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Get company ticker symbol / code from name in Python
import requests
def getTicker (company_name):
url = "https://s.yimg.com/aq/autoc"
parameters = {'query': company_name, 'lang': 'en-US'}
response = requests.get(url = url, params = parameters)
data = response.json()
company_code = data['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['symbol']
return company_code
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leftmove commented Jan 16, 2023

Created a new gist which will get this working again. Same code pretty much just using a different Yahoo finance endpoint.

(My username was changed from "bruhbruhroblox" to "leftmove")

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0x4f53 commented Jan 16, 2023

Awesome dude! I'll link it up there and credit you.

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It does not longer work to me unfortunately @bruhbruhroblox

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Hi everyone, it seems that changing my username caused my linked gist to stop working.
@0x4f53 If you can, please link the new gist with the new link.

https://gist.github.com/leftmove/dd9d981c8c37983f61e423a45085e063

I had to change my username as I created it when I was young. Sorry for the incoveinence!

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0x4f53 commented May 29, 2024

Done, we all do things we find silly as we grow up 🙃

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