Peijiche stooq

docs/source/remote_data.rst

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Currently the following sources are supported:
     - :ref:`Eurostat<remote_data.eurostat>`
     - :ref:`Thrift Savings Plan<remote_data.tsp>`
     - :ref:`Nasdaq Trader symbol definitions<remote_data.nasdaq_symbols>`
+    - :ref:`Stooq<remote_data.stooq>`
 
 It should be noted, that various sources support different kinds of data, so not all sources implement the same methods and the data elements returned might also differ.
 
@@ -570,3 +571,16 @@ available. More information on the `field <http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader.as
         NASDAQ Symbol                                                     IBM
         NextShares                                                      False
         Name: IBM, dtype: object
+
+
+.. _remote_data.stooq:
+
+Stooq Index Data
+================
+Google finance doesn't provide common index data download. The Stooq site has the data for download. 
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+    import pandas_datareader.data as web
+    f = web.DataReader("^DJI", 'stooq')
+    f[:10]

pandas_datareader/data.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from pandas_datareader.nasdaq_trader import get_nasdaq_symbols
 from pandas_datareader.oecd import OECDReader
 from pandas_datareader.quandl import QuandlReader
+from pandas_datareader.stooq import StooqDailyReader
 from pandas_datareader.yahoo.actions import (YahooActionReader, YahooDivReader)
 from pandas_datareader.yahoo.components import _get_data as \
     get_components_yahoo
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
 __all__ = ['get_components_yahoo', 'get_data_enigma', 'get_data_famafrench',
            'get_data_fred', 'get_data_google', 'get_data_moex',
            'get_data_quandl', 'get_data_yahoo', 'get_data_yahoo_actions',
-           'get_nasdaq_symbols', 'get_quote_google', 'get_quote_yahoo']
+           'get_nasdaq_symbols', 'get_quote_google', 'get_quote_yahoo',
+           'get_data_stooq', 'DataReader']
 
 
 def get_data_fred(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -70,6 +72,10 @@ def get_data_moex(*args, **kwargs):
     return MoexReader(*args, **kwargs).read()
 
 
+def get_data_stooq(*args, **kwargs):
+    return StooqDailyReader(*args, **kwargs).read()
+
+
 def DataReader(name, data_source=None, start=None, end=None,
                retry_count=3, pause=0.001, session=None, access_key=None):
     """
@@ -150,6 +156,11 @@ def DataReader(name, data_source=None, start=None, end=None,
         return BankOfCanadaReader(symbols=name, start=start, end=end,
                                   retry_count=retry_count, pause=pause,
                                   session=session).read()
+    elif data_source == "stooq":
+        return StooqDailyReader(symbols=name,
+                                chunksize=25,
+                                retry_count=retry_count, pause=pause,
+                                session=session).read()
 
     elif data_source == "enigma":
         return EnigmaReader(dataset_id=name, api_key=access_key).read()

pandas_datareader/stooq.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from pandas_datareader.base import _DailyBaseReader
+
+
+class StooqDailyReader(_DailyBaseReader):
+
+    """
+    Returns DataFrame/Panel of historical stock prices from symbols, over date
+    range, start to end. To avoid being penalized by Google Finance servers,
+    pauses between downloading 'chunks' of symbols can be specified.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    symbols : string, array-like object (list, tuple, Series), or DataFrame
+        Single stock symbol (ticker), array-like object of symbols or
+        DataFrame with index containing stock symbols.
+    retry_count : int, default 3
+        Number of times to retry query request.
+    pause : int, default 0
+        Time, in seconds, to pause between consecutive queries of chunks. If
+        single value given for symbol, represents the pause between retries.
+    chunksize : int, default 25
+        Number of symbols to download consecutively before intiating pause.
+    session : Session, default None
+        requests.sessions.Session instance to be used
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def url(self):
+        return 'https://stooq.com/q/d/l/'
+
+    def _get_params(self, symbol):
+        params = {
+            's': symbol,
+            'i': "d"
+        }
+        return params

pandas_datareader/tests/test_stooq.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import pandas_datareader.data as web
+from pandas_datareader.data import get_data_stooq
+
+
+def test_stooq_dji():
+    f = web.DataReader('^DJI', 'stooq')
+    assert f.shape[0] > 0
+
+
+def test_get_data_stooq_dji():
+    f = get_data_stooq('^DAX')
+    assert f.shape[0] > 0