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Updated the news endpoint for the updated yahoo finance api call #5

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17 changes: 7 additions & 10 deletions yahooquery/constants.py
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},
},
"news": {
"path": "https://query2.finance.yahoo.com/v2/finance/news",
"response_field": "Content",
"path": "https://finance.yahoo.com/xhr/ncp",
"response_field": "data",
"method": "post",
"query": {
"start": {"required": False, "default": None},
"count": {"required": False, "default": None},
"symbols": {"required": True, "default": None},
"sizeLabels": {"required": False, "default": None},
"widths": {"required": False, "default": None},
"tags": {"required": False, "default": None},
"filterOldVideos": {"required": False, "default": None},
"category": {"required": False, "default": None},
"symbol": {"required": True, "default": None},
"location": {"required": False, "default": "US"},
"queryRef": {"required": False, "default": "newsAll"},
"serviceKey": {"required": False, "default": "ncp_fin"},
},
},
"quoteSummary": {
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61 changes: 55 additions & 6 deletions yahooquery/ticker.py
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Expand Up @@ -303,17 +303,66 @@ def news(self, count=25, start=None):
-----
It's recommended to use only one symbol for this property as the data
returned does not distinguish between what symbol the news stories
belong to
belong to.

The start parameter is no longer supported by the Yahoo Finance API.

Returns
-------
dict
"""
if start:
start = convert_to_timestamp(start)
return self._chunk_symbols(
"news", params={"count": count, "start": start}, list_result=True
)
config = CONFIG["news"]
results = {}

for symbol in self._symbols:
# Build query parameters with defaults from config
params = {
"location": self._country_params.get("region", "US"),
"queryRef": "newsAll",
"serviceKey": "ncp_fin",
"listName": f"{symbol}-news",
"lang": self._country_params.get("lang", "en-US"),
"region": self._country_params.get("region", "US"),
}

# Add default query params (crumb, etc.)
params.update(self.default_query_params)

# POST body
payload = {
"serviceConfig": {
"count": count or 25,
"s": [symbol]
},
"session": {
"lang": self._country_params.get("lang", "en-US"),
"region": self._country_params.get("region", "US"),
}
}

# Make POST request using session
response = self.session.post(
url=config["path"],
params=params,
json=payload
)

try:
json_data = response.json()
# Extract news items from the API response
if "data" in json_data and "tickerStream" in json_data["data"]:
stream = json_data["data"]["tickerStream"].get("stream", [])
results[symbol] = [item["content"] for item in stream if "content" in item]
else:
results[symbol] = json_data
except Exception:
try:
results[symbol] = f"Error: {response.status_code} - {response.text[:100]}"
except Exception:
results[symbol] = "Error: Unable to retrieve news"

return results


@property
def index_trend(self):
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