Got sick of manually visiting several sites to get the ticker information. This is a free non-API web scraper that scrapes various sites for relevant information regarding ticker(s). Pulls information from various sources including FINVIZ (chart, public float, short interest), MarketWatch (premarket volume), and otcmarkets.com (SEC filings).
Uses the following py packages:
| Uses | Version | Info |
|---|---|---|
| beautifulsoup4 | 4.9.3 | HTML parser |
| requests | 2.25.1 | GET reqs to Telegram API |
| user-agent | 0.1.9 | to generate HTTP user-agent header |
Also uses Telegram Bot API.
- Sends a comma-separated list of tickers to the Telegram bot.
- The bot replies with the information of each ticker.
The entire setup requires setting up a Telegram Bot (easy step-by-step guide here), as well as an Internet-connected machine hosting this script.
Install python3 and pip3, in the system hosting the script (I used a Raspberry Pi Zero):
sudo apt-get install python3
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Clone to your local directory:
git clone https://github.com/ohsyln/ticker-info-scraper
cd ticker-info-scraper
Create virtual environment, and activate:
python3 -m venv pyenv
. pyenv/bin/activate
Install the required packages using pip3 into your virtual environment:
pip3 install requests beautifulsoup4 user-agent
Edit API_KEY in ticker-info-scraper.py with a text editor:
API_KEY = "<YOUR TELEGRAM BOT API KEY HERE>"
Run script on your Internet-connected machine to listen to user input via Telegram bot.
python3 ticker-info-scraper.py
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