xignitegh 0.2.1

A wrapper to the XigniteGlobalHistorical API

XigniteGH

Python module to get historical stock data from the XigniteGlobalHistorical API

XigniteGH is a wrapper to the XigniteGlobalHistorical API. This module implements a python interface to the API provided by Xignite. A token is required.

Install

To install the package use:

pip install xignitegh

Usage

import pandas as pd
from xignitegh import Xignite

xgh = Xignite(_token="TOKEN", _token_userid=USERID)

quotes = xgh.get_quotes(ticker="AAPL", years=1)
if quotes["Outcome"] == "Success":
    name = quotes["Security"]["Name"]

dividends = xgh.get_dividends(ticker="AAPL", years=1)
if dividends["Outcome"] == "Success":
    df = pd.json_normalize(dividends["CashDividends"])

The token may also be stored in the environment variable XIGNITE_TOKEN. The token userid is optional and used only with encrypted tokens.