/* libstocks - Library to get current stock quotes from Yahoo Finance * * Copyright (C) 2000 Eric Laeuffer * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Library General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #define __HISTORY_C__ #include #include #ifdef __WINDOWS__ #include #endif #include "stocks.h" #include "http.h" #include "csv.h" const char history_stocks_server[]="chart.yahoo.com"; const char url_history_beg[]="/table.csv?s="; /*****************************************************************************/ /* Gets the stock history csv file and return in csv_file the result. */ /* The stock is defined by its symbol. */ /* The history file starts at date1 and stops at date2. */ /*****************************************************************************/ libstocks_return_code get_history_csv(char *symbol, char *date1, char *date2, char **csv_file) { char *data; char url[80]; char adate[12]; char *y1, *y2; char *m1, *m2; char *d1, *d2; libstocks_return_code error; char *test; strcpy(url, url_history_beg); strcat(url, symbol); strcpy(adate, date1); y1=strtok(adate, "/"); if(!y1) return ERRDATE; m1 = strtok(NULL, "/"); if(!m1) return ERRDATE; d1 = strtok(NULL, "/"); if(!m1) return ERRDATE; strcat(url, "&a="); strcat(url, m1); strcat(url, "&b="); strcat(url, d1); strcat(url, "&c="); strcat(url, y1); strcpy(adate, date2); y2=strtok(adate, "/"); if(!y2) return ERRDATE; m2 = strtok(NULL, "/"); if(!m2) return ERRDATE; d2 = strtok(NULL, "/"); if(!d2) return ERRDATE; strcat(url, "&d="); strcat(url, m2); strcat(url, "&e="); strcat(url, d2); strcat(url, "&f="); strcat(url, y2); strcat(url, "&g=d&q=q&y=0&x=.csv"); error=http_get(url, (char *)history_stocks_server, &data); if (error) return error; /* tests if data is valid */ /* The server returns "No data available for symbol" */ /* when the stock is not available */ test = strstr(data, "No data available"); if (test) { free(data); return ERRDATA; } /* The server return "No Prices in this date range" */ /* when dates have not the good range */ test = strstr(data, "No Prices in this date range"); if (test) { free(data); return ERRRANG; } *csv_file = data; return(0); } /*****************************************************************************/ /* Gets the stock history and return a stock structure list. */ /* The stock is defined by its symbol. */ /* The history file starts at date1 and stops at date2. */ /*****************************************************************************/ libstocks_return_code get_stock_history(char *symbol, char *date1, char *date2, stock **stock_history) { libstocks_return_code error; char *csv_file; stock *stock_parsed; error = get_history_csv(symbol, date1, date2, &csv_file); if (error) return error; stock_parsed = parse_csv_history_file(csv_file); free(csv_file); if (!stock_parsed) return ERRPCSV; *stock_history = stock_parsed; return(0); }