NAME

Finance::Quote::GoogleWeb - Obtain quotes from Google Finance Web Pages

SYNOPSIS

    use Finance::Quote;

    $q = Finance::Quote->new;

    %info = $q->fetch("googleweb", "aapl");  # Only query googleweb

    %info = $q->fetch("nyse", "ge");     # Failover to other sources OK.

DESCRIPTION

This module fetches information from https://www.google.com/finance/.

This module is loaded by default on a Finance::Quote object. It's also possible to load it explicitly by placing "googleweb" in the argument list to Finance::Quote->new().

This module provides "googleweb", "bats", "nyse", and "nasdaq" fetch methods.

LABELS RETURNED

The following labels are returned:

name

symbol

last

date

currency

method

AVAILABLE EXCHANGES

While the Google Finance web pages contain price information from other stock exchanges, this module currently retrieves last trade prices for securities listed on the NYSE, American, BATS, and NASDAQ stock exchanges. U.S. Mutual Funds quotes can also be retrieved with this module.