Get List of Available Symbols

[ntrous]

Feature request: Is there any way to get a list of available stock symbols?

[karlwancl]

@ntrous , yahoo does not provide a way to download the ticker list directly, it could only be done by continuous querying from its lookup site, I will take a deep look on it. But at the time being, you may use another python lib here to download the list.

[ntrous]

@lppkarl Thank you!

[ntrous]

@lppkarl hows this one coming along? Just checked out your commit and it looks promising!

[karlwancl]

Hi @ntrous I have implemented the query to the hidden lookup api (thanks to Benny's work), and it should work for querying with some search string. E.g. with 'A', you get AAPL, BAC, T (with company name AT&T), etc.

However, I do not have time & have not yet implemented the comparing part, and we may get duplicate items (e.g. AT&T) when querying using 'A' & 'T' during the alphabet loop.

Searching with special character is also a task that needed to be done, e.g. The '^' in symbol '^SPX'.

The timeframe is not guaranteed but the above are probably the last few things to be done for auto symbol download.

[ntrous]

Any update on this?

[karlwancl]

@ntrous I'm sorry to tell you that i'm not making progress in this feature, i'm switching my effort to another project. This feature may not be completed, sorry for that :(

[shargon]

Any update about this? i want to use it with IBEX35