yfprice.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
# Name: yfprice
# Purpose: this is a sample XCloud service plugin which gets the current 
#          price of a specified asset using the Yahoo Finance API as wrapped
#          by https://github.com/ranaroussi/yfinance/releases/tag/0.1.55
# Usage: yfprice [asset]
# 
#        [asset] must be a valid Yahoo Finance id, eg: 
#                   GBPUSD=X   GBP/USD exchange rate
#                   EURGBP=X   EUR/GBP exchange rate
#                   IBM        IBM stock price
#
# Licence: MIT License
# Copyright (c) 2021 Mark Brooker
#
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# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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#

import sys
import yfinance as yf
from icecream import ic
info = yf.Ticker(sys.argv[1]).info
#ic(info)
try:
    if info['quoteType'] in ('EQUITY', 'ETF'):
        print(info['regularMarketPrice'])
    else:
        print(info['quoteType'])
except:
    print('Unknown symbol')