def get_trades(asset_symbol, timedelta=datetime.timedelta(minutes=10), start=False, end=False, time_offset=datetime.timedelta(hours=5)):
if not start or not end: # create default start and end times if not given
end = datetime.datetime.now() + time_offset
start = end - timedelta
else:
start += time_offset
end += time_offset
# create unix versions of the start and end times
end_unix = int(time.mktime(end.timetuple()))
start_unix = int(time.mktime(start.timetuple()))
# get raw trade data from poloniex
trades_data = p.returnMarketTradeHistory('BTC_'+asset_symbol,start=start_unix,end=end_unix)
if len(trades_data) > 0: # create a data frame with all the trades
trades_df = pd.DataFrame(trades_data)
trades_df[['amount','rate','total']] = trades_df[['amount','rate','total']].astype(float)
trades_df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(trades_df.date)
trades_df['symbol'] = asset_symbol
return trades_df
else:
return false
