Turn MetaTrader 5 into a REST API - MT5 Quant Server with Python Tutorial Series - Part 02

🚀 Turn MetaTrader 5 into a REST API

GitHub Repository Link:
https://github.com/sesto-dev/metatrad...

Welcome back to our MetaTrader 5 Quant Server with Python Tutorial Series! 🎉 In Video 2, we take a giant leap forward by deploying a Flask API alongside your MetaTrader 5 (MT5) setup, enabling seamless interaction through tools like Postman.

📺 What You'll Learn in This Video:
Transform MT5 into a REST API using Flask, allowing you to control your trading environment programmatically.
Set Up and Configure Flask within your Docker container to communicate effectively with MT5.
Create Robust API Endpoints to fetch account information, retrieve market data, and manage trading positions.
Test Your API using Postman and Swagger UI to ensure everything is running smoothly.
Enhance Security by setting up basic authentication protocols for your API interactions.

🛠 Prerequisites:
1. Chapter 1 Completed: Ensure you've successfully deployed MetaTrader 5 on your Linux server using Docker.
2. Basic Knowledge of Flask: Familiarity with Python and the Flask framework will help you get the most out of this tutorial.
3. Postman Installed: We'll use Postman to test our newly created API endpoints.

🔍 Video Structure:
00:00 Introduction to Flask and Its Role in MT5 Integration
00:48 Project Design
01:42 Why all this trouble?
03:51 Clone the repository
04:14 Docker setup
04:59 Python code
09:53 Shell Scripts
10:52 Deploy on Server
12:51 Install and login into MT5
13:09 Swagger
14:15 Postman

📂 Resources:
GitHub Repository: Access the complete source code and follow along with the tutorial by cloning the `chapter-2` branch [here](https://github.com/sesto-dev/metatrad....
Swagger API Documentation: Learn more about documenting APIs with Swagger [here](https://swagger.io/).

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