API Guidelines:

API access:

Example POST body for /getData:

{
	"ticker": "AAPL"
}

Returns:

{
  "Current Price": 289.0299987792969,
  "Display?": false,
  "Drawdown % ": -1,
  "Open Price": -1,
  "Previous Close Price": 287.61,
  "Symbol": "AAPL"
}

Example POST body for /getCharting:

{
  "ticker": "AAPL
}

Returns:

{
  "12:15:00-04:00": 276.56,
  "12:16:00-04:00": 276.66,
  "12:17:00-04:00": 276.41,
  "12:18:00-04:00": 275.65,
  "12:19:00-04:00": 275.32,
  "12:20:00-04:00": 275.05,
  "12:21:00-04:00": 275.77,
  "12:22:00-04:00": 276.13,
  "12:23:00-04:00": 275.7,
  "12:24:00-04:00": 274.81,
  "12:25:00-04:00": 274.76,
  "12:26:00-04:00": 274.03,
  "12:27:00-04:00": 274.25
}

GET call to /getOpens: {NOTE: NOT YET INTEGRATED INTO APP: SEE SECTION: Left to do.}

Creates a csv file containing all the open prices of each stock in stock_pool.csv in the form of

ticker	open
JCP	0.45
AAP	87.33
JNJ	118.91

Should be ran once in the morning at 9:30am EST [potentially by a chron job]

API setup:

Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
Run server on local machine: python server.py (runs on localhost:3000)

Python setup:

On a Mac, ensure that xcode is installed.

Install Python 3 from here.

React App:

App.js renders 'Tickers' 'Tickers' maps all stocks in stock_pool.csv into a 'TickerData' component 'TickerData' uses POST /getCharting to get all needed data 'TickerData' renders 'Chart'

Left to do:

Change app and getCharting to use the opens.csv file
Create an interval for 'Chart' to update every 5-10 seconds.
Recalculate drawdown for all every 40 - 60 seconds to determine which stocks to display BONUS. At the next refresh (to do #3), keep all prior display = 'true' stocks and provide a button to delete stocks until the next refresh (to do #3).

in app: every min, call /getAll GET in App