In simple English
This tool helps you fetch stock prices and financial reports using Python code. It connects your script to a service that holds stock data and company news. You need an account key from that service before you can use it. It saves you from writing raw web requests yourself. The code is free to download and use.
What it is
A Python wrapper (a library that turns web API endpoints into simple function calls) for the Finnhub financial data service. It covers stocks, crypto, forex, earnings, fundamentals, and insider transactions.
What it is good for
Solo builders who are writing Python scripts to track stock prices, backtest trading ideas, or pull company financial data into a dashboard.
- Covers almost every endpoint offered by the Finnhub financial data service.
- Turns raw JSON web requests into simple Python function calls.
- Plays nicely with data analysis tools like pandas.
- Requires an active API key from Finnhub, which has usage limits on free plans.
- Depends on an external web service that can change its data format without warning.
- Provides no local caching, so repeated script runs hit your API quota.
Writing raw HTTP requests with requests or urllib to fetch financial JSON data.
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pip install finnhub-python