03-02-2012
Noob question about parsing a website
I'm trying to parse the website, finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ge&ql=1, and retrieve the info between <span id="yfs_l84_ge">18.98</span>, so 18.98.
What would be the best way to go about this in a bash script?
Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Last edited by mayson; 03-02-2012 at 07:50 PM..
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finance::quote::yahoo::europe
Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Europe(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Europe(3)
NAME
Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Europe - Fetch quotes from Yahoo Europe
SYNOPSIS
use Finance::Quote;
$q = Finance::Quote->new;
%info = $q->fetch("europe","UG.PA"); # Failover to other methods ok.
%info = $q->fetch("yahoo_europe","UG.PA"); # Use this module only.
DESCRIPTION
This module fetches information from Yahoo Europe. Symbols should be provided in the format "SYMBOL.EXCHANGE", where the exchange code is
one of the following:
PA - Paris
BC - Barcelona
BE - Berlin
BI - Bilbao
BR - Brussels
CO - Copenhagen
D - Dusseldorf
F - Frankfurt
H - Hamburg
HA - Hanover
L - London
MA - Madrid
MC - Madrid (M.C.)
MI - Milan
MU - Munich
O - Oslo
ST - Stockholm
SG - Stuttgart
VA - Valence
VI - Vienna
DE - Xetra (was FX)
This module provides both the "europe" and "yahoo_europe" methods. The "europe" method should be used if failover methods are desirable.
The "yahoo_europe" method should be used you desire to only fetch information from Yahoo Europe.
This module is loaded by default by Finance::Quote, but can be loaded explicitly by specifying the parameter "Yahoo::Europe" to
Finance::Quote->new().
Information obtained by this module may be covered by Yahoo's terms and conditions. See http://finance.uk.yahoo.com/ for more details.
LABELS RETURNED
This module returns all the standard labels (where available) provided by Yahoo. See Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Base for a list of these. The
currency label is also returned.
Note however that div_date and ex_div have been removed by yahoo europe site
SEE ALSO
Yahoo Europe, http://finance.uk.yahoo.com/
Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Base
perl v5.12.1 2009-10-05 Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Europe(3)