/yahoo-finance-downloader

A simple script to download historical data from Yahoo Finance.

Primary LanguagePython

Yahoo Finance Downloader

A simple script to download historical data from Yahoo Finance. See the comments in config.yaml for more information.

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Installation instructions for non-programmers

  1. Ensure you have Python 3.6 or newer installed.
  2. Clone this repository or download the zip file and extract it.
  3. Install the dependencies in a command prompt (see below).
  4. Run the script by double-clicking on download.py or by typing python3 download.py in a command prompt. Make sure that you configured config.yaml correctly.

Install dependencies

pip3 install yfinance pydantic pyyaml tqdm termcolor