Installation

Python version

Recommended Python version is 3.9 and above.

Dependencies

PyGindex depends on the following packages, that will be automatically installed:

• Requests is used to interact with IG Index API services over HTTPS

Virtual environment

Recommended way of installing PyGIndex is to use Python virtual environment.

Python comes with venv module, which makes it easy to start using virtual environments.

Create new environment

In your project directory initialise new environment:

$ mkdir new_project
$ cd new_project
$ python3 -m venv .venv

Activate the environment

You need to activate the newly created environment before you install PyGIndex and its dependencies:

$ cd new_project
$ source .venv/bin/activate

Note

Once you’re done with your work on the project code and want to switch to another environment, you need to de-activate it first:

$ deactivate

Install PyGIndex

In the active environment run the following command to install PyGIndex:

$ pip install pygindex -U