Historical Price Data Download from Google Finance
Download historical time series from Google Finance
googleFinanceData(sym, current = TRUE, sy = 2005, sm = 1, sd = 1, ey, em, ed)
sym |
A character string for a (tradeable) symbol |
current |
A logical switch to indicate whether the current time is the endtime |
sy |
An integer value for the start year, default is 2005 |
sm |
An integer value for the start month, default is 1 |
sd |
An integer value for the start date, default is 1 |
ey |
An optional integer value for the end year, required if |
em |
An optional integer value for the end month, required if |
ed |
An optional integer value for the end day, required if |
The function uses an (unofficial) older CGI-style interface at Google to download historical data.
A data.table object with a key on date
Dirk Eddelbuettel
The post at https://chrisconlan.com/download-historical-stock-data-google-r-python/ provided the initial starting point
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