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fleper22
fleper22

Reputation: 21

Is the Yahoo Finance API open?

I have recently been looking after API:s to collect OHLC stock data and read about the yahoo finance API. After browsing the web for a while I was unable to find any documentation for their API but it seems like it still possible to collect the data through the pandas-datareader library. These lines of codes is taken from a youtube-video. However I was wondering if anyone knows if their API is still open and what this command is doing.

def get_data(ticker):
    try:
        stock_data = data.DataReader(ticker,
                                     'yahoo',
                                     START_DATE,
                                     END_DATE)
        stock_data.dropna(axis=1, inplace=True)
        return stock_data
    except RemoteDataError:
        print('No data found for {t}'.format(t=ticker))

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6512

Answers (4)

Telescope Analytics
Telescope Analytics

Reputation: 1

Try to use that API https://rapidapi.com/telescopeanalytics-hl8pcoeL44o/api/telescope-stocks-options-price-charts/. This API provide an access to actual information from stock exchanges worldwide. It supports getting information about emitents and the history of share price changes.

Example:

import requests

url = "https://telescope-stocks-options-price-charts.p.rapidapi.com/stocks/AAPL"

querystring = {"modules":"assetProfile,summaryProfile,price"}

headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "telescope-stocks-options-price-charts.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.text)

Upvotes: 0

Steve Jalim
Steve Jalim

Reputation: 12195

Even though the Yahoo API has gone, you may be able to find one that suits your needs from here: https://www.programmableweb.com/category/financial/apis?category=19968&keyword=stock

In terms of what the code is doing:

def get_data(ticker):
    try:
        # get data for the given `ticker` symbol, from Yahoo, between the two dates
        stock_data = data.DataReader(ticker,
                                     'yahoo',
                                     START_DATE,
                                     END_DATE)
        # Drop empty values from the data:
        stock_data.dropna(axis=1, inplace=True)

        return stock_data
    except RemoteDataError:
        print('No data found for {t}'.format(t=ticker))

Upvotes: 1

DapperDuck
DapperDuck

Reputation: 2876

The Official Yahoo Finance API was closed in 2017, however there are unofficial versions. The most popular is this, hosted on RapidAPI, however I believe you have to pay for some functionalities. I would recommend using an alternative like Alpha Vantage.

Upvotes: -1

Ansh Arora
Ansh Arora

Reputation: 25

Actually my search shows that the Yahoo Finance API was shut down in 2017.

Upvotes: 0

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