yql-finance is simple and fast https://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/ python API. API returns stock closing prices for current period of time and current stock ticker (i.e. APPL, GOOGL). Stock prices: NASDAQ, SP&500, DAX etc.
You can use it to fetch data in one of two ways:
yql = YQL('AAPL', '2011-01-01', '2014-12-31')or
yql = YQL()
yql.select('AAPL', '2011-01-01', '2014-12-31')pip install yql-finance
- First way:
from yql.api import YQL
yql = YQL('AAPL', '2014-01-01', '2014-01-10')
for item in yql:
print item.get('date'), item.get('price')- Second way:
from yql.api import YQL
yql = YQL()
yql.select('AAPL', '2014-01-01', '2014-01-10')
for item in yql:
print item.get('date'), item.get('price')Output:
2014-01-10 74.57
2014-01-09 75.07
2014-01-08 76.04
2014-01-07 75.56
2014-01-06 76.10
2014-01-03 75.69
2014-01-02 77.39
More examples you should find here.