Trouble with API Keys on Poloniex in trader

[trendgiver]

I have configured the config.js for trading on Poloniex, I have used both valid API keys, but I get an error message:

Gekko

encountered an error and can't continue

Error:

Poloniex requires "//here it writes my secret key, that i have provided" to be set in the config
Meta debug info:
Gekko version: v0.4.10
Nodejs version: v6.10.3

here is my config setting

//

 Everything is explained here:
// @link https://github.com/askmike/gekko/blob/stable/docs/advanced_usage/plugins.md

var config = {};

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//                          GENERAL SETTINGS
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.debug = false; // for additional logging / debugging

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//                         WATCHING A MARKET
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.watch = {

  // see https://github.com/askmike/gekko#supported-exchanges
  exchange: 'poloniex',
  currency: 'BTC',
  asset: 'BCN',

  // You can set your own tickrate (refresh rate).
  // If you don't set it, the defaults are 2 sec for
  // okcoin and 20 sec for all other exchanges.
  // tickrate: 20
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//                       CONFIGURING TRADING ADVICE
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.tradingAdvisor = {
  enabled: true,
  method: 'CCI',
  candleSize: 1,
  historySize: 10,
  adapter: 'sqlite',
  talib: {
    enabled: false,
    version: '1.0.2'
  }
}

// Exponential Moving Averages settings:
config.DEMA = {
  // EMA weight (α)
  // the higher the weight, the more smooth (and delayed) the line
  short: 10,
  long: 21,
  // amount of candles to remember and base initial EMAs on
  // the difference between the EMAs (to act as triggers)
  thresholds: {
    down: -0.025,
    up: 0.025
  }
};

// MACD settings:
config.MACD = {
  // EMA weight (α)
  // the higher the weight, the more smooth (and delayed) the line
  short: 10,
  long: 21,
  signal: 9,
  // the difference between the EMAs (to act as triggers)
  thresholds: {
    down: -0.025,
    up: 0.025,
    // How many candle intervals should a trend persist
    // before we consider it real?
    persistence: 1
  }
};

// PPO settings:
config.PPO = {
  // EMA weight (α)
  // the higher the weight, the more smooth (and delayed) the line
  short: 12,
  long: 26,
  signal: 9,
  // the difference between the EMAs (to act as triggers)
  thresholds: {
    down: -0.025,
    up: 0.025,
    // How many candle intervals should a trend persist
    // before we consider it real?
    persistence: 2
  }
};

// Uses one of the momentum indicators but adjusts the thresholds when PPO is bullish or bearish
// Uses settings from the ppo and momentum indicator config block
config.varPPO = {
  momentum: 'TSI', // RSI, TSI or UO
  thresholds: {
    // new threshold is default threshold + PPOhist * PPOweight
    weightLow: 120,
    weightHigh: -120,
    // How many candle intervals should a trend persist
    // before we consider it real?
    persistence: 0
  }
};

// RSI settings:
config.RSI = {
  interval: 14,
  thresholds: {
    low: 30,
    high: 70,
    // How many candle intervals should a trend persist
    // before we consider it real?
    persistence: 1
  }
};

// TSI settings:
config.TSI = {
  short: 13,
  long: 25,
  thresholds: {
    low: -25,
    high: 25,
    // How many candle intervals should a trend persist
    // before we consider it real?
    persistence: 1
  }
};

// Ultimate Oscillator Settings
config.UO = {
  first: {weight: 4, period: 7},
  second: {weight: 2, period: 14},
  third: {weight: 1, period: 28},
  thresholds: {
    low: 30,
    high: 70,
    // How many candle intervals should a trend persist
    // before we consider it real?
    persistence: 1
  }
};

// CCI Settings
config.CCI = {
    constant: 0.015, // constant multiplier. 0.015 gets to around 70% fit
    history: 90, // history size, make same or smaller than history
    thresholds: {
        up: 100, // fixed values for overbuy upward trajectory
        down: -100, // fixed value for downward trajectory
        persistence: 0 // filter spikes by adding extra filters candles
    }
};

// StochRSI settings
config.StochRSI = {
  interval: 3,
  thresholds: {
    low: 20,
    high: 80,
    // How many candle intervals should a trend persist
    // before we consider it real?
    persistence: 3
  }
};


// custom settings:
config.custom = {
  my_custom_setting: 10,
}

config['talib-macd'] = {
  parameters: {
    optInFastPeriod: 10,
    optInSlowPeriod: 21,
    optInSignalPeriod: 9
  },
  thresholds: {
    down: -0.025,
    up: 0.025,
  }
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//                       CONFIGURING PLUGINS
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

