lendingclub 0.1b

An library for Lending Club that lets you check your cash balance, search for notes, build orders and invest.

Lending Club API

A stand-alone python API for Lending Club. In a nutshell, this module lets you check your cash balance, search for notes, build orders and invest.

It is still a work in progress but I expect the first stable release by the end of July. The current release works well but may have some bugs – use at your own risk.

The code has been ported out of the LendingClub Auto Investor project.

Disclaimer

I have tested this tool to the best of my ability, but understand that it may have bugs. Use at your own risk!

Requirements

The following Python libraries are required:

• requests

• beautifulsoup4

• html5lib

• pybars

These can automatically be installed with pip:

sudo pip install requests beautifulsoup4 html5lib pybars

Install

To install, run:

sudo python ./setup.py install

Examples

Here’s a step-by-step example of searching for grade B loans and investing $25 in the first one:

>>> from lendingclub import LendingClub
>>> from lendingclub.filters import Filter
>>> lc = LendingClub()
>>> lc.authenticate()
Email:[e-mail]
Password:
True
>>> filters = Filter()
>>> filters['grades']['B'] = True      # Filter for only B grade loans
>>> results = lc.search(filters)       # Search using this filter
>>> len(results['loans'])              # See how many results returned
100
>>> results['loans'][0]['loan_id']     # See the loan_id of the first loan
1763030
>>> order = lc.start_order()           # Start a new investment order
>>> order.add(5763030, 25)             # Add the first loan to the order with a $25 investment
>>> order.execute()                    # Execute the order
1861879
>>> order.order_id                     # See the order ID
1861879
>>> order.assign_to_portfolio('Foo')   # Assign the loans in this order to a portfolio called 'Foo'
True

Create a diversified portfolio of loan notes. Here we want to invest $400 in a portfolio with only B, C, D and E grade notes with an average overall return between 17% - 19%:

>>> from lendingclub import LendingClub
>>> from lendingclub.filters import Filter
>>> lc = LendingClub()
>>> lc.authenticate()
Email:[e-mail]
Password:
True
>>> filters = Filter()                # Set the filters
>>> filters['grades']['B'] = True     # See Pro Tips for a shorter way to do this
>>> filters['grades']['C'] = True
>>> filters['grades']['D'] = True
>>> filters['grades']['E'] = True
>>> lc.get_cash_balance()             # See the cash you have available for investing
463.80000000000001
                                      # Find a portfolio to invest in ($400 & between 17-19%)
>>> portfolio = lc.build_portfolio(400, 17.0, 19.0, filters)
>>> len(portfolio['loan_fractions'])  # See how many loans are in this portfolio
16
>>> order = lc.start_order()          # Start a new order
>>> order.add_batch(portfolio)        # Add the portfolio to the order
>>> order.execute()                   # Execute the order
1861880

Get a list of the loan notes that you’ve invested in (by default this will only return 100 at a time):

>>> from lendingclub import LendingClub
>>> lc = LendingClub()
>>> lc.authenticate()
Email:[e-mail]
Password:
True
>>> notes = lc.get_notes()                  # Get the first 100 loan notes
>>> len(notes['loans'])
100
>>> notes['total']                          # See the total number of loan notes you have
630
>>> notes = lc.get_notes(start_index=100)   # Get the next 100 loan notes
>>> len(notes['loans'])
100
>>> notes = lc.get_notes(get_all=True)       # Get all notes in one request (may be slow)
>>> len(notes['loans'])
630

Pro Tips

You can define some of your filters in the init line:

filters = Filter({'grades': {'B': True, 'C': True, 'D': True, 'E': True}})

This will merge these values with the rest of the filters.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Gillick

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.