How to place order with tag

vishwash_yadav

Hi,
I want to place order with some tag so that i can list out all orders which is executed from my application. Doing like this it will help me to generate report for my application about Profit/Loss over a month/week.

sujith

@vishwash_yadav,
Order tag is already available. You can check out documentation.

trade_then

in PlaceOrder Tag is already an argument provided, you just have to fill it and crosscheck it with the order details you download, or receive through websocket connection.

Length of Tag word cannot be more then 8 characters.

Thanks
Regards

MAG

@vishwash_yadav

TagStr="02281"
 order_id=kws.order_place(
                                exchange=NSE,
                                tradingsymbol=ACC,
                                transaction_type=BUY,           # or SELL
                                quantity=1,
                                price=1634.4,
                                product=MIS,
                                order_type=LIMIT,
                                validity=DAY,
                                variety=regular,
                                tag=TagStr
                        )

Tag can be alphanumeric, no special characters. Max length is 8 characters.

ankur0101

But what is the use of tag?

gsuryagandh

@ankur0101 one can identify orders belonging to certain algorithm if he is running multiple algorithms

ankur0101

Yes, I thought of that only but when I set some value in a tag and algo fires the order, I dont see that tag in the orders that have been executed.

ankur0101

@vivek @sujith , I am setting a text value in tags parameter while placing an order but it is not visible in kite's order page. Need your input

sujith

@ankur0101,
It can only take alphanumeric characters of maximum length 8.
Are you sure you are not sending special characters and length of the string is not more than length 8?

ankur0101

@sujith , yes please find source code:


url = "https://api.kite.trade/orders/regular"
zerodhaToken = "token "+api_key+":" + access_token
headers = {"X-Kite-Version": "3", "Authorization": zerodhaToken}
data = { "tradingsymbol" : tradingSymbol,
"exchange" : exchange,
"transaction_type" : transaction_type,
"product" : product,
"order_type" : order_type,
"quantity" : quantity,
"price" : price,
"trigger_price" : trigger_price,
"disclosed_quantity" : disclosed_quantity, "validity" : validity, "tag" : "tag1"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data)


ankur0101

My code belongs to python

sujith

Are you using pykiteconnect?
Can you elaborate your issue, tags are not there in the orderbook response or it is not visible on Kite web/mobile?

ankur0101

No, I am using pure REST API. While placing an order from python, I am using the above code, I believe given tag "tag1" should be visible when I login to Kite > Orders > Locate respective order > Order info

ankur0101

@sujith @vivek from which interface we can see the tags that I set from API?

sujith

Order tags are only visible in response. It won't show up on Kite.

ankur0101

Thanks @sujith I think it would be good idea to have them in Kite too, because user will understand whether the order has been placed manually or using algo.

sujith

I am afraid we can't add that in Kite Web different platforms use it in a different way.