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How do I lookup Industry by Symbol on Yahoo using ruby?

I am trying to get company information for a given symbol, and I have gotten quotes data using a wonderful 'yahoo-finance' gem, but now I need to get company's industry information, and can't find a way.

Any ideas?

Solution

  • Just add :industry to the list of fields you want returned. available_fields gives you the full list. E.g.,

    require 'yahoo_finance'
stocks = YahooFinance::Stock.new(['AAPL'], [:industry, :sector])
# use stocks.available_fields to search for the fields that you want
results = stocks.fetch; nil
results['AAPL'][:industry]
# "Electronic Equipment"
results['AAPL'][:sector]
# "Consumer Goods"