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Stocks with Python

Intro

This application pulls live stock data in json format then parses the data accordingly. It requires an API key which can be requested at this link https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key.

Installation

In order to run this program, package alpha-vatange is required. Install the package on your localhost or virtual environment using:

pip install alpha_vantage

API Key

This portion of the code initializes the API key. The user is also required to specify the stocks in a list format.

apiKey = os.getenv('STOCK_API')
stock_sym = ['GOOGL','FB']
ts = TimeSeries(apiKey)

Weekday

This function is responsible for determining the day of the week. If the end user runs the program during the weekend, data from Friday will be displayed.

def weekday():
    today_date = date.today()
    weekday = today_date.weekday()

    if weekday <= 4:
        return today_date
    elif weekday == 5 : 
        return datetime.strftime(datetime.now() - timedelta(1), '%Y-%m-%d')
    else: 
        return datetime.strftime(datetime.now() - timedelta(2), '%Y-%m-%d')

Stock Data

An API call is made to alpha vantage in this function, and the result is stored in a list.

def vatage_stock_data(date):
    vantage_data = []
    local_stock_list = []

    for symbol in stock_sym:
        symbol, meta = ts.get_daily(symbol=f'{symbol}')
        vantage_data.append(symbol[f'{date}'])

    for line,name in zip(vantage_data,stock_sym):
        new_dict={f'{name}':line}
        local_stock_list.append(new_dict)

    return local_stock_list

Parse Data

The stock list retrieved via the API call is parsed in this function. This function displays stock analytics that can be easily modified. I chose to display the daily open, close, high, and close.

def stock_open(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("OPEN",symbol,value['1. open'],sep="-")
    print("\n")

def stock_high(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("HIGH",symbol,value['2. high'],sep="-")
    print("\n")

def stock_low(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("LOW",symbol,value['3. low'],sep=":")
    print("\n")

def stock_close(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("ClOSE",symbol,value['4. close'],sep="-")
    print("\n")

Full Code

import urllib.request
from alpha_vantage.timeseries import TimeSeries
from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
import os

apiKey = os.getenv('STOCK_API')
stock_sym = ['GOOGL','FB']
ts = TimeSeries(apiKey)

def weekday():
    today_date = date.today()
    weekday = today_date.weekday()

    if weekday <= 4:
        return today_date
    elif weekday == 5 : 
        return datetime.strftime(datetime.now() - timedelta(1), '%Y-%m-%d')
    else: 
        return datetime.strftime(datetime.now() - timedelta(2), '%Y-%m-%d')

def vatage_stock_data(date):
    vantage_data = []
    local_stock_list = []

    for symbol in stock_sym:
        symbol, meta = ts.get_daily(symbol=f'{symbol}')
        vantage_data.append(symbol[f'{date}'])

    for line,name in zip(vantage_data,stock_sym):
        new_dict={f'{name}':line}
        local_stock_list.append(new_dict)

    return local_stock_list

def stock_open(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("OPEN",symbol,value['1. open'],sep="-")
    print("\n")

def stock_high(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("HIGH",symbol,value['2. high'],sep="-")
    print("\n")

def stock_low(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("LOW",symbol,value['3. low'],sep=":")
    print("\n")

def stock_close(list):
    for i in range(len(list)):
        for symbol,value in list[i].items():
            print("ClOSE",symbol,value['4. close'],sep="-")
    print("\n")

weekday = weekday()
stock_data = vatage_stock_data(weekday)

stock_open(stock_data)
stock_high(stock_data)
stock_low(stock_data)
stock_close(stock_data)

Top comments (3)

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COBaker

Hi, can I do this without installing alpha-vatange ? It would be very nice if you could do this!
Yes, I need it for forex. To simplify the work for the sewer market.
I read a very useful article about forex spread calculator and realized that this code will help me with this!
However, I don't want to install alpha-vatange because I don't know anything about it! And that makes me uneasy before setting it up.
Although if someone can convince me or help me figure out that alpha-vatange can be trusted, then I would install it...
So if you understand this , I would be happy to get a constructive answer! Thank you in advance !

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joshbrowne

Do you have anything for Forex?

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Trade Dude

Yes, that would be interesting.