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use strict;
my $no_quote;
BEGIN {
eval qq{
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request::Common qw(GET);
};
$no_quote++ if($@);
}
sub get_quote {
my ($symbol) = @_;
if ($no_quote) {
return "error: stock quotes require LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Request... sorry.";
}
if ($symbol) {
&status ("getting stock quote for $symbol");
my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
if (my $proxy = main::getparam('httpproxy')) { $ua->proxy('http', $proxy) };
$ua->timeout(10);
my $request = new HTTP::Request ("GET", "http://quote.yahoo.com/d/quotes/csv?s=$symbol&f=sl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv");
my $result = $ua->request ($request);
if ($result->is_success) {
my $str = $result->content;
# strip quotes and extra whitespace
$str =~ s/["\s]//g;
chomp ($str);
my ($name, $current, $date, $time, $change) = split (/,/, $str);
if ($current eq "N/A") {
return "No match for $name";
}
return "At $time GMT-4, $name traded at $current ($change)";
} else {
return "error: there was a problem getting the quote from Yahoo\n";
}
}
}
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
quote.pl - Get stock quote from yahoo
=head1 PREREQUISITES
LWP::UserAgent
HTTP::Request::Common
=head1 PARAMETERS
quote
=head1 PUBLIC INTERFACE
purl, quote <4-LETTER-TICKERNAME>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This allows you to get a stock quote for a symbol from yahoo's stock
service.
=head1 AUTHORS
LotR <martijn@earthling.net> based on quote.pl from
Xachbot (http://www.xach.com/xachbot/quote.pl)