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Quick Start with Python

This guide will walk you through the steps to set up and start using the dYdX API Python library.

Install Python3 and Poetry

Choose and install Python 3.9+ and Poetry for your system.

Clone the dydx client repo

git clone https://github.com/dydxprotocol/v4-clients.git

Install all dependencies

Go to the Python client library.

cd v4-clients/v4-client-py-v2

Install the project dependencies using the following command:

poetry install

Run an example

Now, we can run an example file. Let's run example/accounts_endpoint.py file.

poetry run python -m examples.account_endpoints
Now, you can play around with all the available examples. Happy trading!