Yahoo Finance API Python Client

Extract Yahoo Finance data with our Yahoo Finance API Python client. Get programmatic access to stock quotes, historical prices, price targets, earnings dates, analyst recommendations, dividends, fund data, and more using simple Python code. Start free, no credit card required.

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The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Yahoo Finance API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors. Get started with simple pip installation and robust error handling built-in.

Python

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "tickers": [
10        "MSFT",
11        "AMZN",
12    ],
13    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True },
14}
15
16# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17run = client.actor("canadesk/yahoo-finance").call(run_input=run_input)
18
19# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
20print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
21for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
22    print(item)
23
24# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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Get data with Yahoo Finance API Python client

Use our Python API client to extract Yahoo Finance data by providing ticker symbols with your configured filters and parameters. The API returns structured data, including stock quotes, historical prices, price targets, earnings dates, analyst recommendations, dividends, fund data, and more, which is perfect for pandas DataFrames, data analysis, and Python applications.

Input

{
 "delay": 3,
 "proxy": {
  "useApifyProxy": true
 },
 "period": "1y",
 "process": "gh",
 "tickers": [
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "interval": "1d",
 "rounding": "max",
 "storecsv": "no"
}

Output

[
 {
  "data": [
   {
    "low": "312.55394893846466",
    "Date": "2023-10-05",
    "high": "317.59611925564633",
    "open": "316.7127353294032",
    "close": "316.980712890625",
    "volume": "16965600"
   }
  ],
  "type": "history",
  "ticker": "MSFT"
 }
]

How to use Yahoo Finance API

1Sign up for Apify account

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2Install Apify Python client

Install the Apify Python client using pip: pip install apify-client. This package provides a simple interface to interact with Yahoo Finance API from your Python applications.

3Get your Apify API token

Go to settings in the Apify console and navigate to the “API & Integrations” tab. There, create a new token and save it for later.

4Integrate Yahoo Finance API

Navigate to the Yahoo Finance API page and click on the API dropdown menu in the top right corner. In the dropdown menu, you can see API clients, API endpoints, and more. Use the provided Python code examples to integrate Yahoo Finance API into your Python application.

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5Get your Yahoo Finance data via API

The Yahoo Finance API returns structured JSON data that works perfectly with pandas, NumPy, and other Python data analysis libraries.

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Python-ready Yahoo Finance data extraction

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Frequently asked questions

Yahoo Finance does not offer an official API for public use. However, we provide our own unofficial Yahoo Finance API that gets all the up-to-date financial data you need, serving as an alternative to access Yahoo Finance information programmatically for your projects and applications.

Yes, you can try our Yahoo Finance API for free! No credit card required, no strings attached. Just create an Apify account with free $5 monthly prepaid usage, get your API token, and start using the Yahoo Finance API.

Yahoo Finance API allows you to get data such as stock quotes with open/high/low/close prices, historical data with customizable periods and intervals, company information and profiles, analyst recommendations and price targets, earnings dates and schedules, fund and ETF data, dividend information, financial news articles, and volume data with formatted dates for comprehensive financial analysis.

It is legal to scrape publicly available data from Yahoo Finance. However, you should always review and comply with Yahoo Finance terms of service and any applicable laws and regulations regarding web scraping. Additionally, be mindful of any rate limits or restrictions imposed by Yahoo Finance to avoid potential issues.

Getting started with our Yahoo Finance API is easy — simply create a free Apify account, get your API token, and start using the Yahoo Finance API in Python, JavaScript, CLI, cURL, OpenAPI, or MCP.