install

pip install pysymbolscanner

pysymbolscanner

Stock symbol scanner for pytickersymbols. The tool scans several wikipedia pages to create an update via PR.

basic usage

Starts symbol scanner without cache:

pysymbolscanner --input stocks.yaml --output stocks2.yaml

Starts symbol scanner with cache (skips time-consuming wiki scans if they have already been done):

pysymbolscanner --cache --input stocks.yaml --output stocks2.yaml

install pycurl on macos

When you got the error message src/pycurl.h: fatal error: 'openssl/ssl.h' file not found you can try:

pip uninstall pycurl

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/bin:$PATH"
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib/pkgconfig"

pip install --compile --install-option="--with-openssl" pycurl