Additional data for yahoo finance data reader

[ccsv]

Can additional data be added to the Datareader other than OHLC and volume data.

Data such as can be obtained:

• Dividend information (dates, yield, ex-dividend date...etc)
• EPS
• Market cap
• Price to book ratio
• P/E ratio
• Financial information such as quarter earnings.

The yahoo API supports streaming some of these through special tags as seen here: https://greenido.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/yahoo-finance-hidden-api/

This can be done in request but it would be nice if the Datareader had some option to scrape this information.

Thoughts?

[twiecki]

+1

[femtotrader]

See also http://www.myhow2.net/wp/2013/07/python-how-to-look-up-stock-price-using-yahoo-stock-data-service/

I think original version come from http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm

We should be aware of this !

[aabdelfattah]

+1

[rsvp]

As of November 2017, even getting closing prices is problematic.
For a current overview, see rsvp/fecon235#7
also for alternative solutions.

[bashtage]

Yahoo has been deprecated.