YAML config file for managing cBots instances and params.

Hello there.

Manually handling many instances of cBots is tedious and error-prone. This becomes specially true when dealing with VPS.

I suspect that cTrader already handles this internally, because it is capable of reminding the instances and its params when closed. So I propose to make a public API for that.

I would like that cTrader to bring along one single YAML file, which could be edited directly on Automate and possibly saved in the cloud, just like the workspaces. I can relate with the idea of opening a file anywhere, possibly having many of them, but I still would prefer to have it embedded in cTrader.

Such configuration could be done in JSON or XML, but YAML would provide a much better and DRYer experience, for it is likely for many instances to share most of its params.

I suggest two forms for structuring the config file. I would be satisfied with both of them.

# 1st proposition: one ruleset per account
account_a:
  autostart: boolean # having one ruleset per account would make it possible when opening cTrader.
  cBots:
    "Robot A": # The name of any given cBot.
      base: &robot_a
        Symbol: # Required.
          value: EURUSD
        Timeframe: # Required.
          value: m5 # t5, re5, ra5
        Param1:
          type: Float
          value: 1.2
        Param2:
          type: String
          value: "ABCDEFG"
      
      instances:
        - <<: *robot_a
        - <<: *robot_a
          Timeframe:
            value: t5
        - <<: *robot_a
          Param1:
            type: Float
            value: 1.5
        - <<: *robot_a
          Param2:
            type: String
            value: "HIJKLMN"
        # Instances...
    # Robots...
# Accounts...


# 2nd proposition: named rulesets would require a selector
ruleset_a:
  display_name: "Majors"
  cBots:
    "Robot C":
      # Same as above.
# Rulesets...

A possible place for putting the ruleset selector.

Best regards.