ledger/contrib/getquote-uk.py
2009-02-23 14:35:04 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import urllib, string, sys
def download(sym):
url = "http://uk.old.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s="
url += sym + "&f=sl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv"
f = urllib.urlopen(url, proxies={})
info = f.read()
f.close()
fields = string.split(info, ',')
result = float(fields[1])/100
return result
sym = sys.argv[1]
sym = sym.replace('_', '.')
if sym == '£':
print '£1.00'
else:
try: print "£" +str(download(sym))
except: pass