Updated

Stop and start calls added
Along with refactoring to base line and use decorators.
Also modules loaded optionally if enabled in config or not
binds to ip / port set from config.json with warning if not localhost

TODO:
 - use argparse in client, and generally clean client up
 - create unit test
 - documentation
 - extend to other RCP commands, after feedback

freqtrade/rpc/rest_client.py

@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@ Simple command line client into RPC commands
 Can be used as an alternate to Telegram
 """
 
+import time
 from requests import get
 from sys import argv
 
+
+
+#TODO - use argparse to clean this up
+#TODO - use IP and Port from config.json not hardcode
+
 if len(argv) == 1:
     print('\nThis script accepts the following arguments')
     print('- daily (int) - Where int is the number of days to report back. daily 3')
+    print('- start  - this will start the trading thread')
+    print('- stop  - this will start the trading thread')
     print('- there will be more....\n')
 
 if len(argv) == 3 and argv[1] == "daily":
@@ -20,4 +28,26 @@ if len(argv) == 3 and argv[1] == "daily":
     else:
         print("\nThe second argument to daily must be an integer, 1,2,3 etc")
 
+if len(argv) == 2 and argv[1] == "start":
+    get_url = 'http://localhost:5002/start'
+    d = get(get_url).text
+    print(d)
+
+    if "already" not in d:
+        time.sleep(2)
+        d = get(get_url).text
+        print(d)
+
+if len(argv) == 2 and argv[1] == "stop":
+    get_url = 'http://localhost:5002/stop'
+    d = get(get_url).text
+    print(d)
+
+    if "already" not in d:
+        time.sleep(2)
+        d = get(get_url).text
+        print(d)
+
+
+