===== Run ibkr cp gateway from git bash ===== ==== background ==== The ibkr cp gateway is available from https://www.interactivebrokers.com/campus/ibkr-api-page/cpapi-v1/#gw-step-one -> Download the Standard Release . ==== problem ==== After installing it, I tried to run it from git bash. It failed with the following error raju@DESKTOP-CRLPVE5 MINGW64 ~/software/unzipped/ibkr_cp_gateway $ ./bin/run.sh ./root/conf.yaml running runtime path : ./root:dist/ibgroup.web.core.iblink.router.clientportal.gw.jar:build/lib/runtime/* config file : ./root/conf.yaml Error: Could not find or load main class ibgroup.web.core.clientportal.gw.GatewayStart tags | setup java in git bash, interactive brokers ibgroup.web.core.clientportal.gw.GatewayStart, git bash classpath ==== solution ==== The bin/run.sh script is doing something like java -cp "${RUNTIME_PATH}" But it is using ':' as the path separator while initializing it. On windows, it should use ";" instead. So changing export RUNTIME_PATH="$config_path:dist/ibgroup.web.core.iblink.router.clientportal.gw.jar:build/lib/runtime/*" to export RUNTIME_PATH="$config_path;dist/ibgroup.web.core.iblink.router.clientportal.gw.jar;build/lib/runtime/*" will fix it. I made the fix a bit generic and added it in https://github.com/KamarajuKusumanchi/public/blob/master/projects/ibkr_cp_gateway/bin/run.sh ==== see also ==== * https://mac-blog.org.ua/interactive-brokers-google-sheets/ - shows how to receive data from IBKR into Google sheets * https://mac-blog.org.ua/ibkr-api/ - has some notes on how to setup IBKR api. Borrowed some code from here into my fix above.