stoqey/ib

/**
 * This App will print current TWS time to console.
 */

import { IBApiNextError } from "../api-next";
import { IBApiNextApp } from "./common/ib-api-next-app";

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// Help text and command line parsing                                          //
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const DESCRIPTION_TEXT = "Prints the current TWS time.";
const USAGE_TEXT = "Usage: current-time.js <options>";
const OPTION_ARGUMENTS: [string, string][] = [];
const EXAMPLE_TEXT = "current-time.js -host=localhost -port=4001";

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// The App code                                                             //
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class PrintCurrentTimeApp extends IBApiNextApp {
  constructor() {
    super(DESCRIPTION_TEXT, USAGE_TEXT, OPTION_ARGUMENTS, EXAMPLE_TEXT);
  }

  /**
   * Start the app.
   */
  start(): void {
    super.start();

    // print current time

    this.api
      .getCurrentTime()
      .then((time) => {
        const dateTime = new Date(time * 1000); // IB count in seconds since 1970, not ms.
        this.printText(`${dateTime.toLocaleTimeString()}`);
        this.exit();
      })
      .catch((err: IBApiNextError) => {
        this.error(`getCurrentTime failed with '${err.error.message}'`);
      });
  }
}

// run the app

new PrintCurrentTimeApp().start();