numerapi 1.4.0

Automatically download and upload data for the Numerai machine learning competition

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# Numerai Python API
Automatically download and upload data for the Numerai machine learning
competition.

This library is a Python client to the Numerai API. The interface is programmed
in Python and allows downloading the training data, uploading predictions, and
accessing user, submission and competitions information.

If you encounter a problem or have suggestions, feel free to open an issue.

# Installation
`pip install --upgrade numerapi`

# Usage

Numerapi can be used as a regular, importable Python module or from the command
line.

Some actions (like uploading predictions or staking) require a token to verify
that it is really you interacting with Numerai's API. These tokens consists of
a `public_id` and `secret_key`. Both can be obtained by login in to Numer.ai and
going to Account -> Custom API Keys. Tokens can be passed to the Python module
as parameters or you can be set via environment variables (`NUMERAI_PUBLIC_ID`
and `NUMERAI_SECRET_KEY`).

## Python module

Usage example:

# some API calls do not require logging in
napi = numerapi.NumerAPI(verbosity="info")
# download current dataset
napi.download_current_dataset(unzip=True)
# get competitions
all_competitions = napi.get_competitions()
# get leaderboard for the current round
leaderboard = napi.get_leaderboard()
# leaderboard for a historic round
leaderboard_67 = napi.get_leaderboard(round_num=67)
# check if a new round has started
if napi.check_new_round():
print("new round has started wihtin the last 24hours!")
else:
print("no new round within the last 24 hours")

# provide api tokens
example_public_id = "somepublicid"
example_secret_key = "somesecretkey"
napi = NumerAPI(example_public_id, example_secret_key)

# upload predictions
submission_id = napi.upload_predictions("preds.csv", tournament=1)
# check submission status
napi.submission_status()

## Command line interface

To get started with the cli interface, let's take a look at the help page:

$ numerapi --help
Usage: numerapi [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Wrapper around the Numerai API

Options:
--help Show this message and exit.

Commands:
check_new_round Check if a new round has started within the...
competitions Retrieves information about all competitions
current_round Get number of the current active round.
dataset_url Fetch url of the current dataset.
download_dataset Download dataset for the current active...
leaderboard Retrieves the leaderboard for the given...
payments List all your payments
rankings Get the overall rankings.
stake Participate in the staking competition.
stakes List all your stakes.
staking_leaderboard Retrieves the staking competition leaderboard...
submission_filenames Get filenames of your submissions
submission_ids Get dict with username->submission_id...
submission_status checks the submission status
submission_successful Check if the last submission passes...
submit Upload predictions from file.
tournament_name2number Translate tournament name to tournament...
tournament_number2name Translate tournament number to tournament...
tournaments Get all active tournaments.
transactions List all your deposits and withdrawals.
user Get all information about you!
user_activities Get user activities (works for all users!)
version Installed numerapi version.

Each command has it's own help page, for example:

$ numerapi submit --help
Usage: numerapi submit [OPTIONS] PATH

Upload predictions from file.

Options:
--tournament INTEGER The ID of the tournament, defaults to 1
--help Show this message and exit.


# API Reference

Checkout the [detailed API docs](http://numerapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/numerapi.html#module-numerapi.numerapi)
to learn about all available methods, parameters and returned values.