Yahoo Finance Data for Python

Python module to get data readily available from Yahoo Finance. The data is retrieved directly from the website with no data changes.

Warning: This package is undergoing development and implementation and interfaces may change drastically without notice.

Note: There is no guarantee that the data provided in this library is correct. Use at your own risk.

Installation

You can install the library using:

pip install yahoofinance

Note: There are a few packages with a similar name, make sure you type the right package name - yahoofinance

Usage

To export the Profile data to CSV, it is simple!

If we are looking to export Apple's Asset Profile we can do the following:

>>> import yahoofinance as yf
>>> profile = yf.AssetProfile('AAPL')
>>> profile.to_csv('AAPL-profile.csv')

You can now find the profile information in a CSV file called AAPL-profile.csv.

Next steps include exporting other to a Pandas Dataframe, which would be the main reason why this project exists!

Optional Usage

We can add in a locale to choose a specific region to query from. For example, from Australia, we can query from the Australian Yahoo Finance website to get marginally faster query times. Using the Asset Profile example previously:

>>> import yahoofinance as yf
>>> profile = yd.AssetProfile('AAPL', locale=Locale.AU)
>>> profile.to_csv('AAPL-profile.csv')

Current locales include:

• Locale.AU (Australia)
• Locale.CA (Canada)
• Locale.US (United States)

Example Use Case

You can find an example use case in the following Google Colab notebook: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1n5L2NVkRZuYUi_RaC54JsJN79Dq5wnEb

Documentation

You can find the documentation here: https://python-yahoofinance.readthedocs.io

FAQs

1. Why did you make this? I felt that financial data information is often restricted.

2. Can you make custom data manipulation filters to make the data more tailored to my use? I do not intend to. My ethos is to enable financial data users to retrieve the data and use it their own way. I do not want to steal the data provided and make my own flavour.

3. What happens when their website data changes and/or this project breaks? Let me know with a feature request and I'll do my best to fix it. Or even better, fork and make a pull request!

4. I want to contribute to this amazing project! Fork and make a pull request!

5. I like you, I want to support you financially. I don't have a support link yet (because this project just started), but if enough people are interested, I'll set one up someday.