{"categories":[{"label":"Internet","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Python client library for the Alpaca Commission Free Trading API, providing REST and streaming interfaces for market data retrieval, account management, and algorithmic trading.","skillfed_tags":["trading-api","deprecated","archived"],"use_cases":["Fetch historical OHLCV bars and quotes for backtesting trading strategies","Stream real-time market data and execute trades programmatically against a live or paper trading account","Build automated trading bots that monitor account positions and rebalance portfolios on schedule","Retrieve historical trade data and account statements for analysis and reporting","Prototype trading algorithms with support for custom timeframes and data pagination"],"what_it_does":"alpaca-trade-api is a Python client for Alpaca's commission-free trading platform. It wraps the Alpaca REST and streaming APIs, allowing developers to fetch historical market data (bars, quotes, trades), manage trading accounts and portfolios, and stream live market data. The library supports both synchronous REST calls and asynchronous operations via asyncio, with built-in pagination for large data queries.\n\nThe package depends on pandas, numpy, requests, websocket-client, websockets, aiohttp, and other utilities for HTTP and data handling. It is designed for rapid algo development but is no longer actively maintained\u2014the maintainers deprecated it in favor of Alpaca-py starting in 2023 and committed to maintenance only through end-2022. The repository is now archived, making this a legacy choice for new projects.","worth_installing":"No, not for new projects. The package is abandoned and explicitly superseded by Alpaca-py. While it has low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, the lack of active maintenance, unclear license, and the maintainers' own recommendation to migrate make it unsuitable for new development. Use only if maintaining legacy code that cannot yet be ported to Alpaca-py."},"id":"alpaca-trade-api","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/alpaca-trade-api","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/alpaca-trade-api.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/alpaca-trade-api/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2024-01-12","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"alpaca-trade-api","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Alpaca API python client"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":655225,"position":5516,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.2.0"}