[R] Downloading quote data from yahoo finance

[Joshua Ulrich]

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Deb Midya <debmidya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi R users,
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> I am using R 2.12.0 on Windows XP.
>
> May I request you to assist me in the following please.
>
> 1. I am getting error while downloading quote data from yahoo finance.
>
> The example code is below (taken from tseries help):
>
> library(tseries)
>
> con <- url("http://quote.yahoo.com")
> if(!inherits(try(open(con), silent = TRUE), "try-error")) {
>   close(con)
>   x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "^gspc", start = "1998-01-01",
>                       quote = "Close")
>   plot(x)
>   x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "ibm", quote = c("Cl", "Vol"))
>   plot(x, main = "International Business Machines Corp")
>   spc <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "^gspc", start = "1998-01-01",
>          quote = "Close")
>   ibm <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "ibm",  start = "1998-01-01",
>          quote = "AdjClose")
>   x <- merge(spc, ibm)
>   plot(x, main = "IBM vs S&P 500")
>   x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "EUR/USD", provider = "oanda",
>                       start = Sys.Date() - 500)
>   plot(x, main = "EUR/USD")
> }
>
> Error message:
>
> Warning message:
> In open.connection(con) :
>   unable to connect to 'quote.yahoo.com' on port 80.
>
The example works for me.  Are you behind a firewall or proxy?

> 2. How can I download Key Statistics Data from Yahoo Finance
>
> A. http://finance.yahoo.com/
>
> B. ASH.AX (Using GET QUOTES)
>
> C. Key Statistics
>
> How can I download Key Statistics dynamically (Using R code)
>
library(quantmod)
getFinancials("IBM")
viewFinancials(IBM.f)

>
> Thank you very much for the time you have given.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deb
>
>
>

Hope that helps,
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Joshua Ulrich  |  FOSS Trading: www.fosstrading.com