Stock tracker API that keeps tracks of your stocks using Node.js. The website provides a UI that allows you to check information on the target stocks using the Yahoo Finance API and Alpha Vantage API. Registering a stock and entering the target prices allows you to keep track of that stock through notified emails sent on intervals. If your target stock is below your target low price and/or your target stock is higher than your target high price, an email is sent to you indicating so.
Stracker's webpage also indicates the current time and a timer which indicates the time before the stock market closes.
https://rapidapi.com/yourdevmail/api/yh-finance8
NOTE: Only the Yahoo Finance API is set up right now
Stracker utilizes NodeJS to send pages to the client. It also uses nodemailer to send emails to the user if the stock price for a targeted stock triggers the threshold assigned by the user.
URL: http://localhost:6060/
The server is located under the server folder.
Running the server (on the terminal):
cd server
node index.js
Currently, the automated sender will send the notifications every 20 minutes. You can change the frequency of this by changing the value of AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION_INTERVAL. It uses cron to schedule the notifiers.
There are some requirements for launching this API locally. Specifically, API keys from Yahoo Finance and Alpha Vantage are required to retrieve stock information. You can also provide an automated email sender to notify you for any updates on the stocks you wished to track. Just provide an email along with the password to auto send the email.
Currently, it's using gmail as the main service. If you do choose gmail as a provider, you just need to allow for less secure apps to allow for automated sending.
Please ensure you include your config in the .gitignore