Datetime should support --timerange too

freqtrade/commands/arguments.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ARGS_CONVERT_DATA_OHLCV = ARGS_CONVERT_DATA + ["timeframes"]
 ARGS_LIST_DATA = ["exchange", "dataformat_ohlcv", "pairs"]
 
 ARGS_DOWNLOAD_DATA = ["pairs", "pairs_file", "days", "download_trades", "exchange",
-                      "timeframes", "erase", "dataformat_ohlcv", "dataformat_trades"]
+                      "timeframes", "erase", "dataformat_ohlcv", "dataformat_trades", "timerange"]
 
 ARGS_PLOT_DATAFRAME = ["pairs", "indicators1", "indicators2", "plot_limit",
                        "db_url", "trade_source", "export", "exportfilename",

freqtrade/commands/data_commands.py

@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@ def start_download_data(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     """
     config = setup_utils_configuration(args, RunMode.UTIL_EXCHANGE)
 
+    if 'days' in config and 'timerange' in config:
+        raise OperationalException("--days and --timerange are mutually exclusive. "
+                                   "You can only specify one or the other.")
     timerange = TimeRange()
     if 'days' in config:
         time_since = arrow.utcnow().shift(days=-config['days']).strftime("%Y%m%d")
         timerange = TimeRange.parse_timerange(f'{time_since}-')
 
+    if 'timerange' in config:
+        timerange = timerange.parse_timerange(config['timerange'])
+
     if 'pairs' not in config:
         raise OperationalException(
             "Downloading data requires a list of pairs. "

tests/commands/test_commands.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock
 
+import arrow
 import pytest
 
 from freqtrade.commands import (start_convert_data, start_create_userdir,
@@ -552,6 +553,50 @@ def test_download_data_keyboardInterrupt(mocker, caplog, markets):
     assert dl_mock.call_count == 1
 
 
+def test_download_data_timerange(mocker, caplog, markets):
+    dl_mock = mocker.patch('freqtrade.commands.data_commands.refresh_backtest_ohlcv_data',
+                           MagicMock(return_value=["ETH/BTC", "XRP/BTC"]))
+    patch_exchange(mocker)
+    mocker.patch(
+        'freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.markets', PropertyMock(return_value=markets)
+    )
+    args = [
+        "download-data",
+        "--exchange", "binance",
+        "--pairs", "ETH/BTC", "XRP/BTC",
+        "--days", "20",
+        "--timerange", "20200101-"
+    ]
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
+                       match=r"--days and --timerange are mutually.*"):
+        start_download_data(get_args(args))
+    assert dl_mock.call_count == 0
+
+    args = [
+        "download-data",
+        "--exchange", "binance",
+        "--pairs", "ETH/BTC", "XRP/BTC",
+        "--days", "20",
+    ]
+    start_download_data(get_args(args))
+    assert dl_mock.call_count == 1
+    # 20days ago
+    days_ago = arrow.get(arrow.utcnow().shift(days=-20).date()).timestamp
+    assert dl_mock.call_args_list[0][1]['timerange'].startts == days_ago
+
+    dl_mock.reset_mock()
+    args = [
+        "download-data",
+        "--exchange", "binance",
+        "--pairs", "ETH/BTC", "XRP/BTC",
+        "--timerange", "20200101-"
+    ]
+    start_download_data(get_args(args))
+    assert dl_mock.call_count == 1
+
+    assert dl_mock.call_args_list[0][1]['timerange'].startts == arrow.Arrow(2020, 1, 1).timestamp
+
+
 def test_download_data_no_markets(mocker, caplog):
     dl_mock = mocker.patch('freqtrade.commands.data_commands.refresh_backtest_ohlcv_data',
                            MagicMock(return_value=["ETH/BTC", "XRP/BTC"]))