Python file for API-Stock-Signalling app

main.py

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+import yfinance as yf
+import requests
+import time
+import pandas as pd
+
+IFTTT_EVENT_NAME = 'stock_has_dropped'
+IFTTT_KEY = ''
+
+# Calculate the 7-day average of stock prices
+def calculate_7_day_average(ticker_symbol):
+    today = pd.Timestamp.now()
+    seven_days_ago = today - pd.DateOffset(days=7)
+
+    data = yf.download(ticker_symbol, start=seven_days_ago, end=today)
+    return data['Close'].mean()
+
+# Get the current stock price
+def get_stock_price(ticker_symbol):
+    stock_data = yf.Ticker(ticker_symbol)
+    return stock_data.history(period='1d')['Close'].iloc[0]
+
+# Main function
+def main():
+    ticker_symbol = {'AAPL': 0,
+                     'TSLA': 0,
+                     'MSFT': 0,
+                     'GOOGL': 0,
+                     'NKE': 0} 
+    previous_price = None
+    current_price = None
+
+    # Getting new current price, updating previous price and seven day average
+    while True:
+        for stock in ticker_symbol:
+            previous_price = ticker_symbol[stock]
+            current_price = get_stock_price(stock)
+            seven_day_average = calculate_7_day_average(stock)
+            ticker_symbol[stock] = current_price
+
+        price_difference = previous_price - current_price
+
+        if price_difference >= 0.30 or current_price < seven_day_average:
+            # Trigger IFTTT applet using Webhooks service
+            payload = {'value1': current_price, 'value2': seven_day_average}
+            requests.post(f'https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/{IFTTT_EVENT_NAME}/json/with/key/{IFTTT_KEY}', json=payload)
+
+
+        previous_price = current_price
+        # Check every 5 minutes
+        time.sleep(300)  
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()