gistfile1.txt

kurt@grafana:~/ticker$ cat sp500.py
import requests

try:
        info = requests.get("https://query1.finance.yahoo.com/v8/finance/chart/VUSA.L?region=US&lang=en-US&includePrePost=false&interval=1d&range=1d&corsDomain=finance.yahoo.com&.tsrc=finance").json()
        lastPrice = round(info['chart']['result'][0]['indicators']['quote'][0]['close'][-1],2)
        prevClose = info['chart']['result'][0]['meta']['chartPreviousClose']
        change = '{0:.2f}'.format(((lastPrice / prevClose -1) * 100)) + "%"
        print("ticker sp500=\"£" + str(lastPrice)[:5] + " (" + change + ")\"")
except:
        print("ticker sp500=\"API ERROR\"")