Corrected api url

googlefinance/__init__.py

@@ -1,45 +1,38 @@
 import json
 import sys
-import demjson
 
 try:
     from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 except ImportError:  # python 2
     from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
 
-__author__ = 'Hongtao Cai'
 
 googleFinanceKeyToFullName = {
     u'id'     : u'ID',
     u't'      : u'StockSymbol',
     u'e'      : u'Index',
     u'l'      : u'LastTradePrice',
+    u'lo'     : u'LowestTradePrice',
+    u'hi'     : u'HighestTradePrice',
+    u'op'     : u'Open',
+    u'mc'     : u'MarketCapacity',
+    u'c'      : u'Change',
+    u'cp'     : u'ChangeInPercent',
     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',
-    u's'      : u'LastTradeSize',
-    u'c'      : u'Change',
-    u'cp'      : u'ChangePercent',
-    u'el'     : u'ExtHrsLastTradePrice',
-    u'el_cur' : u'ExtHrsLastTradeWithCurrency',
-    u'elt'    : u'ExtHrsLastTradeDateTimeLong',
-    u'ec'     : u'ExtHrsChange',
-    u'ecp'    : u'ExtHrsChangePercent',
-    u'pcls_fix': u'PreviousClosePrice'
 }
 
 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=' \
+    return 'http://finance.google.com/finance?output=json&q=' \
         + symbol_list
-
-def buildNewsUrl(symbol, qs='&start=0&num=1000'):
-   return 'http://www.google.com/finance/company_news?output=json&q=' \
-        + symbol + qs
+    # https://finance.google.com/finance/historical?q=aapl&output=csv
+    # https://finance.google.com/finance/historical?q=aapl&startdate=Dec+14%2C+2016&enddate=Dec+13%2C+2017
 
 def request(symbols):
     url = buildUrl(symbols)
@@ -48,28 +41,9 @@ def request(symbols):
     # remove special symbols such as the pound symbol
     content = resp.read().decode('ascii', 'ignore').strip()
     content = content[3:]
+    # print(content)
     return content
 
-def requestNews(symbol):
-    url = buildNewsUrl(symbol)
-    print "url: ", url
-    req = Request(url)
-    resp = urlopen(req)
-    content = resp.read()
-
-    content_json = demjson.decode(content)
-
-    #print "total news: ", content_json['total_number_of_news']
-
-    article_json = []
-    news_json = content_json['clusters']
-    for cluster in news_json:
-        for article in cluster:
-            if article == 'a':
-                article_json.extend(cluster[article])
-
-    return article_json
-
 def replaceKeys(quotes):
     global googleFinanceKeyToFullName
     quotesWithReadableKey = []
@@ -104,9 +78,6 @@ def getQuotes(symbols):
     content = json.loads(request(symbols))
     return replaceKeys(content);
 
-def getNews(symbol):
-    return requestNews(symbol);
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     try:
         symbols = sys.argv[1]
@@ -115,5 +86,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     symbols = symbols.split(',')
 
-    print(json.dumps(getNews("GOOG"), indent=2))
-    print(json.dumps(getQuotes(symbols), indent=2))        
+    try:
+        print(json.dumps(getQuotes(symbols), indent=2))
+    except:
+        print("Fail")