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+.env
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+import requests
+import time
+import os
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+API_KEY = os.getenv('API_KEY') #IEX CLOUD API
+
+WEBHOOKS_KEY = os.getenv('WEBHOOKS_KEY') #WEBHOOKS KEY
+
+
+
+IFTTT_URL = f"https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/notify/with/key/{WEBHOOKS_KEY}" #IFTTT URL
+
+
+
+PRICE_DROP_THRESHOLD = 0.25 #THRESHOLD FOR PRICE DROP
+
+stock_symbols = ["AAPL", "GOOGL", "MSFT" , "NKE", "TSLA"]
+
+
+
+#FUNCTION THAT RETURNS LATEST PRICE STOCKS
+def get_stock_price(symbol):
+    url = f"https://cloud.iexapis.com/stable/stock/{symbol}/quote?token={API_KEY}"
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    data = response.json()
+    return data['latestPrice']
+
+
+#FUNCTION THAT SENDS IFTTT NOTIFICATION
+def send_notification(symbol, price):
+    
+    payload = {
+        "value1" : symbol,
+        "value2" : str(price)
+    }
+
+    requests.post(IFTTT_URL, json=payload)
+  
+    
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    while True:
+        try:
+            for symbol in stock_symbols:
+                current_stock_price = get_stock_price(symbol)
+                print(f"The latest price of {symbol} is {current_stock_price:} GBP")
+
+                if current_stock_price <= (get_stock_price(symbol) - PRICE_DROP_THRESHOLD):
+                    send_notification(symbol, current_stock_price)
+                    print(f"{symbol} price dropped by at least £0.25 GBP.")
+
+              
+            
+            time.sleep(300) #CHECKING PRICE AGAIN EVERY FIVE MINS
+        
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("AN ERROR OCCURED!", e)