Realtime MtGox Time and Sales

[Clark]

I have created a web page to view the real time MtGox time & sales data as it comes across the pipe.

http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/

Please note that this service requires WebSockets, and Google Chrome seems to be the only browser that supports the technology at the moment.

The MtGox data now comes down the pipes on socket.io, so browser compatibility should be much broader than before.

Browser Support:

• Google Chrome & Safari support WebSockets out of the box
• Firefox 4: Set network.websocket.override-security-block to true in about:config
• Opera: enable WebScokets in opera:config

If you want to see just a ticker updating in real time, I have created another page that uses polling as a fallback when WebSockets don't work:

http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/ticker/

There is also the issue of proxy servers getting confused by the unsecured WebSockets protocol. There is solid evidence that secure WebSockets (wss://) are routed properly by transparent proxy servers (maybe this is on MagicalTux's todo list already).

Whatever the case, if the site works for you, please enjoy and send a donation my way. I am in the process of developing depth of market tables for displaying the order book in real time. You can find the Order Book here: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14412

[EpicNoob]

n/a

[Kolky]

Works great!

There's however a small visual glitch that is quite annoying; whenever you have the site open long enough the list of "Time&Sales" goes over the credits and behind the console and then on down even more. Could you put this is in an overflow box or something, with a scrollbar probably?

Cheers!

[w0mbat]

nice work but if u use it for a longer time the trading data is running over the credts.

[RandyMarsh]

That looks fucking killer! Well done! I can see all my sales going through, never realised i was selling to so many people absolutely tiny amounts.

[gongcheng]

It seems to me that it doesn't work.

[FooDSt4mP]

It seems to me that it doesn't work.

What browser are you using?  Do you have websockets enabled?  It works fine for me in Chromium.  It would be nice if the prices were put in a div with overflow:hidden, but it's fully functional.

[Clark]

Thanks for the quick feedback and the donation! I had to sleep between launching and reading the replies, but I've made some style changes.

Now (for me at least) the trades go behind the credits and console, and the console doesn't scroll up the page when the trades extend beyond the window.

[BombaUcigasa]

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Works in Chrome but FF 4.0.1 is too old for it...

Someone donate to this guy!

[Maged]

As I've said to these sites before, they work in Firefox if you override the security block.
Set network.websocket.override-security-block to true in about:config
DO NOT ENABLE THIS IF YOU ARE BEHIND A PROXY

[bitpop]

You should try using pusher.com technology, its universal

[Clark]

You should try using pusher.com technology, its universal

The compatibility issues are not on my end: MtGox does not provide a meaningful fallback to the WebSocket data feed. I know that you can poll the Trade API http addresses, but there are other issues with that. For instance, the getTrades link provides WAY too much data (a couple megabytes) each time you call it. There are thousands of trades on there now.

Ideally, MtGox could add a few api parameters so you could ask for trades from a certain trade number or date instead of getting all trades from the past 48 hrs.

I have been checking out http://socket.io/ as an alternative as well.

[BombaUcigasa]

Had this open for hours, more fun to watch than the pretty color charts

[Clark]

Had this open for hours, more fun to watch than the pretty color charts

Glad you liked it. Out of curiosity, did you update the number of output lines for the console? And what did you settle on?

[BombaUcigasa]

Had this open for hours, more fun to watch than the pretty color charts

Glad you liked it. Out of curiosity, did you update the number of output lines for the console? And what did you settle on?

30

[WakiMiko]

works in firefox 4, just set network.websocket.override-security-block to true

[dingus]

Very nice. I like it! 

[RandyMarsh]

has something changed with the Ticker? Im not getting the list of trades scrolling down the screen anymore?

[Clark]

has something changed with the Ticker? Im not getting the list of trades scrolling down the screen anymore?

Not enough donations 


It still works for me, on multiple computers it various locations. Did you get a 'WebSocket closed' message? How long was it running before it stopped?

[RandyMarsh]

It worked fine for me about 22 hours ago, last time i was online, im still getting the console lines at the bottom and the trades are comming up in there like normal, its just not generating a list of the trades in the main part of the page.

PS. I sent a donation before, because this is awesome.