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Get company ticker symbol / code from name in Python
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| import requests | |
| def getTicker (company_name): | |
| url = "https://s.yimg.com/aq/autoc" | |
| parameters = {'query': company_name, 'lang': 'en-US'} | |
| response = requests.get(url = url, params = parameters) | |
| data = response.json() | |
| company_code = data['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['symbol'] | |
| return company_code |
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Done, we all do things we find silly as we grow up 🙃