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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# This script connects to IB API, subscribes to account info and prints out
# messages received from IB (update every 3 minute or so)

require 'bundler/setup'
require 'ib-api'

# Only for Advisor accounts: you can provide account_code such as U666777  (otherwise the last account is used)
account_code = ARGV[0] || ''

include IB
# Connect to IB TWS
accounts =  []
ib = Connection.new client_id: 1113, port: 4002 do | gw |  # :port => 7497 # TWS

	# Subscribe to TWS alerts/errors and account-related messages
	# that TWS sends in response to account data request
	gw.subscribe(:Alert) do |msg|
			## if an account is not given. but required, (Error 321 indicates this) 
			## fetch data from the last account detected. (The first is most probably the Advisor-Account)
											if  msg.code == 321
												gw.send_message :RequestAccountData, :subscribe => true, :account_code => accounts.last
											else
												puts msg.to_human
											end
								end
	
	## Print Account+Portfolio-Values
	gw.subscribe(:AccountValue,
		     :PortfolioValue, :AccountUpdateTime) { |msg| puts msg.to_human }

	## Just in case: put account-names into accounts-array
	gw.subscribe(:ManagedAccounts){  |msg| accounts = msg.accounts_list.split ',' }

	# Set log level
	gw.logger.level = Logger::FATAL # DEBUG #FATAL
end

ib.send_message :RequestAccountData, :subscribe => true, :account_code => account_code

puts "\nSubscribing to IB account data"

## print message after recieving account-data
Thread.new do 
	sleep 3
	puts "\n******** Press <Enter> to quit *********\n\n"
end

STDIN.gets
puts "Cancelling account data subscription.."

ib.send_message :RequestAccountData, :subscribe => false
sleep 2

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
ib-api-972.2	example/account_info
ib-api-972.1	example/account_info
ib-api-972.0	example/account_info