symbols-list
v0.2.4
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Get a list of all stock and crypto symbols supported by IEX, and their associated information. This is a work in progress as I work to understand npm modules, so please don't mind the dust for now...
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symbols-list
Get a list of all stock and crypto symbols supported by IEX, and their associated information.
Usage
Example
const Symbol = require('symbols-list')
const symbol = new Symbol
symbol.on("results", data => console.log(data))
symbol.get("random", 2)
Installation
Server
npm i symbols-list
Browser
<script src="https://draeder.github.io/symbols-list/symbols.min.js"></script>
Initialize symbols-list
Server
const Symbols = require("symbols-list")
const symbols = new Symbols
Browser
const symbols = new Symbols()
Register the event listener to handler results
symbols.on("results", data => {
console.log(data)
})
Make requests
Return all symbols
symbols.get("all")
Note: This will return 9000+ results so it will take some time
Return one symbol
symbols.get("find", "TSLA")
Return a list of symbols
symbols.get("find", ["TSLA", "MSFT", "AAPL"])
Return only stock market symbols
symbols.get("type", "stock")
Note: This will return 9000+ results so it will take some time
Return only crypto market symbols
symbols.get("type", "crypto")
Note: IEX supports very few crypto symbols
Return random symbols
symbols.get("random", 3)
Return random symbols of a given type and size
symbols.get("random", {type: "crypto", size: 2})
symbols.get("random", {type: "stock", size: 2})
symbols.get("random", {size: 2}) // defaults to type "all"