TVWS - TradingView WebSocket Library

🚀 Browser-compatible TradingView WebSocket API with extensible event system for real-time market data.

✨ Features

🌐 Browser & CDN Ready - Works seamlessly in browsers and available via CDN
🔄 Multiple Endpoints - Access different TradingView data sources
📊 Comprehensive Market Data - Forex, crypto, stocks, commodities, and more
🎯 High Performance - Optimized WebSocket connections with efficient data handling
🛡️ Full TypeScript Support - Complete type definitions included
🔐 Optional Authentication - Access premium data with TradingView session
📈 Multiple Timeframes - Support for all TradingView chart intervals
⚡ Extensible Event System - Composable handlers for studies, replay, quotes, and more
🧩 Modular Architecture - Clean handler registry for adding new TradingView features
📦 Zero Dependencies - Pure WebSocket API, no external runtime dependencies

📦 Installation

NPM

npm install tvws

Yarn

yarn add tvws

Bun

bun add tvws

🚀 Quick Start

ES Modules (Recommended)

import { connect, getCandles } from 'tvws';

// Connect to TradingView
const connection = await connect({
  endpoint: 'data' // 'data' | 'prodata' | 'widgetdata' | 'charts-polygon'
});

// Fetch candlestick data
const candles = await getCandles({
  connection,
  symbols: ['FX:EURUSD', 'BINANCE:BTCUSDT.P'],
  amount: 100,
  timeframe: '1D'
});

console.log('Fetched candles:', candles);
await connection.close();

CommonJS

const { connect, getCandles } = require('tvws');

async function fetchData() {
  const connection = await connect();
  const candles = await getCandles({
    connection,
    symbols: ['FX:EURUSD'],
    amount: 100,
    timeframe: '1D'
  });
  console.log(candles);
  await connection.close();
}

🌐 CDN Usage

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script type="module">
    import { connect, getCandles } from 'https://unpkg.com/tvws@latest/dist/index.js';
    
    async function example() {
      const connection = await connect();
      const candles = await getCandles({
        connection,
        symbols: ['FX:EURUSD'],
        amount: 50,
        timeframe: '1h'
      });
      console.log('Candle data:', candles);
    }
    
    example();
  </script>
</head>
</html>

📊 API Reference

`connect(options?)`

Create a WebSocket connection to TradingView.

Parameters:

interface ConnectOptions {
  sessionId?: string;    // Optional TradingView session ID for premium data
  endpoint?: string;     // WebSocket endpoint (default: 'data')
  debug?: boolean;       // Enable debug logging (default: false)
}

Available Endpoints:

"data" - Standard data endpoint (recommended)
"prodata" - Premium data endpoint (requires authentication)
"widgetdata" - Widget data endpoint
"charts-polygon" - Polygon.io charts data

Returns: Promise<TradingviewConnection>

`getCandles(params)`

Fetch historical candlestick data.

Parameters:

interface GetCandlesParams {
  connection: TradingviewConnection;  // Active connection from connect()
  symbols: string[];                 // Array of trading symbols
  amount?: number;                   // Number of candles (default: maximum available)
  timeframe?: string | number;       // Chart timeframe (default: "1D")
}

Returns: Promise<CandleData[][]>

`connection.close()`

Close the WebSocket connection.

Event System

const connection = await connect();

// Subscribe to events
const unsubscribe = connection.subscribe((event) => {
  console.log('Event:', event.name, event.params);
});

// Clean up
unsubscribe();
await connection.close();

📈 Supported Symbols

Forex Pairs

// Major pairs
'FX:EURUSD', 'FX:GBPUSD', 'FX:USDJPY', 'FX:USDCHF'

// Cross pairs  
'FX:EURGBP', 'FX:EURJPY', 'FX:GBPJPY', 'FX:EURCHF'

// Exotics
'FX:USDTRY', 'FX:USDZAR', 'FX:USDMXN'

Cryptocurrencies

// Bitcoin
'CRYPTO:BTCUSD', 'CRYPTO:BTCUSDT', 'BINANCE:BTCUSDT.P'

// Ethereum
'CRYPTO:ETHUSD', 'CRYPTO:ETHUSDT', 'BINANCE:ETHUSDT.P'

// Altcoins
'CRYPTO:ADAUSD', 'BINANCE:ADAUSDT.P', 'BINANCE:SOLUSDT.P'

