#!/usr/bin/env python """ This python script will use the API modules availables to check the value of a specific ticker online and return it """ import sys from YahooAPI import YFinance def Stock(ticker=''): if not ticker: print "No Ticker" sys.exit(1) else: """ We create a class from the Yahoo API We set the ticker argv[1] We ask for the value of the market """ finance = YFinance() finance.link = ticker value = finance.value """ We test if value is set first if it is not we exit because the ticker is wrong We, then, test if value is set to -1 if it is we exit because we couldn't connect """ if not value: print """ You submitted a ticker that doesn't exist Please try a different ticker than %s """ % ticker sys.exit(1) if value == -1: print """ We were able to connect to the website The website might be down Please check your connection and try again. """ sys.exit(1) else: return value if __name__ == '__main__': """ We start by testing the number of arguments and exit if the number of arguments is less than 2 """ if len(sys.argv) != 2: print """ Incorrect argument length Usage: sharevalue.py <ticker> """ sys.exit(1) """ We create a class from the Yahoo API We set the ticker argv[1] We ask for the value of the market """ finance = YFinance() finance.link = sys.argv[1] value = finance.value """ We test if value is set first if it is not we exit because the ticker is wrong We, then, test if value is set to -1 if it is we exit because we couldn't connect """ if not value: print """ You submitted a ticker that doesn't exist Please try a different ticker than %s """ % (sys.argv[1]) sys.exit(1) if value == -1: print """ We were able to connect to the website The website might be down Please check your connection and try again. """ sys.exit(1) """ If everything goes well, we print the value """ print """ The current value of %s is %.2f """ % (sys.argv[1], value)