Python Stock Tickers: Download ALL Exchange Data (API to Pandas DataFrame) Part 1 🐍

Matt Macarty · Beginner ·🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ·4y ago

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@MattMacarty ## 🐍 Python Stock Analysis Course Part 1: Get ALL Stock Tickers on an Exchange (NYSE/NASDAQ) via API to Pandas Welcome to Part 1 of the **Python Stock Analysis Course**! This foundational video shows you how to take the crucial first step for any financial application: **acquiring a full, current list of stock tickers** (metadata) for a major exchange. We use the Python `requests` library to fetch data from an **end-of-day data API** and then efficiently transform the JSON response into a working **Pandas DataFrame**. ### 💻 Course Goal: By the end of this series, you will have a functioning tool to speed your analysis of markets and individual stocks. ✅ **Please SUBSCRIBE:** https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=mjmacarty ✅ **Get the Code:** https://github.com/mjmacarty/python-stock-analysis --- ### Part 1: What You Will Learn * **Data Acquisition:** Use an API to get a listing of every security traded on an exchange. * **Libraries:** Master the use of `requests` (API calls) and `pandas` (DataFrame creation). * **Foundation:** Set up the structure for high-level analysis and individual security processing. Contents: 0:00 Introduction & Course Goal 0:40 Data Source & API Key Setup 1:45 Defining the Ticker Acquisition Function 3:15 API Call & JSON to Pandas DataFrame 4:35 Inspecting the Tickers Data Result ### 🎥 Course Series Playlist: | Video | Title | Link | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **Part 1** | **How to Get a List of Stocks on an Exchange** | [https://youtu.be/bKUZrBAzqJs](https://youtu.be/bKUZrBAzqJs) | | Part 2 | [Part 2 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/KKVZHKDEKFA](https://youtu.be/KKVZHKDEKFA) | | Part 3 | [Part 3 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/emHY55Svxac](https://youtu.be/emHY55Svxac) | | Part 4 | [Part 4 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/dPloA2TAo_c](https://youtu.be/dPloA2TAo_c) | | Part 5 | [Part 5 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/OYS75jihV5Y](https://youtu.be/OYS75jihV5Y) | | Part 6 | [Part 6 Video Title] | [https

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@MattMacarty ## 🐍 Python Stock Analysis Course Part 1: Get ALL Stock Tickers on an Exchange (NYSE/NASDAQ) via API to Pandas Welcome to Part 1 of the **Python Stock Analysis Course**! This foundational video shows you how to take the crucial first step for any financial application: **acquiring a full, current list of stock tickers** (metadata) for a major exchange. We use the Python `requests` library to fetch data from an **end-of-day data API** and then efficiently transform the JSON response into a working **Pandas DataFrame**. ### 💻 Course Goal: By the end of this series, you will have a functioning tool to speed your analysis of markets and individual stocks. ✅ **Please SUBSCRIBE:** https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=mjmacarty ✅ **Get the Code:** https://github.com/mjmacarty/python-stock-analysis --- ### Part 1: What You Will Learn * **Data Acquisition:** Use an API to get a listing of every security traded on an exchange. * **Libraries:** Master the use of `requests` (API calls) and `pandas` (DataFrame creation). * **Foundation:** Set up the structure for high-level analysis and individual security processing. Contents: 0:00 Introduction & Course Goal 0:40 Data Source & API Key Setup 1:45 Defining the Ticker Acquisition Function 3:15 API Call & JSON to Pandas DataFrame 4:35 Inspecting the Tickers Data Result ### 🎥 Course Series Playlist: | Video | Title | Link | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **Part 1** | **How to Get a List of Stocks on an Exchange** | [https://youtu.be/bKUZrBAzqJs](https://youtu.be/bKUZrBAzqJs) | | Part 2 | [Part 2 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/KKVZHKDEKFA](https://youtu.be/KKVZHKDEKFA) | | Part 3 | [Part 3 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/emHY55Svxac](https://youtu.be/emHY55Svxac) | | Part 4 | [Part 4 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/dPloA2TAo_c](https://youtu.be/dPloA2TAo_c) | | Part 5 | [Part 5 Video Title] | [https://youtu.be/OYS75jihV5Y](https://youtu.be/OYS75jihV5Y) | | Part 6 | [Part 6 Video Title] | [https

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Chapters (5)

Introduction & Course Goal

0:40 Data Source & API Key Setup

1:45 Defining the Ticker Acquisition Function

3:15 API Call & JSON to Pandas DataFrame

4:35 Inspecting the Tickers Data Result

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