PBYF 0.0.1

data/lib/pbyf.rb

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+require 'rest-client'
+require 'csv'
+#Pause Break Yahoo Finance gem
+class PBYF
+  #these are the base urls for querying various parts of yahoo finance
+  @@quote_url = 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s='
+  @@historical_quote_url = 'http://ichart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s='
+
+  # this gets an array of arrays for the csv file
+  # arr_of_arrays = CSV.parse(RestClient.get 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=%40%5EDJI,GOOG&f=nsl1op')
+
+  #this will divide them into rows
+  # CSV.parse(RestClient.get 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=%40%5EDJI,GOOG&f=nsl1op') do |row|
+  # 	row
+  # end
+
+  #str_of_stocks should be formatted according to yahoo finance api docs
+  def self.get_quote str_of_stocks, str_of_options
+  	query_url = @@quote_url + str_of_stocks + '&f=' + str_of_options
+  	arr_of_arrays = CSV.parse(RestClient.get query_url)
+  end
+
+  # one cannot get multiple stocks for historical quotes, you must get them separately
+  # for now dates will be assumed to be the format Month-Day-Year, i.e. 3-19-1988
+  def self.get_hist_quote str_of_stock, from_date, to_date, interval = 'd'
+  	from = from_date.split('-')
+  	to = to_date.split('-')
+  	from_to_params = "&a=#{from[0].to_i-1}" + "&b=#{from[1]}" + "&c=#{from[2]}" + "&d=#{to[0].to_i-1}" + "&e=#{to[1]}" + "&f=#{to[2]}"
+  	query_url = @@historical_quote_url + str_of_stock + from_to_params + "&g=#{interval}"
+  	puts query_url
+  	arr_of_arrays = CSV.parse(RestClient.get query_url)
+  end
+  
+end
+  
+  #testing
+  #PBYF.get_quote('%40%5EDJI,GOOG', 'nsl1op')
+  #PBYF.get_hist_quote( 'GOOG', '3-19-2012', '4-19-2012', 'd' )

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: PBYF
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.1
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Matt Wickman
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-08-14 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: For use with Yahoo Finance
+email: wickman.matthew@gmail.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/pbyf.rb
+homepage: http://pause-break.net
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.24
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Still a work in progress
+test_files: []