Python/web_programming/current_stock_price.py

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import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
def stock_price(symbol: str = "AAPL") -> str:
url = f"https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/{symbol}?p={symbol}"
yahoo_finance_source = requests.get(
url, headers={"USER-AGENT": "Mozilla/5.0"}, timeout=10
).text
soup = BeautifulSoup(yahoo_finance_source, "html.parser")
specific_fin_streamer_tag = soup.find("fin-streamer", {"data-test": "qsp-price"})
if specific_fin_streamer_tag:
text = specific_fin_streamer_tag.get_text()
return text
return "No <fin-streamer> tag with the specified data-test attribute found."
# Search for the symbol at https://finance.yahoo.com/lookup
if __name__ == "__main__":
for symbol in "AAPL AMZN IBM GOOG MSFT ORCL".split():
print(f"Current {symbol:<4} stock price is {stock_price(symbol):>8}")