Prerequisites

• Install go compiler.
• (Optional) Docker.

Instructions

1. Create a project dir under $GOPATH/src

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/bwwu/stockbuddy
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/bwwu/stockbuddy
git clone git@github.com:bwwu/stockbuddy.git

2. Compile stockbuddy.

go build .

3. Set TradingBot password as an env var.

export STOCKBUDDY_PASSWORD=<password>

4. Run stockbuddy with appropriate flags, for example:

./stockbuddy --mail_to="foo@example.com,bar@example.com"

Runtime flags

Name	Description	Example Usage
mail_to	comma-separated list of emails	"a@foo.com,b@bar.com"
nomail	run stockbuddy without sending	--nomail=True
use_watchlist	path to csvs of ticker symbols	"path/to/stocks.csv"

Default watchlist is located at watchlists/default.txt.

Using Docker

You can also use Docker for development.

1. Build the image setting the stockbuddy password.

docker build -t stockbuddy --build-arg secret=$STOCKBUDDY_PASSWORD

2. Run the image.

docker run stockbuddy