The code provided is an example of a VBScript class that submits stocks symbols to Yahoo's finance site, parses the returning CSV file, and converts the information into an XML document object.
The main difference between this code and other stock scrapers is that this code does not pull information from the HTML presented by Yahoo, but instead uses a service available which returns the stock information as a comma seperated value (CSV) file. The advantage of this is that the code won't break when Yahoo changes thier HTML.
The code assumes you are familiar with the XML DOM and XSL stylesheets. The example provided uses an XSL stylesheet for presentation, but other methods could be used.
The XML objects used in the code assume that MSXML 3.0 or greater is installed on the machine. However, the code could be modified simply to account for older/other parsers.
The only other requirement of the code is that Yahoo's financial site is responding correctly, which is almost always the case.
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Hi, just wanted to say this was definitely some of the best code I've seen on PSC. I definitely learned from it. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Thanx Peter, Your code proved very helpful. I appriciate your efforts and Thanx once again. I just want to ask you one thing, Do u have any idea about getting Weather report by passing City Name in similar manner as that of Stock Quote. Do yahoo Provide Weather related webservice to get weather details? If you know any other webservice for weather update please let me know. Waiting for ur reply
Regards Dhananjay (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
1/15/2003 11:46:11 AM:
hi! Is pakistani market can also be viewd by any code? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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