List of S&P 500 companies from Wikipedia

list_of_snp500_companies.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


def getWikipediaPageWithListOfStocks():
	r = requests.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S%26P_500_companies')
	if(r.status_code != 200):
		return
	return processDocument(r.text)


def processDocument(text):
	list = []
	perfectSoup = BeautifulSoup(text, 'html.parser')
	table = perfectSoup.find_all('table')[0]
	for row in table.find_all('tr'):
		for column in row.find_all('td')[0:1]:
			if(column.a is None):
				continue
			list.append(column.a.string)
	return list


def getListOfStocks():
	return getWikipediaPageWithListOfStocks()


#test
print(getListOfStocks())