Quotr#

Quotr is a Node.js CLI for getting near real-time stock quotes from Yahoo Finance. It works for pretty much every relevant ticker in the world. The delay depends on the Yahoo's data provider. Normally it's 15 minutes. You can check the list of exchanges and corresponding delay here.

Installing#

Make sure you have Node.js installed, then... (you'll need sudo on linux boxes)

npm install -g quotr

Using#

Open the terminal (or command prompt on Windows) and type:

quotr

Now you can start entering commands

Commands##

snapshot (short: s)###

Displays the latest information about the given symbol. Example:

s aapl

Optionally, you can pass fields in using the -f parameter. Example:

s aapl -f v (displays the volume)