shantanusarkar myshellv1 20130719-074012

Objective

To create a python shell which will greet and give the current stock value.

Program

#!/usr/bin/env python

from cmd2 import Cmd
from getpass import getuser
import sys
import requests

__version__ = '0.1'

class Application(Cmd):


   def __init__(self):
       Cmd.__init__(self)

   def do_greet(self,line):
       print "Hi! %s " %(getuser()) # getuser()will give the username of the system as output.

   def do_stock(self,line):
       link=requests.get('http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quote.csv?s='+line+'&f=l1') # opens the link with <line> which should be a valid NASDAQ symbol.
       print link.text # prints the output of the link.

if __name__ == '__main__':
   app = Application()
   app.cmdloop()

To go to program click here.

Run

To run this requests and cmd2 modules should be installed in the virtual env.

[Shantanu@dhcppc0] myshell $ (master) source ~/virt1/bin/activate
(virt1)[Shantanu@dhcppc0] myshell $ (master) python myshell.py

Output

(Cmd) greet
Hi! Shantanu
(Cmd) stock GOOG
910.68