Python, Pandas, Yahoo Finance API-CodePudding

Having trouble getting Pandas data reader to retrieve price quotes from Yahoo’s API. The most up to date answer seems to be:

"pip install --upgrade pandas pip install --upgrade pandas-datareader

However, for the time being I will be using Google Collab and its Python platform, does anyone know how to update the pandas here? Or has the API truly just been discontinued?

CodePudding user response：

In Colab you need to put a ! before pip

CodePudding user response：

Okay, so I found the answer! Just as PythonPerfection said above ^ the code does require a ! before the pip.

However, Google Colab only has pandas update up until 1.3.5:

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pandas==1.4.1 (from versions: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.11.0, 0.12.0, 0.13.0, 0.13.1, 0.14.0, 0.14.1, 0.15.0, 0.15.1, 0.15.2, 0.16.0, 0.16.1, 0.16.2, 0.17.0, 0.17.1, 0.18.0, 0.18.1, 0.19.0, 0.19.1, 0.19.2, 0.20.0, 0.20.1, 0.20.2, 0.20.3, 0.21.0, 0.21.1, 0.22.0, 0.23.0, 0.23.1, 0.23.2, 0.23.3, 0.23.4, 0.24.0, 0.24.1, 0.24.2, 0.25.0, 0.25.1, 0.25.2, 0.25.3, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5) ERROR: No matching distribution found for pandas==1.4.1

Checking Pandas website I can see they actually have a release up to 1.4.1: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/whatsnew/index.html

This may be the issue - but I would still like to know if Yahoo has discontinued it API?

CodePudding user response：

Yahoo API works for me. Not sure which wrapper you're using (there are a ton). Try yfinance.

From Colab: !pip install yfinance

import yfinance as yf
msft = yf.Ticker("MSFT")
msft.info

Great docs here.