Google Stock Index Lookup

Small command-line tools that query Google Search for an index and print a single summary line.

What It Does

• Runs a Google search for an index (currently FTSE All Share and SPTMI).
• Parses the finance summary from the results page.
• Prints one line in this format:

<Index title>: <price> (<percent_change>%)  <timestamp>

Examples:

$ ./ftse_all_share
FTSE All-Share Index: 5650.94 (0.31%)  17 Feb, 14:57 GMT

$ ./s_and_p_total_market
S&P Total Market Index (TMI): 6789.00 (-0.60%)  17 Feb, 09:57 GMT

Requirements

• Python 3
• playwright
• lxml
• Playwright Chromium browser

Installation

git clone https://git.4angle.com/edward/google-stocks.git
cd google-stocks
python3 -m pip install playwright lxml
python3 -m playwright install chromium

Usage

Run from the repository root:

./ftse_all_share
./s_and_p_total_market

How It Works

• Entrypoints:
  • ftse_all_share (query: FTSE All Share)
  • s_and_p_total_market (query: SPTMI)
• Core logic: google_stocks/__init__.py
  • launches headless Chromium via Playwright
  • saves raw SERP HTML to ~/lib/google_stocks/*_serp.html
  • parses the data-attrid="Price" section into structured fields

Local Data and Auth

The tool uses and writes files in your home directory:

• auth state: ~/lib/auth/google.json
• captured SERP HTML: ~/lib/google_stocks/

Create directories if needed:

mkdir -p ~/lib/auth ~/lib/google_stocks

Notes

• Parsing depends on Google SERP markup, which can change.
• If output breaks, inspect the newest saved SERP in ~/lib/google_stocks/.
• Values and timestamps are reported in the market context shown by Google (for this project, gl=uk).

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.