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yahoo_quote

Easy interaction with Yahoo Finance API

Installation

gem install yahoo_quote

Usage

require 'yahoo_quote'
quote = YahooQuote::Quote.new('AAPL', ['Name', 'Last Trade (Price Only)', 'P/E Ratio'])
quote.valid?
# => true
quote.data['Name']
# => "Apple Inc."
quote.data['Last Trade (Price Only)']
# => 502.12
quote.data['P/E Ratio']
# => 14.29
quote = YahooQuote::Quote.new('ECOMMERCE', ['Name', 'Last Trade (Price Only)', 'P/E Ratio'])
quote.valid?
# => false

To get list of supported fields:

puts quote.field_mappings.keys

Configuration

Specify a directory to keep a simple file-based cache:

YahooQuote::Configuration.cache_dir = "/tmp"

Credits

Thanks to danchoi for providing the initial code and encouraging me to extend it and make the gem.