// do you want Gekko to simulate the profit of the strategy's own advice?
config.paperTrader = {
  enabled: false,
  // report the profit in the currency or the asset?
  reportInCurrency: true,
  // start balance, on what the current balance is compared with
  simulationBalance: {
    // these are in the unit types configured in the watcher.
    asset: 1,
    currency: 100,
  },
  // how much fee in % does each trade cost?
  fee: 0.25,
  // how much slippage/spread should Gekko assume per trade?
  slippage: 0.05,
  // what is the risk free return in % (to calculate sharpe ratio)
  riskFreeReturn: 5
}

// Want Gekko to perform real trades on buy or sell advice?
// Enabling this will activate trades for the market being
// watched by `config.watch`.
config.trader = {
  enabled: true,
  key: XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXX',
  secret: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
  username: '' // your username, only required for specific exchanges.
}

config.adviceLogger = {
  enabled: false,
  muteSoft: true // disable advice printout if it's soft
}

config.pushover = {
  enabled: false,
  sendPushoverOnStart: false,
  muteSoft: true, // disable advice printout if it's soft
  tag: '[GEKKO]',
  key: '',
  user: ''
}

// want Gekko to send a mail on buy or sell advice?
config.mailer = {
  enabled: false,       // Send Emails if true, false to turn off
  sendMailOnStart: true,    // Send 'Gekko starting' message if true, not if false

  email: '',    // Your Gmail address
  muteSoft: true, // disable advice printout if it's soft

  // You don't have to set your password here, if you leave it blank we will ask it
  // when Gekko's starts.
  //
  // NOTE: Gekko is an open source project < https://github.com/askmike/gekko >,
  // make sure you looked at the code or trust the maintainer of this bot when you
  // fill in your email and password.
  //
  // WARNING: If you have NOT downloaded Gekko from the github page above we CANNOT
  // guarantuee that your email address & password are safe!

  password: '',       // Your Gmail Password - if not supplied Gekko will prompt on startup.

  tag: '[GEKKO] ',      // Prefix all email subject lines with this

            //       ADVANCED MAIL SETTINGS
            // you can leave those as is if you
            // just want to use Gmail

  server: 'smtp.gmail.com',   // The name of YOUR outbound (SMTP) mail server.
  smtpauth: true,     // Does SMTP server require authentication (true for Gmail)
          // The following 3 values default to the Email (above) if left blank
  user: '',       // Your Email server user name - usually your full Email address 'me@mydomain.com'
  from: '',       // 'me@mydomain.com'
  to: '',       // 'me@somedomain.com, me@someotherdomain.com'
  ssl: true,        // Use SSL (true for Gmail)
  port: '',       // Set if you don't want to use the default port
}

config.pushbullet = {
    // sends pushbullets if true
  enabled: false,
    // Send 'Gekko starting' message if true
  sendMessageOnStart: true,
    // disable advice printout if it's soft
  muteSoft: true,
    // your pushbullet API key
  key: 'xxx',
    // your email, change it unless you are Azor Ahai
  email: 'jon_snow@westeros.org',
    // will make Gekko messages start mit [GEKKO]
  tag: '[GEKKO]'
};

config.ircbot = {
  enabled: false,
  emitUpdates: false,
  muteSoft: true,
  channel: '#your-channel',
  server: 'irc.freenode.net',
  botName: 'gekkobot'
}

config.telegrambot = {
  enabled: false,
  emitUpdates: false,
  token: 'YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN',
  botName: 'gekkobot'
}

config.xmppbot = {
  enabled: false,
  emitUpdates: false,
  client_id: 'jabber_id',
  client_pwd: 'jabber_pw',
  client_host: 'jabber_server',
  client_port: 5222,
  status_msg: 'I\'m online',
  receiver: 'jabber_id_for_updates'
}

config.campfire = {
  enabled: false,
  emitUpdates: false,
  nickname: 'Gordon',
  roomId: null,
  apiKey: '',
  account: ''
}

config.redisBeacon = {
  enabled: false,
  port: 6379, // redis default
  host: '127.0.0.1', // localhost
    // On default Gekko broadcasts
    // events in the channel with
    // the name of the event, set
    // an optional prefix to the
    // channel name.
  channelPrefix: '',
  broadcast: [
    'candle'
  ]
}

config.candleWriter = {
  enabled: true
}

config.adviceWriter = {
  enabled: true,
  muteSoft: true,
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//                       CONFIGURING ADAPTER
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.adapter = 'sqlite';

config.sqlite = {
  path: 'plugins/sqlite',

  dataDirectory: 'history',
  version: 0.1,

  dependencies: [{
    module: 'sqlite3',
    version: '3.1.4'
  }]
}

  // Postgres adapter example config (please note: requires postgres >= 9.5):
config.postgresql = {
  path: 'plugins/postgresql',
  version: 0.1,
  connectionString: 'postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432', // if default port
  database: null, // if set, we'll put all tables into a single database.
  schema: 'public',
  dependencies: [{
    module: 'pg',
    version: '6.1.0'
  }]
}

