API not in UTC and without a specified time zone
• Added --account-time-zone option to the command-line client, defaults to UTC
• Times reported by the command-line client are now in the local time zone instead of UTC
• Added --type option to ig_markets search to only show instruments of specific type(s)
• Use a default currency of USD for ig_markets orders create and ig_markets positions create
• Improved command-line client help output for several commands
• Added IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::SprintMarketPositionMethods#[]
• Fixed IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::PositionMethods#[] raising on an unknown deal ID
• Fixed IGMarkets::Market#prices_in_date_range

0.5 — April 23, 2016

• Output from the command-line client is now formatted using ASCII tables and contains a lot more detail
• Added --aggregate option to ig_markets positions list to aggregate together positions with the same EPIC
• Added --instrument option to ig_markets transactions to filter by instrument name
• Added --no-interest option to ig_markets transactions to exclude interest transactions
• Added --print-requests option to the command-line client to see all the interactions with the IG Markets API
• Support removal of limits and stops using ig_markets positions update and ig_markets orders update
• Removed --related option from ig_markets sentiment, related sentiments are now always reported and are also color-coded
• IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::ClientSentimentMethods#[] now raises an exception on unknown market IDs
• Added IGMarkets::Position#close_level
• Removed IGMarkets::Position#formatted_size and IGMarkets::Transaction#formatted_transaction_type

0.4 — April 17, 2016

• Added create, update and delete subcommands to ig_markets orders
• Added create, update and close subcommands to ig_markets positions
• Added create subcommand to ig_markets sprints
• Added create, add-markets, remove-markets and delete subcommands to ig_markets watchlists
• ig_markets confirmation, ig_markets search and ig_markets sentiment now take their mandatory argument directly
• Added --start-date option to the ig_markets activities and ig_markets transactions commands
• Removed the :time_in_force option from IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::WorkingOrderMethods#create and IGMarkets::WorkingOrder#update, just set :good_till_date if it is needed
• IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#recent_activities and IGMarkets::DealingPlatform::AccountMethods#recent_transactions now take a number of days rather than a number of seconds
• Fixed errors working with a working order's #good_till_date attribute
• Automatically reauthenticate if the client security token has expired

0.3 — April 14, 2016

• Added --version and -v options to the command-line client

0.2 — April 14, 2016

• Added ig_markets command-line client
• IGMarkets::Model now has separate Date and Time attribute types, and a new :time_zone option is used for Time attributes that have a known time zone. Previous uses of DateTime should be replaced with either Date or Time.
• Changed size attribute to always be of type Float on all models
• Changed limit_distance and stop_distance attributes to always be of type Fixnum on all models
• Added IGMarkets::Format module
• Added #expired? and #seconds_till_expiry to IGMarkets::SprintMarketPosition
• Fixed IGMarkets::RequestFailedError#message

0.1 — April 8, 2016

• Initial release