diff --git a/googlefinance/googlefinance.py b/googlefinance/googlefinance.py
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+'''
+MIT License
+'''
+
+from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
+import json
+import sys
+
+__author__ = 'hongtaocai on github'
+
+googleFinanceKeyToFullName = {
+    u'id'     : u'ID',
+    u't'      : u'StockSymbol',
+    u'e'      : u'Index',
+    u'l'      : u'LastTradePrice',
+    u'l_cur'  : u'LastTradeWithCurrency',
+    u'ltt'    : u'LastTradeTime',
+    u'lt_dts' : u'LastTradeDateTime',
+    u'lt'     : u'LastTradeDateTimeLong',
+    u'div'    : u'Dividend',
+    u'yld'    : u'Yield'
+}
+
+def buildUrl(symbols):
+    symbol_list = ','.join([symbol for symbol in symbols])
+    # a deprecated but still active & correct api
+    return 'http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig&q=' \
+        + symbol_list
+
+def request(symbols):
+    url = buildUrl(symbols)
+    req = Request(url)
+    resp = urlopen(req)
+    content = resp.read().decode().strip()
+    content = content[3:]
+    return content
+
+def replaceKeys(quotes):
+    global googleFinanceKeyToFullName
+    quotesWithReadableKey = []
+    for q in quotes:
+        qReadableKey = {}
+        for k in googleFinanceKeyToFullName:
+            qReadableKey[googleFinanceKeyToFullName[k]] = q[k]
+        quotesWithReadableKey.append(qReadableKey)
+    return quotesWithReadableKey
+
+def getRealtimeQuotes(symbols):
+    '''
+    get real-time quotes (index, last trade price, last trade time, etc) for stocks, using google api:
+    http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig&q=symbols
+    Unlike python package 'yahoo-finance', There is no delay for NYSE and NASDAQ stocks in googlefinance.
+    :param symbols: a list of stock symbols
+    :return: real-time quote
+    '''
+    content = json.loads(request(symbols))
+    return replaceKeys(content);
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        symbols = sys.argv[1]
+    except:
+        symbols = "GOOG,AAPL"
+
+    symbols = symbols.split(',')
+
+    try:
+        print json.dumps(getRealtimeQuotes(symbols), indent=2)
+    except:
+        print "Fail"
+
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+setup(
+  name = 'googlefinance',
+  packages = ['googlefinance'], # this must be the same as the name above
+  version = '0.1',
+  description = 'Python module to get stock data from Google Finance API',
+  author = 'Hongtao Cai',
+  author_email = 'caiht.ht@gmail.com',
+  url = 'https://github.com/hongtaocai/googlefinance', # use the URL to the github repo
+  download_url = 'https://github.com/hongtaocai/googlefinance', # I'll explain this in a second
+  keywords = ['googlefinance', 'stock', 'price' , 'finance', 'google'], # arbitrary keywords
+  classifiers = [],
+)