The Backpack Trade Bot is a specialized software utility designed to automate trading tasks on the Backpack exchange platform. Leveraging the official Backpack API (https://docs.backpack.exchange/#section/Introduction), this bot enables users to effortlessly manage and execute trades for specified token pairs, streamlining the trading process and enhancing efficiency.
- Automated Trading: Set up your trading bot once and let it automate the trading process for you.
- Custom Token Pairs: Easily specify which token pairs you wish to trade, offering you full control over your trading strategy.
- Direct Integration with Backpack API: Directly integrated with the official Backpack exchange API, ensuring reliable and up-to-date interaction with your Backpack account.
Before you begin, ensure you have the following:
- A Backpack exchange account
- API keys generated from your Backpack account (refer to Backpack's API documentation for guidance)
- Go installed on your system (visit https://golang.org/dl/ for installation instructions)
- Clone the Repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/backpack-trade-bot.git
cd backpack-trade-bot-
Configure API Keys
Open
config.tomlin a text editor and insert your Backpack API key and secret:
[api]
apisecret = "your_api_secret"
apikey = "your_api_key"-
Install Dependencies
Run the following command in the project directory:
go mod tidyTo start the bot, run the following command from the root of the project directory:
go run main.goEdit the main.go file or create a configuration section in config.toml to specify the token pairs you wish to trade.
Refer to the Backpack API documentation for the exact naming conventions of token pairs.
Contributions to the Backpack Trade Bot are welcome! Please refer to the contributing guidelines for more information on how you can contribute to this project.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.