joshuaulrich / joshuaulrich/quantmod
Enable yahoo finance api for Chinese users
- Dominant language
- R
- Stars
- 906
- Forks
- 233
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Description
### Description
Yahoo finance is not available for Chinese users for years, there has been always Http error 403 after calling `getSymbols` even if proxies are used to access foreign websites. However, directly requesting Yahoo finance api seems possible following instructions on this website: https://cryptocointracker.com/yahoo-finance/yahoo-finance-api
### Expected behavior
Enable yahoo finance api for Chinese users by adding functionalities to request Yahoo finance api and parse the .json data to R objects, so that functions such as `getSymbols` can be used in China.
Thanks a lot.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the getSymbols entry point and review the linked Yahoo Finance API instructions. Implement the requested API access and JSON-to-R parsing, then verify that getSymbols can retrieve Yahoo Finance data for Chinese users.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- api, data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100