LYQL

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Yahoo. This tool likely violates Yahoo Terms and Conditions by using non-public API's. Use only for personal use. I am not liable for misuse of this program or any effects it may have.

Super simple to use

LYQL is a tool for achieving truly realtime, free stock prices direct from Yahoo. LYQL is designed to be a simple, intuitive library solution that can be used both in the browser and on a server.

var LYQL = require('lyql');
 
var options = {
  "Stocks": ["GOOG", "AAPL", "JPYUSD=X"],
  // Price, Change, and Volume
  "Parameters": ["l84", "p43", "v53"]
};
 
var test = new LYQL(options, function(data){
  console.log(data);
});
 
test.start();

Request Parameters

• a00: Ask
• a50: Ask Size
• b00: Bid
• b60: Bid Size
• c10: Change
• c63: Change Realtime
• c64: Disputed Change Realtime After Hours
• c85: Change Realtime After Hours
• c86: Percent Change Realtime After Hours
• g53: Day Low
• h53: Day High
• j10: Market Cap
• l10: Price
• l84: Price Realtime
• l86: Price Realtime After Hours
• p20: Percent Change
• p43: Percent Change Realtime
• p44: Percent Change Realtime After Hours
• t53: Disputed Timestamp for Commodities
• t54: Disputed Timestamp for Stocks
• v53: Volume

Installation

npm install LYQL

Commands

new LYQL(options, function(data) {
  // ...
});

Creates an instance of LYQL that calls a given function whenever new data has been streamed from Yahoo.

options should be an object in the format

var options = {
  "Stocks": ["GOOG", "AAPL", "JPYUSD=X"],
  // Price, Change, and Volume
  "Parameters": ["l84", "p43", "v53"]
};

In order to start, stop, and restart LYQL instances, one of the following commands can be executed on an LYQL instance.

LYQL.start();
LYQL.stop();
LYQL.restart();

In order to add or remove a stock from a LYQL instance, one of the following commands can be executed.

LYQL.addStock(ticker);
LYQL.removeStock(ticker);

In order to add or remove a request parameter from a LYQL instance, one of the following can be run.

LYQL.addParameter(parameter);
LYQL.removeParameter(parameter);

TODO

• Write documentation / code comments.
• Add simple mode
• Modularize so that it can be used within other use cases.
• Add Browser support (Browserify)