// Mongodb adapter, requires mongodb >= 3.3 (no version earlier tested)
config.mongodb = {
  path: 'plugins/mongodb',
  version: 0.1,
  connectionString: 'mongodb://mongodb/gekko', // connection to mongodb server
  dependencies: [{
    module: 'mongojs',
    version: '2.4.0'
  }]
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//                       CONFIGURING BACKTESTING
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

// Note that these settings are only used in backtesting mode, see here:
// @link: https://github.com/askmike/gekko/blob/stable/docs/Backtesting.md

config.backtest = {
  daterange: 'scan',
  batchSize: 50
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
//                       CONFIGURING IMPORTING
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.importer = {
  daterange: {
    // NOTE: these dates are in UTC
    from: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
  }
}

// set this to true if you understand that Gekko will
// invest according to how you configured the indicators.
// None of the advice in the output is Gekko telling you
// to take a certain position. Instead it is the result
// of running the indicators you configured automatically.
//
// In other words: Gekko automates your trading strategies,
// it doesn't advice on itself, only set to true if you truly
// understand this.
//
// Not sure? Read this first: https://github.com/askmike/gekko/issues/201
config['I understand that Gekko only automates MY OWN trading strategies'] = true;

module.exports = config;

[askmike]

It seems you are missing a ' here:

key: XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXX',

[oxpi]

Just as a side note: Poloniex is nice exchange, but recently experiencing network issues because of huge amount of new users.

[trendgiver]

I have inserted my real key, not the "XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXX" :) So the key is not missing, it is there, but it prints me out my secret key with error message mentioned above. In another app on my smartphone the API keys work fine, so it is not the issue of Polo.

[askmike]

I understand, but if you copied the config and replaced your key/secret with XX you have a missing '.

If the error you get with Gekko is:

Poloniex requires "//here it writes my secret key, that i have provided" to be set in the config

If your key would be MY-SECRET-KEY and the error is:

Gekko encountered an error and can't continue

Error:

Poloniex requires "MY-SECRET-KEY" to be set in the config
Meta debug info:
Gekko version: v0.4.10
Nodejs version: v6.10.3

Than it is most likely a parsing error with the config. Because Gekko is supposed to print that you haven't configured a key (or secret), not what the key is. Can you double check all the ' symbols? There should be exactly one before your key and and after your key (same with secret).

[trendgiver]

Here is my config line and what it prints me out, I have only changed the characters in keys to make them unrecognizable here :))

MY CONFIG PART

config.trader = {
enabled: true,
key: 'IUKOIUJD-NU70IODP-HJU75IOP-IOOLD67N',
secret: 'shuc98se7ghe8f7g8suhc89es7h98se7f8se7gf8se7gfo8se7fg8ose7fg8ose7fgse8o7fgos8e7fg8ose7gfe8os7fgse8o7fgo8se7fgo8se7gfo8se7fgs8oe7fg',
username: '' // your username, only required for specific exchanges.
}

AND HERE IS WHAT GEKKO PRINTS OUT

2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Setting up Gekko in realtime mode
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO):
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Setting up:
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Candle writer
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Store candles in a database
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO):

2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Setting up:
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Trading Advisor
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Calculate trading advice
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): Using the strategy: CCI
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (WARN): Warning, trading method has no name
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): The trading method requests 10 minutes of historic data. Checking availablity..
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO):

2017-05-23 16:04:05 (INFO): No usable local data available, trying to get as much as possible from the exchange..
2017-05-23 16:04:05 (DEBUG): Fetching exchange data since 10 minutes ago
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (DEBUG): Available exchange data:
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (DEBUG): from: 8 minutes ago
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (DEBUG): to: 0 minutes ago
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (DEBUG): Unable to stitch datasets.
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (INFO): Not seeding locally available data to the trading method.
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (INFO): Setting up:
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (INFO): Trader
2017-05-23 16:04:06 (INFO): Follows the advice and create real orders.

Gekko encountered an error and can't continue

Error:

Poloniex requires "shuc98se7ghe8f7g8suhc89es7h98se7f8se7gf8se7gfo8se7fg8ose7fg8ose7fgse8o7fgos8e7fg8ose7gfe8os7fgse8o7fgo8se7fgo8se7gfo8se7fgs8oe7fg" to be set in the config

Meta debug info:

Gekko version: v0.4.10
Nodejs version: v6.10.3

[trendgiver]

SOLVED! There was something wrong with an installation, i think i have messed up with other config files. Installed to other dir, works fine!

[JesusLives]

I have the same problem.
How did you solve it?