ENH: add interval kwarg to get_data_yahoo issue #9071

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.16.0.txt

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Enhancements
 .. _whatsnew_0160.enhancements:
 
 - Paths beginning with ~ will now be expanded to begin with the user's home directory (:issue:`9066`)
+- Added time interval selection in get_data_yahoo (:issue:`9071`)
 
 Performance
 ~~~~~~~~~~~

pandas/io/data.py

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def _retry_read_url(url, retry_count, pause, name):
 _HISTORICAL_YAHOO_URL = 'http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?'
 
 
-def _get_hist_yahoo(sym, start, end, retry_count, pause):
+def _get_hist_yahoo(sym, start, end, interval, retry_count, pause):
     """
     Get historical data for the given name from yahoo.
     Date format is datetime
@@ -195,15 +195,15 @@ def _get_hist_yahoo(sym, start, end, retry_count, pause):
            '&d=%s' % (end.month - 1) +
            '&e=%s' % end.day +
            '&f=%s' % end.year +
-           '&g=d' +
+           '&g=%s' % interval +
            '&ignore=.csv')
     return _retry_read_url(url, retry_count, pause, 'Yahoo!')
 
 
 _HISTORICAL_GOOGLE_URL = 'http://www.google.com/finance/historical?'
 
 
-def _get_hist_google(sym, start, end, retry_count, pause):
+def _get_hist_google(sym, start, end, interval, retry_count, pause):
     """
     Get historical data for the given name from google.
     Date format is datetime
@@ -314,14 +314,14 @@ def get_components_yahoo(idx_sym):
     return idx_df
 
 
-def _dl_mult_symbols(symbols, start, end, chunksize, retry_count, pause,
+def _dl_mult_symbols(symbols, start, end, interval, chunksize, retry_count, pause,
                      method):
     stocks = {}
     failed = []
     for sym_group in _in_chunks(symbols, chunksize):
         for sym in sym_group:
             try:
-                stocks[sym] = method(sym, start, end, retry_count, pause)
+                stocks[sym] = method(sym, start, end, interval, retry_count, pause)
             except IOError:
                 warnings.warn('Failed to read symbol: {0!r}, replacing with '
                               'NaN.'.format(sym), SymbolWarning)
@@ -343,20 +343,20 @@ def _dl_mult_symbols(symbols, start, end, chunksize, retry_count, pause,
 _source_functions = {'google': _get_hist_google, 'yahoo': _get_hist_yahoo}
 
 
-def _get_data_from(symbols, start, end, retry_count, pause, adjust_price,
+def _get_data_from(symbols, start, end, interval, retry_count, pause, adjust_price,
                    ret_index, chunksize, source):
 
     src_fn = _source_functions[source]
 
     # If a single symbol, (e.g., 'GOOG')
     if isinstance(symbols, (compat.string_types, int)):
-        hist_data = src_fn(symbols, start, end, retry_count, pause)
+        hist_data = src_fn(symbols, start, end, interval, retry_count, pause)
     # Or multiple symbols, (e.g., ['GOOG', 'AAPL', 'MSFT'])
     elif isinstance(symbols, DataFrame):
-        hist_data = _dl_mult_symbols(symbols.index, start, end, chunksize,
+        hist_data = _dl_mult_symbols(symbols.index, start, end, interval, chunksize,
                                      retry_count, pause, src_fn)
     else:
-        hist_data = _dl_mult_symbols(symbols, start, end, chunksize,
+        hist_data = _dl_mult_symbols(symbols, start, end, interval, chunksize,
                                      retry_count, pause, src_fn)
     if source.lower() == 'yahoo':
         if ret_index:
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def _get_data_from(symbols, start, end, retry_count, pause, adjust_price,
 
 def get_data_yahoo(symbols=None, start=None, end=None, retry_count=3,
                    pause=0.001, adjust_price=False, ret_index=False,
-                   chunksize=25):
+                   chunksize=25, interval='d'):
     """
     Returns DataFrame/Panel of historical stock prices from symbols, over date
     range, start to end. To avoid being penalized by Yahoo! Finance servers,
@@ -398,12 +398,17 @@ def get_data_yahoo(symbols=None, start=None, end=None, retry_count=3,
         If True, includes a simple return index 'Ret_Index' in hist_data.
     chunksize : int, default 25
         Number of symbols to download consecutively before intiating pause.
+    interval : string, default 'd'
+        Time interval code, valid values are 'd' for daily, 'w' for weekly,
+        'm' for monthly and 'v' for dividend.
 
     Returns
     -------
     hist_data : DataFrame (str) or Panel (array-like object, DataFrame)
     """
-    return _get_data_from(symbols, start, end, retry_count, pause,
+    if interval not in ['d', 'w', 'm', 'v']:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid interval: valid values are 'd', 'w', 'm' and 'v'")
+    return _get_data_from(symbols, start, end, interval, retry_count, pause,
                           adjust_price, ret_index, chunksize, 'yahoo')
 
 
@@ -437,7 +442,7 @@ def get_data_google(symbols=None, start=None, end=None, retry_count=3,
     -------
     hist_data : DataFrame (str) or Panel (array-like object, DataFrame)
     """
-    return _get_data_from(symbols, start, end, retry_count, pause,
+    return _get_data_from(symbols, start, end, None, retry_count, pause,
                           adjust_price, ret_index, chunksize, 'google')
 
 

pandas/io/tests/test_data.py

@@ -213,6 +213,27 @@ def test_get_data_single_symbol(self):
         # just test that we succeed
         web.get_data_yahoo('GOOG')
 
+    @network
+    def test_get_data_interval(self):
+        # daily interval data
+        pan = web.get_data_yahoo('XOM', '2013-01-01', '2013-12-31', interval='d')
+        self.assertEqual(len(pan), 252)
+
+        # weekly interval data
+        pan = web.get_data_yahoo('XOM', '2013-01-01', '2013-12-31', interval='w')
+        self.assertEqual(len(pan), 53)
+
+        # montly interval data
+        pan = web.get_data_yahoo('XOM', '2013-01-01', '2013-12-31', interval='m')
+        self.assertEqual(len(pan), 12)
+
+        # dividend data
+        pan = web.get_data_yahoo('XOM', '2013-01-01', '2013-12-31', interval='v')
+        self.assertEqual(len(pan), 4)
+
+        # test fail on invalid interval
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, web.get_data_yahoo, 'XOM', interval='NOT VALID')
+
     @network
     def test_get_data_multiple_symbols(self):
         # just test that we succeed