nodex-ws will be a Node.js + Websockets library for the bitshares dex allowing developers who do not want to use python to jump into writing trading applications. Disclaimer: Nobody has taught me node or websockets. Should be some ugly fun but that is why we iterate.

Things I want in this library

• authenticate with any account (web)
• list the balances of accounts
• send money to other accounts
• obtain list of specified assets
• obtain a list of all assets
• obtain a list of all asset pairs
• obtain a list of asset pairs based on specified assets
• check the ticker price of any asset pair
• check the limit orders of any asset pair
• check the buys and sells of accounts
• manage buys and sells for any asset pair

wishlist (and maybe not belonging in this library)

• authenticate with other methods
• check the state of margins for accounts
• manage margins for accounts
• a hookable/actionable event system for all actions (eg. monitoring margins and taking action)
• use the first public working or configured (and working) dex rpc node.
• Structure and organization of code meeting an actually specified standard.
• An interface for data storage is needed to reduce repeat calls to api for basic information
• Determine the price of an asset pair with a seperate base. eg: usd price of bts:cny pair
• Changes or a sister library will be required to use this directly on websites

Libraries used

• websockets/ws - https://github.com/websockets/ws
• dotenv - https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv
• request-json - https://github.com/cozy/request-json
• collections - https://github.com/montagejs/collections

Development Libraries

• Mocha - https://github.com/mochajs/mocha
• Chai - https://github.com/chaijs/chai