asset_correlation_get_prices.py

def get_prices(symbol, key, date_param='5d'):

    url_prefix = "https://cloud.iexapis.com/stable/"

    path = f'stock/{symbol}/chart/{date_param}?chartCloseOnly=True&&token={key}'
    print(f"Fetching {date_param} data for {symbol}")
    full_url = requests.compat.urljoin(url_prefix, path)

    try:
        resp = requests.get(full_url)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Exception {e} occurred!")
        return None

    if resp.status_code != 200:
        print(f"Uh oh, something's wrong! Response code {resp.status_code} received.")
        return resp

    else:
        print(f"Got the data")
        return resp