Chapter 9 - Yahoo! Stock Market Link No Longer Valid.

[megadutch 0]

Larry,

 

It appears that the URL you used in example 9.1 to get stock market quotes is no longer valid.

 

http://quote.yahoo.c....csv?s=%s&f=nl1

 

Thank you for your time.

 

-- John.

[Larry 422]

Sorry about that. I used a new URL for the third edition apparently. You can also find a valid URL here: http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm

[megadutch 0]

Thank you for this information, Larry.

 

Would this be the URL I need to use in my code?

 

http://finance.yahoo...=snd1l1ohgvwdyr

 

I was able to parse the file name. However, the file seems to download to my hard drive instead of being saved to the server and I get the following message:

 

"The latest value for Missing Symbols List. is $"

 

Here is my script:

 

http://megadutch.com/php/advphptech/chptr9

 

Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

Thank you for your time! -- John.

[Larry 422]

Off the top of my head, that looks right. It worked just fine for me. It should download to your hard drive if you access it in your browser, because your browser doesn't know how to handle CSV. You'll also need to change the formatting (the characters after f=) to only request the information you want.

[megadutch 0]

I played around with the code and got it to work!

 

Thank you, Larry.

[Larry 422]

Great!