Yahoo! FS (Finance Scraper)

Python API to get stock data from Yahoo! Finance using web scraping technology provided by Beautifulsoup4.

Developed as an alternative to yahoo-finance by Łukasz Banasiak, after the backend API was taken down.

How to Install

1. Install the requirements (Beautifulsoup4):

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Clone the yahoo_fs.py file into your project.

Examples

Get Summary Data

>>> from yahoo_fs import Share

>>> goog = Share('GOOG')

>>> print(goog.get_stock_exchange())
'NasdaqGS'
>>> print(goog.get_currency())
'USD'
>>> print(goog.get_price())
'1,007.72'
>>> print(goog.get_change())
'+2.62'
>>> print(goog.get_percent_change())
'+0.26%'
>>> print(goog.get_previous_trade_time())
'2:11PM'
>>> print(goog.get_trade_timezone())
'EDT'
>>> print(goog.get_previous_close())
'1,005.10'
>>> print(goog.get_open())
'998.00'
>>> print(goog.get_bid())
'1,014.74 x 200'
>>> print(goog.get_ask())
'1,016.02 x 100'
>>> print(goog.get_day_range())
'980.64 - 1,024.23'
>>> print(goog.get_52_week_range())
'817.02 - 1,186.89'
>>> print(goog.get_volume())
'2,728,590'
>>> print(goog.get_avg_daily_volume())
'1,836,955'

Refresh Market Data

>>> from yahoo_fs import Share

>>> goog = Share('GOOG')

>>> goog.refresh()

Custom Statistics Search

>>> from yahoo_fs import Share
>>> from pprint import pprint

>>> goog = Share('GOOG')

>>> pprint(goog.get_custom_statistics_search('Valuation Measures'))
{'Enterprise Value': '631.52B',
 'Enterprise Value/EBITDA': '17.65',
 'Enterprise Value/Revenue': '5.70',
 'Forward P/E': '20.90',
 'Market Cap (intraday)': '705.66B',
 'PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)': '1.07',
 'Price/Book': '4.62',
 'Price/Sales': '6.37',
 'Trailing P/E': '56.30'}
>>> print(goog.get_custom_statistics_search('Trading Information', '200-Day Moving Average'))
'1,046.7584'

Historical Data

>>> from yahoo_fs import Share
>>> from pprint import pprint

>>> goog = Share('GOOG')

>>> pprint(goog.get_historical_day('2018-03-23'))
[{'Adj Close': '1021.57',
  'Close': '1021.57',
  'Date': 'Mar 23 2018',
  'High': '1063.36',
  'Low': '1021.22',
  'Open': '1047.03',
  'Volume': '2156700'}]
>>> pprint(goog.get_historical_days('2018-03-19', '2018-03-23'))
[{'Adj Close': '1099.82',
  'Close': '1099.82',
  'Date': 'Mar 19 2018',
  'High': '1121.99',
  'Low': '1089.01',
  'Open': '1120.01',
  'Volume': '2805900'},
 {'Adj Close': '1021.57',
  'Close': '1021.57',
  'Date': 'Mar 23 2018',
  'High': '1063.36',
  'Low': '1021.22',
  'Open': '1047.03',
  'Volume': '2156700'}]
>>> pprint(goog.get_historical_range('2018-02-01', '2018-02-09'))
[{'Adj Close': '1167.70',
  'Close': '1167.70',
  'Date': 'Feb 01 2018',
  'High': '1174.00',
  'Low': '1157.52',
  'Open': '1162.61',
  'Volume': '2412100'},
 {'Adj Close': '1111.90',
  'Close': '1111.90',
  'Date': 'Feb 02 2018',
  'High': '1123.07',
  'Low': '1107.28',
  'Open': '1122.00',
  'Volume': '4857900'},
 {'Adj Close': '1055.80',
  'Close': '1055.80',
  'Date': 'Feb 05 2018',
  'High': '1110.00',
  'Low': '1052.03',
  'Open': '1090.60',
  'Volume': '3798300'},
 {'Adj Close': '1080.60',
  'Close': '1080.60',
  'Date': 'Feb 06 2018',
  'High': '1081.71',
  'Low': '1023.14',
  'Open': '1027.18',
  'Volume': '3448000'},
 {'Adj Close': '1048.58',
  'Close': '1048.58',
  'Date': 'Feb 07 2018',
  'High': '1081.78',
  'Low': '1048.26',
  'Open': '1081.54',
  'Volume': '2369200'},
 {'Adj Close': '1001.52',
  'Close': '1001.52',
  'Date': 'Feb 08 2018',
  'High': '1058.62',
  'Low': '1000.66',
  'Open': '1055.41',
  'Volume': '2859100'},
 {'Adj Close': '1037.78',
  'Close': '1037.78',
  'Date': 'Feb 09 2018',
  'High': '1043.97',
  'Low': '992.56',
  'Open': '1017.25',
  'Volume': '3505900'}]

Available Methods

• get_stock_exchange()
• get_currency()
• get_price()
• get_change()
• get_percent_change()
• get_previous_trade_time()
• get_trade_timezone()
• get_previous_close()
• get_open()
• get_bid()
• get_ask()
• get_day_range()
• get_52_week_range()
• get_volume()
• get_avg_daily_volume()
• get_custom_statistics_search(heading, row=None)
• get_valuation_measures()
• get_market_cap()
• get_enterprise_value()
• get_trailing_pe()
• get_forward_pe()
• get_peg_ratio()
• get_price_per_sales()
• get_price_per_book()
• get_enterprise_value_per_revenue()
• get_enterprise_value_per_ebitda()
• get_financial_highlights()
• get_fiscal_year_ends()
• get_most_recent_quarter()
• get_profit_margin()
• get_operating_margin()
• get_return_assets()
• get_return_equity()
• get_revenue()
• get_revenue_per_share()
• get_quarterly_revenue_growth()
• get_gross_profit()
• get_ebitda()
• get_net_income_avi_to_common()
• get_diluted_eps()
• get_quarterly_earnings_growth()
• get_total_cash()
• get_total_cash_per_share()
• get_total_debt()
• get_total_debt_per_equity()
• get_current_ratio()
• get_book_value_per_share()
• get_operating_cash_flow()
• get_levered_free_cash_flow()
• get_trading_information()
• get_beta()
• get_52_week_change()
• get_sp500_52_week_change()
• get_52_week_high()
• get_52_week_low()
• get_50_day_average()
• get_200_day_average()
• get_avg_3_month_volume()
• get_avg_10_day_volume()
• get_shares_outstanding()
• get_float()
• get_percent_held_insiders()
• get_percent_held_institutions()
• get_shares_short()
• get_short_ratio()
• get_short_percent_of_float()
• get_shares_short_prior()
• get_forward_dividend_rate()
• get_forward_dividend_yield()
• get_trailing_dividend_rate()
• get_trailing_dividend_yield()
• get_5_year_avg_dividend_yield()
• get_payout_ratio()
• get_dividend_date()
• get_exdividend_date()
• get_last_split_factor()
• get_last_split_date()
• get_company_name()
• get_company_address()
• get_company_phone_number()
• get_company_website()
• get_sector()
• get_industry()
• get_key_executives()
• get_historical_day(date)
• get_historical_days(date_from, date_to)
• get_historical_range(date_from, date_to)
• get_custom_analysts_search(heading)
• get_analysts_earnings_estimate()
• get_analysts_revenue_estimate()
• get_analysts_earnings_history()
• get_analysts_eps_trend()
• get_analysts_eps_revisions()
• get_analysts_growth_estimates()
• refresh()