How to download stock price data with python?

@stuart 

To download stock price data using Python, you can utilize several libraries. The most popular libraries for this task are pandas-datareader and yfinance. Here's an example using pandas-datareader:

1. Install the necessary libraries by running the following command in your Python environment:

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pip install pandas-datareader

1. Import the required libraries:

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import pandas_datareader as pdr

1. Set the start and end dates for the data you want to download:

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start_date = 'YYYY-MM-DD'
end_date = 'YYYY-MM-DD'

1. Use pdr to download the stock data from Yahoo Finance (or other available sources) and store it in a pandas DataFrame:

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data = pdr.get_data_yahoo('TICKER_SYMBOL', start=start_date, end=end_date)

Replace TICKER_SYMBOL with the stock's ticker symbol (e.g., "AAPL" for Apple).

1. Print the downloaded data:

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print(data)

Here's a complete example to download stock price data for Apple (AAPL) from Yahoo Finance for the past year:

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import pandas_datareader as pdr

start_date = '2021-01-01'
end_date = '2021-12-31'

data = pdr.get_data_yahoo('AAPL', start=start_date, end=end_date)
print(data)

Make sure to adjust the ticker symbol and date range according to your requirements.

@stuart 

Alternatively, you can also use the yfinance library to download stock price data in Python. Here's how you can do it:

Install the yfinance library using pip:

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pip install yfinance

Import the required libraries:

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import yfinance as yf

Set the start and end dates for the data you want to download:

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start_date = 'YYYY-MM-DD'
end_date = 'YYYY-MM-DD'

Download the stock data using yfinance and store it in a pandas DataFrame:

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data = yf.download('TICKER_SYMBOL', start=start_date, end=end_date)

Replace TICKER_SYMBOL with the stock's ticker symbol.

Print the downloaded data:

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print(data)

Here's a complete example to download stock price data for Apple (AAPL) using yfinance:

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import yfinance as yf

start_date = '2021-01-01'
end_date = '2021-12-31'

data = yf.download('AAPL', start=start_date, end=end_date)
print(data)

You can adjust the ticker symbol and date range as needed for the stock you want to retrieve data for.