Yahoo Finance Scraper

Overview

This Apify Actor scrapes financial data from Yahoo Finance. It can retrieve stock prices, company details, historical data, and more. The extracted data is structured as JSON and can be exported in multiple formats.

Features

• Scrape real-time stock prices
• Retrieve company details (market cap, P/E ratio, dividend yield, etc.)
• Extract historical stock price data
• Support for custom date ranges
• Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel

Input

The Actor accepts a JSON object with the following parameters:

{
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "startDate": "2025-02-01",
  "endDate": "2025-03-01"
}

Input Fields

• ticker (string, required): The stock symbol to search for (e.g., AAPL, GOOGL).
• startDate (string, optional): The start date for historical data retrieval (format: YYYY-MM-DD).
• endDate (string, optional): The end date for historical data retrieval (format: YYYY-MM-DD).

Output

The output is structured JSON data with stock details:

[
    {
        "results": {
            "summaryDetail": {
                "maxAge": 1,
                "priceHint": 2,
                "previousClose": 238.03,
                "open": 237.705,
                "dayLow": 234.7,
                "dayHigh": 240.07,
                "regularMarketPreviousClose": 238.03,
                "regularMarketOpen": 237.705,
                "regularMarketDayLow": 234.7,
                "regularMarketDayHigh": 240.07,
                "dividendRate": 1,
                "dividendYield": 0.0042,
                "exDividendDate": "2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
                "payoutRatio": 0.1571,
                "fiveYearAvgDividendYield": 0.59,
                "beta": 1.178,
                "trailingPE": 37.38986,
                "forwardPE": 28.391092,
                "volume": 53101971,
                "regularMarketVolume": 53101971,
                "averageVolume": 50968729,
                "averageVolume10days": 45538950,
                "averageDailyVolume10Day": 45538950,
                "bid": 235.93,
                "ask": 236.02,
                "bidSize": 200,
                "askSize": 100,
                "marketCap": 3544164073472,
                "fiftyTwoWeekLow": 164.08,
                "fiftyTwoWeekHigh": 260.1,
                "priceToSalesTrailing12Months": 8.955337,
                "fiftyDayAverage": 239.9608,
                "twoHundredDayAverage": 226.14005,
                "trailingAnnualDividendRate": 0.99,
                "trailingAnnualDividendYield": 0.0041591395,
                "currency": "USD",
                "fromCurrency": null,
                "toCurrency": null,
                "lastMarket": null,
                "coinMarketCapLink": null,
                "algorithm": null,
                "tradeable": false
            },
            "price": {
                "maxAge": 1,
                "preMarketChangePercent": -0.000126029,
                "preMarketChange": -0.0299988,
                "preMarketTime": "2025-03-04T14:29:59.000Z",
                "preMarketPrice": 238,
                "preMarketSource": "FREE_REALTIME",
                "postMarketChangePercent": 0.0053829704,
                "postMarketChange": 1.2700043,
                "postMarketTime": "2025-03-04T22:17:17.000Z",
                "postMarketPrice": 237.2,
                "postMarketSource": "FREE_REALTIME",
                "regularMarketChangePercent": -0.008822443,
                "regularMarketChange": -2.100006,
                "regularMarketTime": "2025-03-04T21:00:01.000Z",
                "priceHint": 2,
                "regularMarketPrice": 235.93,
                "regularMarketDayHigh": 240.07,
                "regularMarketDayLow": 234.7,
                "regularMarketVolume": 53101971,
                "averageDailyVolume10Day": 45538950,
                "averageDailyVolume3Month": 50968729,
                "regularMarketPreviousClose": 238.03,
                "regularMarketSource": "FREE_REALTIME",
                "regularMarketOpen": 237.705,
                "exchange": "NMS",
                "exchangeName": "NasdaqGS",
                "exchangeDataDelayedBy": 0,
                "marketState": "POST",
                "quoteType": "EQUITY",
                "symbol": "AAPL",
                "underlyingSymbol": null,
                "shortName": "Apple Inc.",
                "longName": "Apple Inc.",
                "currency": "USD",
                "quoteSourceName": "Nasdaq Real Time Price",
                "currencySymbol": "$",
                "fromCurrency": null,
                "toCurrency": null,
                "lastMarket": null,
                "marketCap": 3544164073472
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                "currency": "USD",
                "symbol": "AAPL",
                "exchangeName": "NMS",
                "fullExchangeName": "NasdaqGS",
                "instrumentType": "EQUITY",
                "firstTradeDate": "1980-12-12T14:30:00.000Z",
                "regularMarketTime": "2025-03-04T21:00:01.000Z",
                "hasPrePostMarketData": true,
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                "timezone": "EST",
                "exchangeTimezoneName": "America/New_York",
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                "fiftyTwoWeekLow": 164.08,
                "regularMarketDayHigh": 240.07,
                "regularMarketDayLow": 234.7,
                "regularMarketVolume": 53101971,
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                "shortName": "Apple Inc.",
                "chartPreviousClose": 250.42,
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                        "start": "2025-03-04T21:00:00.000Z",
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                },
                "dataGranularity": "1d",
                "range": "",
                "validRanges": [
                    "1d",
                    "5d",
                    "1mo",
                    "3mo",
                    "6mo",
                    "1y",
                    "2y",
                    "5y",
                    "10y",
                    "ytd",
                    "max"
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]

Usage

Run via Apify Console

1. Go to Apify Console.
2. Create a new Actor and paste in the scraper code.
3. Set up the input JSON.
4. Click Run.

Limitations

• Yahoo Finance may change its page structure, which could require updates to the scraper.
• Excessive requests may result in temporary blocks; use proxies to avoid this.
• Some financial data may require authentication or paid Yahoo Finance subscriptions.

Support

For issues or feature requests, please open an issue on GitHub or contact Apify support.

Author: Your Name
Version: 1.0.0
License: MIT