How can I pass a command line argument to a Zipline algo?

[Mike Ellertson]

Does anyone know of an easy way to pass a command line argument (or equivalent) to a Zipline algorithm? I have a genetic algorithm, which spawns many different process, and each one needs to use Zipline for its "fitness" function, to see how well it performed.

I've tried passing an argument on the command line, before and after the "run" command. But, both seem to make Zipline halt. Any ideas?

Mike Ellertson

[Ed Bartosh]

Hi Mike,

Something like this should work:

import sys

from zipline.__main__ import main

sys.argv.append('--help')

main()

Regards,

Ed

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BR,
Ed

[Mike Ellertson]

Thanks Ed! I'm such a knuckle-head, I can't believe I didn't think of that.  +1 for the simple solution!

In the mean time I found a reference in the Zipline docs saying we can also use the Zipline.run_algorithm() function. I was able to get that to work and coded up an example on Github.  

Best regards,

Mike Ellertson

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Best regards,

Mike Ellertson
Email: mdell...@gmail.com