schwab-api 0.1.0

Unofficial Schwab API wrapper in Python 3.

Schwab API

This is not an official API or even a stable recreation of a Charles Schwab API. Functionality may change with any updates made by Schwab.

This package enables buying and selling securities programmatically on Charles Schwab. Currently, we use a headless browser to automate logging in in order to get authorization cookies. All other functionality is done through web requests made to Schwab's own API.

Live Demo

I am currently using this package to place trades on Schwab using my website here

Contribution

I would absolutely love contributions; as someone new to open source, I'd appreciate help in setting up a reliable system for PRs as well :)

Getting Started

Installing

Install using pypi and then download and install the playwright binaries:

pip install schwab-api
python -m playwright install

Quickstart

Here's some code that logs in, gets all account holdings, and makes a stock purchase:

from schwab_api import Schwab

# Initialize our schwab instance
# We can only have one instance running at a time

# If you know your TOTP secret, pass that into the `totp` parameter in get_instance
# How to get TOTP: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/hvvuwl/using_google_auth_or_your_totp_app_of_choice_for/ 
# Initialize our schwab instance
api = Schwab(
    username="username",
    password="password",
    totp="totp" # if totp is not given, you'll be asked to enter a code you receive as SMS
)

# Login using playwright to get authorization cookies
api.login(screenshot=False)

# Get information about all accounts holdings
account_info = api.get_account_info()
print(account_info)

# Place a dry run trade for a given account number
messages, success = api.trade(
    ticker="AAPL", 
    side="Buy", #or Sell
    qty=1, 
    account_id=99999999, # Replace with your acount number
    dry_run=True # If dry_run=True, we won't place the order, we'll just verify it.
)

Documentation

There is currently no documentation. If there is traction or demand, I will slowly add this in.

Features

• Buying and Selling tickers
• Multiple individual account support
• MFA and TOTP authentication
• Account and Position Information
• Headless playwright implementation

TODO

• Currently, we use a headless browser to login to Schwab; in the future, we want to do this purely with requests.