import random
from util import hook, http
@hook.command
def stock(inp):
".stock <symbol> -- Gets information about stock symbol <symbol>."
url = 'http://www.google.com/ig/api?stock=%s'
parsed = http.get_xml(url, stock=inp)
if len(parsed) != 1:
return "error getting stock info"
# Stuff the results in a dict for easy string formatting
results = dict((el.tag, el.attrib['data'])
for el in parsed.xpath('//finance/*'))
# if we dont get a company name back, the symbol doesn't match a company
if results['company'] == '':
return "unknown ticker symbol %s" % inp
if results['change'][0] == '-':
results['color'] = "5"
else:
results['color'] = "3"
ret = "%(company)s - %(last)s %(currency)s " \
"\x03%(color)s%(change)s (%(perc_change)s)\x03 " \
"as of %(trade_timestamp)s" % results
if results['delay'] != '0':
ret += " (delayed %s minutes)" % results['delay']
return ret
