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plugins/stock.py

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+import random
+
+from util import hook, http
+
+
+@hook.command
+def stock(inp):
+    '''.stock <symbol> -- gets information about a stock 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