Merge pull request #9986 from freqtrade/feat/show_config

add show-config command

docs/configuration.md

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ FREQTRADE__EXCHANGE__SECRET=<yourExchangeSecret>
 !!! Note
     Environment variables detected are logged at startup - so if you can't find why a value is not what you think it should be based on the configuration, make sure it's not loaded from an environment variable.
 
+!!! Tip "Validate combined result"
+    You can use the [show-config subcommand](utils.md#show-config) to see the final, combined configuration.
+
 ### Multiple configuration files
 
 Multiple configuration files can be specified and used by the bot or the bot can read its configuration parameters from the process standard input stream.
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ Multiple configuration files can be specified and used by the bot or the bot can
 You can specify additional configuration files in `add_config_files`. Files specified in this parameter will be loaded and merged with the initial config file. The files are resolved relative to the initial configuration file.
 This is similar to using multiple `--config` parameters, but simpler in usage as you don't have to specify all files for all commands.
 
+!!! Tip "Validate combined result"
+    You can use the [show-config subcommand](utils.md#show-config) to see the final, combined configuration.
+
 !!! Tip "Use multiple configuration files to keep secrets secret"
     You can use a 2nd configuration file containing your secrets. That way you can share your "primary" configuration file, while still keeping your API keys for yourself.
     The 2nd file should only specify what you intend to override.

docs/utils.md

@@ -66,6 +66,53 @@ $ freqtrade new-config --config user_data/config_binance.json
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 ```
 
+## Show config
+
+Show configuration file (with sensitive values redacted by default).
+Especially useful with [split configuration files](configuration.md#multiple-configuration-files) or [environment variables](configuration.md#environment-variables), where this command will show the merged configuration.
+
+![Show config output](assets/show-config-output.png)
+
+```
+usage: freqtrade show-config [-h] [--userdir PATH] [-c PATH]
+                             [--show-sensitive]
+
+options:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  --userdir PATH, --user-data-dir PATH
+                        Path to userdata directory.
+  -c PATH, --config PATH
+                        Specify configuration file (default:
+                        `userdir/config.json` or `config.json` whichever
+                        exists). Multiple --config options may be used. Can be
+                        set to `-` to read config from stdin.
+  --show-sensitive      Show secrets in the output.
+```
+
+``` output
+Your combined configuration is:
+{
+  "exit_pricing": {
+    "price_side": "other",
+    "use_order_book": true,
+    "order_book_top": 1
+  },
+  "stake_currency": "USDT",
+  "exchange": {
+    "name": "binance",
+    "key": "REDACTED",
+    "secret": "REDACTED",
+    "ccxt_config": {},
+    "ccxt_async_config": {},
+  }
+  // ...
+}
+```
+
+!!! Warning "Sharing information provided by this command"
+    We try to remove all known sensitive information from the default output (without `--show-sensitive`). 
+    Yet, please do double-check for sensitive values in your output to make sure you're not accidentally exposing some private info.
+
 ## Create new strategy
 
 Creates a new strategy from a template similar to SampleStrategy.