Stocks

// US Stocks
'NASDAQ:AAPL', 'NASDAQ:GOOGL', 'NASDAQ:MSFT'
'NYSE:TSLA', 'NYSE:BRK.A', 'NYSE:JPM'

// Indices
'AMEX:SPY', 'NASDAQ:QQQ', 'NYSEARCA:DIA'

Commodities

// Gold & Silver
'FOREXCOM:XAUUSD',  // Gold
'FOREXCOM:XAGUSD',  // Silver

// Oil
'NYMEX:CL1!',       // Crude Oil
'NYMEX:NG1!',       // Natural Gas

⏰ Supported Timeframes

Intraday

'1',   // 1 minute
'3',   // 3 minutes
'5',   // 5 minutes
'15',  // 15 minutes
'30',  // 30 minutes
'45',  // 45 minutes
'60',  // 1 hour
'120', // 2 hours
'180', // 3 hours
'240', // 4 hours

Daily & Above

'1D',   // Daily
'1W',   // Weekly
'1M',   // Monthly

📋 Response Data Structure

interface CandleData {
  timestamp: number;    // Unix timestamp (seconds)
  open: number;         // Open price
  high: number;         // High price
  low: number;          // Low price
  close: number;        // Close price
  volume: number;       // Trading volume
}

Example Response:

[
  {
    timestamp: 1640995200,
    open: 1.13500,
    high: 1.13750,
    low: 1.13400,
    close: 1.13650,
    volume: 1250
  },
  {
    timestamp: 1641081600,
    open: 1.13650,
    high: 1.13800,
    low: 1.13500,
    close: 1.13750,
    volume: 1380
  }
]

🚀 Advanced Features

Studies

import { createStudy, modifyStudy, removeStudy } from 'tvws';

const connection = await connect();

// Create a custom study
const studyData = await createStudy(connection, {
  symbol: 'BINANCE:BTCUSDT.P',
  studyId: 'my_rsi_study',
  script: `
    study("RSI Study")
    rsi = rsi(close, 14)
    plot(rsi)
  `,
  inputs: {
    length: 14,
    source: 'close'
  }
});

Replay

import { createReplay, ReplayController } from 'tvws';

const connection = await connect();
const replayState = await createReplay(connection, {
  symbols: ['BINANCE:BTCUSDT.P'],
  timeframe: '1h',
  speed: 1
});

const controller = new ReplayController(connection, replayState.sessionId);
controller.start(2); // Start at 2x speed

Real-time Quotes

import { getQuotes } from 'tvws';

const connection = await connect();
const quotes = await getQuotes(connection, {
  symbols: ['AAPL', 'GOOGL', 'MSFT'],
  fields: ['price', 'volume', 'change', 'change_percent']
});

console.log(quotes.get('AAPL')); // { price: 150.25, volume: 1000000, ... }

📚 Live Demo & Examples

For comprehensive examples and live demos, visit our demo repository:

🔗 tvws-demo

Quick Start with Demo

git clone https://github.com/badsector666/tvws-demo.git
cd tvws-demo
npm install && npm run dev

Visit http://localhost:5173 for the live demo!

🔐 Authentication Guide

To access premium data, provide your TradingView session ID:

const connection = await connect({
  endpoint: 'prodata',
  sessionId: 'your_tradingview_session_id_here'
});

Getting Session ID

Open https://www.tradingview.com/chart/
Open Developer Tools (F12)
Go to Application → Storage → Cookies → https://www.tradingview.com
Find the sessionid cookie and copy its value

📝 TypeScript Support

Full TypeScript support is included with comprehensive type definitions:

import { TradingviewConnection, CandleData, ConnectOptions } from 'tvws';

const connection: TradingviewConnection = await connect({
  endpoint: 'data',
  sessionId: undefined
});

const candles: CandleData[][] = await getCandles({
  connection,
  symbols: ['FX:EURUSD'],
  amount: 100,
  timeframe: '1D'
});

🌍 CDN & unpkg

The library is available via CDN for immediate use:

<!-- Latest version -->
<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/tvws@latest/dist/index.js"></script>

<!-- Specific version -->
<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/tvws@0.0.11/dist/index.js"></script>

🤝 Contributing

Fork the repository
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

📞 Support

🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
💡 Feature Requests: GitHub Discussions
📧 Email: badsectorkiller666@gmail.com

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