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devStepsize / yahoo_get_historical_stock_price.py

Created May 7, 2016 18:51

Using the yahoo finance module (pip install it), get the historical price of a stock

	from yahoo_finance import Share

	def get_stock_price_history(share_code, start_date, end_date):
	"""
	start_date/end_date are of format: YYYY-MM-DD
	"""
	stock = Share(share_code)
	sopen = stock.get_open()
	if not sopen:
	print "Wrong stock code"

devStepsize / radar_plot.py

Last active August 3, 2021 22:00

Chart a radar plot with matplotlib

	import numpy as np

	import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
	from matplotlib.path import Path
	from matplotlib.spines import Spine
	from matplotlib.projections.polar import PolarAxes
	from matplotlib.projections import register_projection


	def radar_factory(num_vars, frame='circle'):

devStepsize / alchemy_api_topic_identification_text.py

Created May 6, 2016 23:47

Get the topics for a given text using the Alchemy API

	endpoint = "http://gateway-a.watsonplatform.net/calls/text/TextGetRankedTaxonomy"

	def get_topics(text):
	data = {
	'apikey': API_KEY,
	'outputMode': 'json',
	'text': text
	}
	headers = {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
	r = requests.post(endpoint, data=data, headers=headers)

devStepsize / spotify_get_tracks.py

Created May 6, 2016 21:32

Get all tracks for a given album_id

	import requests


	spotify_endpoint = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/"


	def get_tracks(album_id):
	tracks = []
	url = spotify_endpoint + 'albums/%s/tracks' % album_id
	while url:

devStepsize / spotify_get_albums.py

Created May 6, 2016 21:31

Get all the albums for a given artist_id

	import requests


	spotify_endpoint = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/"


	def get_albums(artist_id):
	albums = []
	params = {'album_type': 'album'}
	url = spotify_endpoint + 'artists/%s/albums' % artist_id

devStepsize / spotify_get_artist_id.py

Last active May 6, 2016 21:32

"I'm feeling lucky" type retrieval of an artist id given a search term

	import requests


	spotify_endpoint = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/"

	def get_artist_id(search_term):
	"""
	I'm feeling lucky search for artist_id
	"""
	params = {

devStepsize / ibm_watson_tone_analyser.py

Last active May 7, 2016 13:52

Analyse the tone / emotion of a text with this beta IBM Watson service

	import requests

	creds = {
	"url": "https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/tone-analyzer-beta/api",
	"password": "your_password",
	"username": "your_username"
	}

	def get_tone(text):
	endpoint = "https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/tone-analyzer-beta/api/v3/tone"

devStepsize / azure_face_local_image.py

Created May 5, 2016 19:07

Detect faces in a local image using the Azure Face API in Python

	import json
	import urllib
	import requests

	from pprint import pprint
	from os.path import expanduser

	headers = {
	'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
	'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': 'your-api-key',

devStepsize / azure_face_public_image.py

Last active May 5, 2016 19:07

Detect faces in a public image using the Azure Face API in Python

	import json
	import urllib
	import requests

	from pprint import pprint

	headers = {
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': 'your-api-key',
	}

devStepsize / alchemy_api_topic_identification_url.py

Created May 5, 2016 18:34

Get the topics of a webpage using the AlchemyAPI

	import requests

	endpoint = "http://gateway-a.watsonplatform.net/calls/url/URLGetRankedTaxonomy"
	parameters = {
	'apikey': API_KEY,
	'outputMode': 'json',
	'url': 'https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/'
	}

	r = requests.get(endpoint, params=parameters)