h/plugins/stock.py

import random

from util import hook, http


@hook.command
def stock(inp):
    '''.stock <symbol> -- gets information about a stock symbol'''

    url = 'http://www.google.com/ig/api?stock=%s'

    parsed = http.get_xml(url, stock=inp)

    if len(parsed) != 1:
        return "error getting stock info"

    # Stuff the results in a dict for easy string formatting
    results = dict((el.tag, el.attrib['data'])
                   for el in parsed.xpath('//finance/*'))

    # if we dont get a company name back, the symbol doesn't match a company
    if results['company'] == '':
        return "unknown ticker symbol %s" % inp

    if results['change'][0] == '-':
        results['color'] = "5"
    else:
        results['color'] = "3"

    ret = "%(company)s - %(last)s %(currency)s "                   \
          "\x03%(color)s%(change)s (%(perc_change)s%%)\x03 "        \
          "as of %(trade_timestamp)s" % results

    if results['delay'] != '0':
        ret += " (delayed %s minutes)" % results['delay']

    return ret