How do you get information from Yahoo

[vlw]

Hi, I am a new developer of web applications. I am trying to write a computer program capable of retrieving information from Yahoo (ie. stock quotes). Can someone please tell me how to get started? How can I get a list of the Web APIs for Yahoo?

Thanks very much! Your help is greatly appreciated.

[Ribeyed]

hi,
I understand exactly what you want to do, but sadly i don't have a clue how to do this. I have also wondered how this is achieved so decided to have a look around to see what i could find. I fond this small paragraph on one of googles help pages:


stocks:

If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stock: intc yhoo] will show information about Intel and Yahoo. (Note you must type the ticker symbols, not the company name.)

This functionality is also available if you search just on the stock symbols (e.g. [ intc yhoo ]) and then click on the "Show stock quotes" link on the results page.



Now i know it doesn't come near to answering your question but i do feel it would be slightly useful to you. If i find any more information i will post again, also if you do find anything more about this yourself could you also post your information here for me?

Thanks

David

[vlw]

Thanks for the info. I haven't found out how to do it yet. I believe it should be done using XML, and so I posted a message there already. Hope someone knows how to do this.