Command line tool for collecting stock information from the AlphaVantage API and storing the data in an AWS DynamoDB table.
Clone this GitHub repo by running git clone https://github.com/lmcconnell1665/StockTrader.git from your terminal.
Once the repository has been cloned, change into the repository directory by running cd StockTrader.
Open the stonk.py file and change the values for DYNAMO_DB_TABLE_NAME and AWS_REGION to match your environment.
You will need to create a DynamoDB table with ticker as the Primary partition key and date as the primary sort key.
Make sure that the name of that table matches your setting of DYNAMO_DB_TABLE_NAME in stonk.py.
The environment that you install the command line tool in will also need the proper AWS credentials to read and write to this DynamoDB table.
There are two primary commands with this tool, grab and clear.
- grab: pull in stock data from API
- clear: clear all stock data from the database
Each command requires one argument (--ticker), which is the ticker that corresponds to the stock that you want to grab or clear.
Run python stonk.py grab from a terminal with your directory in /StockTrader.
You will be asked to enter an api_key to authenticate with the API.
You can set a default for this key by changing the value for TOKEN in stonk.py.
Once a default is set it will be displayed in brackets.
Just press enter to use the saved default value for the token.
You will be asked to enter a ticker for the stock you want to grab.
Once you see DONE grabbing the stocks historical information has been saved to the DynamoDB table.
Run python stonk.py clear from a terminal with your directory in /StockTrader.
You will be asked to enter a ticker for the stock you want to clear.
Once you see DONE deleting the stocks historical information has been removed from the DynamoDB table.
