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Last active November 28, 2017 12:54
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//you will need to install node.js and restler first
//npm install restler
//run with the following command
// node buy.js
var sys = require('util'),
rest = require('restler');
//set these to your coinbase API key, the amount you want to buy & the price that you're expecting for
var apiKey = 'xxx';
var quantity = 10;
var expectedPrice = 44.00
var jsonData = { qty: quantity };
function onComplete(data, res) {
console.log(new Date().toString());
if (!data.success) {
console.log(data.errors);
setTimeout(buy, 5000);
} else {
console.log("SUCCESS!");
}
};
function buy() {
// Will check the price until it reaches the expected value
rest.get('https://coinbase.com/api/v1/prices/buy').on('complete', function(data){
console.log("Current price: "+data.amount+". Expected price: "+expectedPrice)
if(data.amount <= expectedPrice){
rest.postJson('https://coinbase.com/api/v1/buys?api_key=' + apiKey, jsonData).on('complete', onComplete);
}else{
setTimeout(buy, 60000)
}
return
});
}
buy();
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You're missing an ending semicolon on line 13 and line 36.

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