Get company ticker symbol / code from name in Python

getticker.py

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

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