Finance::YahooQuote Finance::YahooQuote is a Perl module that can get stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance.
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Finance::YahooQuote is a Perl module that can get stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance. Finance::YahooQuote is a Perl module that can get stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance.SYNOPSIS use Finance::YahooQuote; # setting TIMEOUT and PROXY is optional $Finance::YahooQuote::TIMEOUT = 60; $Finance::YahooQuote::PROXY = "http://some.where.net:8080"; @quote = getonequote $symbol; # Get a quote for a single symbol @quotes = getquote @symbols; # Get quotes for a bunch of symbols useExtendedQueryFormat(); # switch to extended query format useRealtimeQueryFormat(); # switch to real-time query format @quotes = getquote @symbols; # Get quotes for a bunch of symbols @quotes = getcustomquote(, # using custom format ); # note array refsThis module gets stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance. The getonequote function will return a quote for a single stock symbol, while the getquote function will return a quote for each of the stock symbols passed to it. getcustomquote allows to specify a format other than the default to take advantage of the extended range of available information.The download operation is efficient: only one request is made even if several symbols are requested at once. The return value of getonequote is an array, with the following elements: 0 Symbol 1 Company Name 2 Last Price 3 Last Trade Date 4 Last Trade Time 5 Change 6 Percent Change 7 Volume 8 Average Daily Vol 9 Bid 10 Ask 11 Previous Close 12 Today's Open 13 Day's Range 14 52-Week Range 15 Earnings per Share 16 P/E Ratio 17 Dividend Pay Date 18 Dividend per Share 19 Dividend Yield 20 Market Capitalization 21 Stock ExchangeIf the extended format has been selected, the following fields are also retrieved: 22 Short ratio 23 1yr Target Price 24 EPS Est. Current Yr 25 EPS Est. Next Year 26 EPS Est. Next Quarter 27 Price/EPS Est. Current Yr 28 Price/EPS Est. Next Yr 29 PEG Ratio 30 Book Value 31 Price/Book 32 Price/Sales 33 EBITDA 34 50-day Moving Avg 35 200-day Moving AvgIf the real-time format has been selected, the following fields are also retrieved: 36 Ask (real-time) 37 Bid (real-time) 38 Change in Percent (real-time) 39 Last trade with time (real-time) 40 Change (real-time) 41 Day range (real-time) 42 Market-cap (real-time)The getquote function returns an array of pointers to arrays with the above structure.The getonequote function returns just one quote, rather than an array. It returns a simple array of values for the given symbol.The setQueryString permits to supply a new query string that will be used for subsequent data requests.The useExtendedQueryFormat and useRealtimeQueryFormat are simpler interfaces which append symbols to the default quote string, as detailed above.The getcustomquote returns an array of quotes corresponding to values for the symbols supplied in the first array reference, and the custom fields supplied in the second array reference. Here the custom fields correspond to the 'named' fields of the list below.Beyond stock quotes, Finance::YahooQuote can also obtain quotes for currencies (from the Philadephia exchange -- however Yahoo! appears to have stopped to support the currency symbols in a reliable manner), US mutual funds, options on US stocks, several precious metals and quite possibly more; see the Yahoo! Finance website for full information. Finance::YahooQuote can be used for stocks from the USA, Canada, various European exchanges, various Asian exchanges (Singapore, Taiwan, HongKong, Kuala Lumpur, ...) Australia and New Zealand. It should work for other markets supported by Yahoo.You may optionally override the default LWP timeout of 180 seconds by setting $Finance::YahooQuote::TIMEOUT to your preferred value.You may also provide a proxy (for the required http connection) by using the variable $Finance::YahooQuote::PROXY. Furthermore, authentication-based proxies can be used by setting the proxy user and password via the variables $Finance::YahooQuote::PROXYUSER and $Finance::YahooQuote::PROXYPASSWD.Two example scripts are provided to help with the mapping a stock symbols as well as with Yahoo! Finance server codes. The regression tests scripts in the t/ subdirectory of the source distribution also contain simple examples.Requirements:· PerlWhat's New in This Release:· The code was updated to correct for the recent change in Yahoo!'s URL for CSV access.· Some minor updates to the packaging were made as well.

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