Terminal stock ticker - generated by Chat GPT 3.5

stock_cli.py

import os
import platform
import yfinance as yf
import time
import sys
import warnings

def clear_terminal():
    # Clear terminal screen based on the operating system
    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
        os.system('cls')
    else:
        os.system('clear')

def get_stock_price(ticker):
    try:
        stock = yf.Ticker(ticker)
        price = stock.history(period='1d')['Close'][0]
        return round(price,2)
    except Exception as e:
        return f"Error fetching stock price for {ticker}: {str(e)}"

def main():
    # Disable specific types of warnings
    warnings.simplefilter(action="ignore", category=FutureWarning)
    warnings.simplefilter(action="ignore", category=KeyboardInterrupt)

    clear_terminal()
    ticker = input("Enter stock ticker symbol: ")
    clear_terminal()
    print(ticker.upper())
    previous_price = None
    while True:
        try:
            price = get_stock_price(ticker)
            if previous_price is not None:
                if price < previous_price:
                    sys.stdout.write(f"\r\033[91m{price}")
                elif price > previous_price:
                    sys.stdout.write(f"\r\033[92m{price}")
                else:
                    sys.stdout.write(f"\r{price}")
            else:
                sys.stdout.write(f"\r{price}")
            
            sys.stdout.flush()
            time.sleep(1)  # Sleep for 1 second
            previous_price = price
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            sys.stdout.write(f"\033[0m\nExiting...")
            break

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()