#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use LWP::Simple;
use Text::xSV;
use File::Temp qw/ tempfile /;
# Retrieves a CSV file and saves it to a temporary file (RAM location?)
sub _get_csv {
my $ticker = shift @_;
my ($fh, $filename) = tempfile();
open($fh, "+>", $filename);
# Change to sprintf
my $data = get(
"http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s="
. $ticker
. "&f=sl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv");
die "Couldn't get CVS file for stock $ticker!" unless defined $data;
print $fh $data;
return $filename;
}
my $csv = new Text::xSV;
# Display data for each stock ticker specified
foreach my $ticker (@ARGV) {
my $filename = _get_csv($ticker);
$csv->open_file($filename);
my @fields = $csv->get_row;
foreach my $field_in (@fields) {
print $field_in . "\n";
}
}