Help getting stock quotes

[Jim Simpson]

I'm not sure this is the correct forum to post this question. If not,
someone please tell me where I should go with the question.

I need to write a program which will enter a series of stock symbols in an
HTML file (on a web site), click on "GO" and retrieve the values of the
stocks.
Has anyone had experience in doing this. Please give me some pointers on how
to get started on this task

Thanks, Jim

 

[David Segall]

I'm not sure this is the correct forum to post this question. If not,
someone please tell me where I should go with the question.

I need to write a program which will enter a series of stock symbols in an
HTML file (on a web site), click on "GO" and retrieve the values of the
stocks.
Has anyone had experience in doing this. Please give me some pointers on how
to get started on this task

Thanks, Jim

It's not the correct forum! You cannot do this in HTML and you will
need to decide on the language you wish to use before anyone can tell
you on which group to ask the question.

I hate people who just tell me I have asked the wrong question so, in
case you want to use Java, here is the code you are looking for:
http://www.neuro-tech.net/archives/000032.html

 

[Jim Simpson]

Thanks very much David.

I was hoping to use Perl but Java would be OK also. My problem is that I
thought I'd have to get into the forms used in the HTML page to enter
symbols etc. and I don;t know how to get started on that. I'll look over the
item you referenced first.

Jim

 

[David Dorward]

I was hoping to use Perl but Java would be OK also. My problem is that I
thought I'd have to get into the forms used in the HTML page to enter
symbols etc. and I don;t know how to get started on that. I'll look over

You don't. A form is just a means to present a the user with entry points
for what are effectively variables. The browser constructions an http
request from the entered data. You don't need the form to construct an http
request.

Take a look at LWP.

http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl-5.79/lib/LWP.pm

 

[Jim Simpson]

Thanks David,

Can anyone suggest a site where I can get these values without requiring a
"Password"?

Jim

 

[David Segall]

Thanks David,

Can anyone suggest a site where I can get these values without requiring a
"Password"?

Jim

Now we are really off-topic! You don't need to log in to look up stock
prices at Yahoo (http://finance.yahoo.com/). Maybe you could skip the
whole project and get the free Netstock
(http://www.splitcycle.com/pages/netstock.asp) which will keep an
regularly updated list of stocks on your desktop.

 

[Jim Simpson]

Thanks to all who responded. I apologize for dragging the subject off-topic
but the session was very very helpful.

Jim