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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Place Order with the Alpaca API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Place Order action
    1. Connect your Alpaca account
    2. Optional- Configure Paper API
    3. Configure Symbol
    4. Optional- Configure Qty
    5. Optional- Configure Notional
    6. Select a Side
    7. Select a Type
    8. Select a Time in Force
    9. Optional- Configure Limit Price
    10. Optional- Configure Stop Price
    11. Optional- Configure Trail Price
    12. Optional- Configure Trail Percent
    13. Optional- Configure Extended Hours
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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Details

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Place Order on Alpaca
Description:Places a new order for the given account. An order request may be rejected if the account is not authorized for trading, or if the tradable balance is insufficient to fill the order, [See the docs](https://alpaca.markets/docs/api-references/trading-api/orders/#request-a-new-order)
Version:0.1.0
Key:alpaca-place-order

Code

import app from "../../alpaca.app.mjs";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  type: "action",
  key: "alpaca-place-order",
  version: "0.1.0",
  name: "Place Order",
  description: "Places a new order for the given account. An order request may be rejected if the account is not authorized for trading, or if the tradable balance is insufficient to fill the order, [See the docs](https://alpaca.markets/docs/api-references/trading-api/orders/#request-a-new-order)",
  props: {
    app,
    isPaperAPI: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "isPaperAPI",
      ],
    },
    symbol: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Symbol",
      description: "Symbol, asset ID, or currency pair to identify the asset to trade (ex. `AAPL`, `BTC/USD`).",
    },
    qty: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Qty",
      description: "Number of shares to trade. Can be fractionable for only `market` and `day` order types.",
      optional: true,
    },
    notional: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Notional",
      description: "Dollar amount to trade. Cannot work with `Qty`. Can only work for `market` order types and `day` for time in force.",
      optional: true,
    },
    side: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "side",
      ],
    },
    type: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Type",
      description: "Type",
      options: [
        "market",
        "limit",
        "stop",
        "stop_limit",
        "trailing_stop",
      ],
    },
    timeInForce: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Time in Force",
      description: "Please see [this doc](https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading/orders/#time-in-force) for more info on what values are possible for what kind of orders.",
      options: [
        "day",
        "gtc",
        "opg",
        "cls",
        "ioc",
        "fok",
      ],
    },
    limitPrice: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Limit Price",
      description: "Required if type is `limit` or `stop_limit`",
      optional: true,
    },
    stopPrice: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Stop Price",
      description: "Required if type is `stop` or `stop_limit`",
      optional: true,
    },
    trailPrice: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Trail Price",
      description: "This or `trail_percent` is required if type is `trailing_stop`",
      optional: true,
    },
    trailPercent: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Trail Percent",
      description: "This or `trail_price` is required if type is `trailing_stop`",
      optional: true,
    },
    extendedHours: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Extended Hours",
      description: "If true, order will be eligible to execute in premarket/afterhours. Only works with `Type` **Limit** and `Time in Force` **Day**.",
      optional: true,
      default: false,
    },
  },
  async run ({ $ }) {
    if (!this.qty && !this.notional) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("Either `Qty` or `Notional` is required!");
    }
    if (this.qty && this.notional) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("`Qty` and `Notional` cannot be given at the same time!");
    }
    if ((this.type == "limit" || this.type == "stop_limit") && !this.limitPrice) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("`Limit Price` is required when `Type` is `limit` or `stop_limit`!");
    }
    if ((this.type == "stop" || this.type == "stop_limit") && !this.stopPrice) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("`Stop Price` is required when `Type` is `limit` or `stop_limit`!");
    }
    if (this.type == "trailing_stop" && !this.trailPrice && !this.trailPercent) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("`Trail Price` or `Trail Percent` is required when `Type` is `trailing_stop`!");
    }
    const response = await this.app.placeOrder({
      $,
      isPaperAPI: this.isPaperAPI,
      data: {
        symbol: this.symbol,
        qty: this.qty,
        notional: this.notional,
        side: this.side,
        type: this.type,
        time_in_force: this.timeInForce,
        limit_price: this.limitPrice,
        stop_price: this.stopPrice,
        trail_price: this.trailPrice,
        trail_percent: this.trailPercent,
        extended_hours: this.extendedHours,
      },
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Order(ID:${response.id}) has been placed.`);
    return response;
  },
};

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
AlpacaappappThis component uses the Alpaca app.
Paper APIisPaperAPIboolean

Set to true if Paper API is used. Default is false.

Symbolsymbolstring

Symbol, asset ID, or currency pair to identify the asset to trade (ex. AAPL, BTC/USD).

Qtyqtystring

Number of shares to trade. Can be fractionable for only market and day order types.

Notionalnotionalstring

Dollar amount to trade. Cannot work with Qty. Can only work for market order types and day for time in force.

SidesidestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:buysell
TypetypestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:marketlimitstopstop_limittrailing_stop
Time in ForcetimeInForcestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:daygtcopgclsiocfok
Limit PricelimitPricestring

Required if type is limit or stop_limit

Stop PricestopPricestring

Required if type is stop or stop_limit

Trail PricetrailPricestring

This or trail_percent is required if type is trailing_stop

Trail PercenttrailPercentstring

This or trail_price is required if type is trailing_stop

Extended HoursextendedHoursboolean

If true, order will be eligible to execute in premarket/afterhours. Only works with Type Limit and Time in Force Day.

Authentication

Alpaca uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Alpaca account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Alpaca and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Alpaca API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

account:writetradingdata

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