Getting Started

1. Install the Python module

python3 -m pip install python-kraken-sdk

2. Register at Kraken and generate API Keys

• Spot Trading: https://www.kraken.com/u/security/api

• Futures Trading: https://futures.kraken.com/trade/settings/api

• Futures Sandbox: https://demo-futures.kraken.com/settings/api

3. Start using the provided example scripts

Examples can be found within the repository of the python-kraken-sdk and obviously in this documentation. See the Usage Examples section for basic usage examples and Trading Bot Templates to get impressed by orderbook clients, as well as boilerplates for trading bots using the SDK.

4. Error handling

If any unexpected behavior occurs, please check your API permissions, rate limits, update the python-kraken-sdk, see the Troubleshooting section, and if the error persists please open an issue at python-kraken-sdk/issues.