Produces .csv, .xlsx, .json and .yaml files (All files contain same data but in a different format) for stocks, ETF, futures, indexes, mutual funds, currency, warrants and bonds. The ticker symbol, company name and exchange are saved for all symbols.
It gets its data from https://finance.yahoo.com/lookup/
_. Please note: it
is not possible to get all the symbols due to limitations set by Yahoo.
Python 2.7 or Python 3.5+
From python package manager (preferred):
.. code:: bash
pip install Yahoo-ticker-downloader
From source:
.. code:: bash
python setup.py install
.. code::
usage: YahooTickerDownloader.py [-h] [-i] [-e] [-E EXCHANGE] [-s SLEEP] [-p]
[type]
positional arguments:
type The type to download, this can be: generic
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i, --insecure use HTTP instead of HTTPS
-e, --export export immediately without downloading (Only useful if
you already downloaded something to the .pickle file)
-E EXCHANGE, --Exchange EXCHANGE
Only export ticker symbols from this exchange (the
filtering is done during the export phase)
-s SLEEP, --sleep SLEEP
The time to sleep in seconds between requests
-p, --pandantic Stop and warn the user if some rare assertion fails
For example to download all stock symbols you run it like:
.. code:: bash
YahooTickerDownloader.py
The program takes a few weeks before it is finished. The program supports suspending and resuming a download. Press CTRL+C to suspend download. Restart the program in the same working directory to resume downloading. It is possible to export partially downloaded results using the -e flag.
Example of CSV output:
.. code::
Ticker Name Exchange exchangeDisplay Type TypeDisplay
JNUG Direxion Daily Jr Gld Mnrs Bull 3X ETF ASE NYSE MKT E ETF
DWDP DowDuPont Inc. NYQ NYSE S Equity
E Eni S.p.A. NYQ NYSE S Equity
EQH AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. NYS NYSE S Equity
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation NYQ NYSE S Equity
ETP Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. NYQ NYSE S Equity
ES=F E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures,Jufuture CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange F Futures
NQ=F E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index Futuresfuture CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange F Futures
GE=F Eurodollar Futures,Sep-2018future CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange F Futures
...ect
Depending on the type you are downloading, you will get between 3.000 and 100.000+ entries.
Download history for symbols: ystockquote_
Version 3.0.1 (2018-12-01)
Version 3.0.0 (2018-05-27)
Version 2.2.0 (2018-01-31)
Version 2.1.1 (2017-08-02)
Version 2.1.0 (2017-05-10)
Version 2.0.1 (2017-05-07)
Version 2.0.0 (2017-05-05)
Version 1.0.0 (2017-04-04)
Version 0.10.1 (2017-02-04)
Version 0.10.0 (2017-02-02)
Version 0.9.0 (unreleased)
Version 0.8.1 (2016-08-17)
Version 0.7.0 (2016-03-20)
Version 0.6.0 (unreleased)
Version 0.5.0 (2015-08-16)
Version 0.4.0 (2014-10-28)
Version 0.3.0 (2014-08-14)
.. _https://finance.yahoo.com/lookup/
: https://finance.yahoo.com/lookup/
.. _ystockquote: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ystockquote/