alfred-ticker

An Alfred workflow to show stock information from Yahoo Finance using an unofficial API

• Setting up
• Basic Usage
• Acknowledgments
• Changelog
• Feedback

Setting up

Needed

• Alfred with Powerpack license
• Python3 (howto here)
• API key (sign up for an API key here. A free plan allows 500 requests/month)

Installation

1. Download the most recent release of alfred-ticker from Github and double-click to install
2. Get your API key
3. In Alfred, open the 'Configure Workflow and Variables' window in alfred-ticker preferences
   • set the API_KEY variable to the API key retrieved in Step 2
   • Optional: set the emoji you want to show when the ticker is down (SYMBOL_DOWN, default: ⬇️) or up (SYMBOL_UP, default: ⬆️)
   • Optional: set your watch list variable WATCHLIST (comma-separated list of ticker symbols)
4. Optional: Setup a hotkey to launch alfred-ticker
5. Optional: Change the keyword to launch alfred-ticker (currently set to !t)

Basic Usage

Check your watchlist by typing your keyword or using your hotkey... ... or type stock symbols separated by comma Pressing Enter will open the stock page on Yahoo Finance.

Acknowledgments

• Dean Jackson and Vitor Galvão for their incredible help on the Alfred mailing list.
• Icon by Iconka from icon-icons.com

Changelog

• 11-30-2022: version 1.0 ready for Alfred 5
• 03-01-2022: version 0.2 removed requests dependency
• 02-04-2022: version 0.1

Feedback

Feedback welcome! If you notice a bug, or have ideas for new features, please feel free to get in touch either here, or on the [Alfred](https://www.alfredforum.com) forum.