Added new contrib/getquote-uk.py script

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/getquote-uk.py b/contrib/getquote-uk.py
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+++ b/contrib/getquote-uk.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import urllib, string, sys
+
+def download(sym):
+   url	 = "http://uk.old.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s="
+   url += sym + "&f=sl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv"
+   f = urllib.urlopen(url, proxies={})
+   info = f.read()
+   f.close()
+   fields = string.split(info, ',')
+   result = float(fields[1])/100
+   return result
+
+
+sym = sys.argv[1]
+sym = sym.replace('_', '.')
+if sym == '£':
+   print '£1.00'
+else:
+   try: print "£" +str(download(sym))
+   except: pass