Stock Market Visualization Flask App

This Flask application allows users to enter the name of a company and visualize its performance using Plotly.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Flask
• alpha_vantage library
• plotly library

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository_url>

2. Navigate to the project directory:

cd stock-market-visualization

3. Install the required dependencies using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Set your Alpha Vantage API key in the api_key variable in the main.py file.

2. Start the Flask development server:

python main.py

3. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:5000.

4. Enter the name of a company in the input field and click "Submit".

5. The application will retrieve the stock market data for the specified company and display a plot of the closing prices over time.

6. To view the plot for a different company, simply enter a new company name and click "Submit" again.

Automatic HTML File Cleanup

The application includes a script, cleanup_html_files.py, that runs automatically every hour to remove all HTML files in the templates directory except index.html and plot.html. This helps to prevent the accumulation of unnecessary HTML files.

Demo

• The starting UI looks something like this:

• Searching Up for stock results for 'TSLA'

• Search Up TSLA hovering over the line graph you can see the price registered as well.

The plot over time is displayed.