Search for News

Allows for the search of relevant news to the search term. The search term is typically a symbol (ticker) but can also be a company name (or parts of a company name).

Structs:

The structs returned by search_news

YahooNews

Basically a custom Array of NewsItems returned by search_news

mutable struct YahooNews{NewsItem,N} <: AbstractArray{NewsItem,N}
    arr::Array{NewsItem,N}
end

NewsItem

Is an individual news item contained in YahooNews contains the following fields:

title: Title of the news article
publisher: Publisher of the news
link: The link to the news article
timestamp: The timestamp of the time when the news was published (DateTime)
symbols: An array of the tickers related to the news item

mutable struct NewsItem
    title::String
    publisher::String
    link::String
    timestamp::DateTime
    symbols::Vector{String}
end

Convenience Functions

Allows of accessing all titles, links, and timestamps stored in arrays directly from the YahooNews item.

YFinance.titles — Function

titles(x::YahooNews)

Returns the titles of all NewsItems in a Vector

Arugments:

x::YahooNews

Returns:

Vector{String}

Example:

julia> x = search_news("MSFT");

julia> titles(x)
8-element Vector{String}:
 "Microsoft Removes Twitter From Ad Program; Musk Threatens Suit"
 "AI ChatBots Guzzle Water. How and Why It s a Problem."
 "Best Dow Jones Stocks To Buy And Watch In April: Travelers Surges On Earnings"
 "Top Companies for Financial Strength"
 "VIDEO: Your Top Questions Answe" ⋯ 17 bytes ⋯ "eiling and Portfolio Management"
 "Microsoft agrees to buy 50m Foxconn parcel in Wisconsin"
 "LinkedIn Reveals Top Workplace:" ⋯ 19 bytes ⋯ "etflix Rank For Happy Employees"
 "Microsoft Working With Space an" ⋯ 24 bytes ⋯ "Blockchain Data for Azure Cloud"

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YFinance.links — Function

links(x::YahooNews)

Returns the links of all NewsItems in a Vector

Arugments:

x::YahooNews

Returns:

Vector{String}

Example:

julia> x = search_news("MSFT");

julia> links(x)
8-element Vector{String}:
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/" ⋯ 20 bytes ⋯ "itter-ad-program-221121298.html"
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/06a" ⋯ 37 bytes ⋯ "chatbots-guzzle-water.-how.html"
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/65b" ⋯ 36 bytes ⋯ "st-dow-jones-stocks-to-buy.html"
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/9c4" ⋯ 35 bytes ⋯ "op-companies-for-financial.html"
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/m/ebf" ⋯ 35 bytes ⋯ "ideo%3A-your-top-questions.html"
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/board-oks-microsoft-data-center-163630944.html"
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/" ⋯ 20 bytes ⋯ "-workplace-where-155427039.html"
 "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-working-space-time-add-150000132.html"

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YFinance.timestamps — Function

timestamps(x::YahooNews)

Returns the timestamp of all NewsItems in a Vector

Arugments:

x::YahooNews

Returns:

Vector{DateTime}

Example:

julia> x = search_news("MSFT");

julia> timestamps(x)
8-element Vector{Dates.DateTime}:
 2023-04-19T22:11:21
 2023-04-19T20:33:00
 2023-04-19T18:06:33
 2023-04-19T18:03:00
 2023-04-19T16:46:00
 2023-04-19T16:36:30
 2023-04-19T15:54:27
 2023-04-19T15:00:00

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News Search Function

YFinance.search_news — Function

search_news(str::String;lang="en-us")

Returns news related to the seach string str.

Arugments:

str::String: The search string. It is usually a symbol.
lang::String: The search language and region. The region is automatically set according to the language. Supported languages are: "en-us", "en-ca", "en-gb", "en-au", "en-nz", "en-SG", "en-in", "de", "es", "fr", "it", "pt-br", "zh", and "zh-tw".

Returns:

YahooNews <: AbstractArray that contains NewsItems with fields: title::String, publisher::String, link::String, timestamp::DateTime, symbols::Array{String,1}

Example:

julia> search_news("MSFT")
8-element YahooNews{NewsItem, 1}:
 Title:          Microsoft Removes Twitter From Ad Program; Musk Threatens Suit
Timestamp:       Apr 19 22:11 PM
Publisher:       Bloomberg
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-removes-twitter-ad-program-221121298.html
Symbols:         MSFT

 Title:          AI ChatBots Guzzle Water. How and Why It’s a Problem.
Timestamp:       Apr 19 20:33 PM
Publisher:       Barrons.com
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/m/06a973de-215d-3928-9c99-00867b512966/ai-chatbots-guzzle-water.-how.html
Symbols:         GOOGL, MSFT

 Title:          Best Dow Jones Stocks To Buy And Watch In April: Travelers Surges On Earnings
Timestamp:       Apr 19 18:06 PM
Publisher:       Investor's Business Daily
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/m/65b53896-faf4-3a06-9d0d-a63cf3c83192/best-dow-jones-stocks-to-buy.html
Symbols:         ^DJI, MSFT

 Title:          Top Companies for Financial Strength
Timestamp:       Apr 19 18:03 PM
Publisher:       The Wall Street Journal
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/m/9c4f6782-7ce7-3e1e-8d0a-ff7f41bc5ef7/top-companies-for-financial.html
Symbols:         XOM, MSFT, AAPL, NUE, MRNA

 Title:          VIDEO: Your Top Questions Answered on the Debt Ceiling and Portfolio Management
Timestamp:       Apr 19 16:46 PM
Publisher:       TheStreet.com
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/m/ebf41ba6-6cbc-38ce-93c5-bcee152080e7/video%3A-your-top-questions.html
Symbols:         CHPT, MSFT

 Title:          Microsoft agrees to buy 50m Foxconn parcel in Wisconsin
Timestamp:       Apr 19 16:36 PM
Publisher:       AP Finance
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/news/board-oks-microsoft-data-center-163630944.html
Symbols:         MSFT

 Title:          LinkedIn Reveals Top Workplace: Where Amazon and Netflix Rank For Happy Employees
Timestamp:       Apr 19 15:54 PM
Publisher:       Benzinga
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/news/linkedin-reveals-top-workplace-where-155427039.html
Symbols:         AMZN, GOOGL, MSFT, NFLX, WFC

 Title:          Microsoft Working With Space and Time to Add Real-Time Blockchain Data for Azure Cloud
Timestamp:       Apr 19 15:00 PM
Publisher:       CoinDesk
Link:            https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-working-space-time-add-150000132.html
Symbols:         MSFT

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