BVCscrap

BVCscrap is a Python library to retrieve data from LeBoursier.ma, which provides data retrieval from up to 74 stocks. BVCscrap allows the user to download historical data from all the shares traded at Casablanca Stock Exchange.

Requirements

In order to use BVCscrap you should download the following packages: requests, beautifulsoup4, lxml, json, and datetime.

The outputs of this library are DataFrame, so Pandas should be installed

Installation

Download the source code of the library BVCscrap and put it in your working directory or use

import os
path="C:/Users/pc/Desktop/..."  # the location of the downloaded code 
os.chdir(path)

Then import the libray :

import BVCscrap as load

Usage

To use this libary there is a notation to respect: names of stocks.

Get the notation

import BVCscrap  as load
load.notation

['Addoha',
 'AFMA',
 'Afric Indus',
 'Afriquia Gaz',
 'Agma',
 'Alliances',
 'Aluminium Maroc',
 'ATLANTASANAD',
 'Attijariwafa',

Data of one single stock

import BVCscrap  as load
data=load.loadata('Wafa Assur')
data.tail()

              close     high     low    open    vol
2020-10-27	3355	3355	3355	3355	10
2020-11-02	3355	3355	3355	3355	3
2020-11-03	3360	3360	3357	3357	307
2020-11-09	3427	3427	3427	3427	1
2020-11-10	3450	3450	3428	3428	9

Data of many stocks

import BVCscrap  as load
data=load.loadmany('BoA','BCP','BMCI')
data.tail()

	         BoA	 BCP	BMCI
2020-11-09	140.5	241.90	609.0
2020-11-10	143.0	244.00	608.9
2020-11-11	143.7	241.50	NaN
2020-11-12	143.0	243.80	NaN
2020-11-13	143.7	242.45	610.0

Getting Help

if you are working in Jupyter notebook/lab, you can see the docstring of our functions by using Shift+Tab.An example is shown below

"""
	Load Data 
	Inputs: 
			Input   | Type                             | Description
			=================================================================================
			 name   |string                            | You must respect the notation. To see the notation see BVCscrap.notation
	                 start  |string "YYYY-MM-DD"               | starting date Must respect the notation
	                 end    |string "YYYY-MM-DD"               | Must respect the notation
	Outputs:
	                 Output | Type                             | Description
	                ================================================================================= 
	     	                | pandas.DataFrame (4 columns)     | close high low open vol
"""

oukhouya62/BVCscrap