As you may have heard, [Yahoo! finance](https://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/) has decommissioned its historical data API, causing many programs that relied on it to stop working. However...

Today I've releases a small Python library called ```fix-yahoo-finance``` that aims to
offer a ***temporary fix*** to the problem by scraping the data from Yahoo! finance and
returning a Pandas DataFrame/Panel in the same format as **pandas_datareader's** ``get_data_yahoo()`` method.

### Here's how to use it

```python
from pandas_datareader import data as pdr
import fix_yahoo_finance  # <== that's all it takes :-)

# download dataframe
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo("SPY",
                          start="2017-01-01", end="2017-04-30")

# download Panel
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo(["SPY", "IWM"],
                          start="2017-01-01", end="2017-04-30")

```

I've also added some options to make life easier,
like groupping by ticker instead of OHLC and auto-adjustment of data
and option to return a Pandas Panel or a MultiIndex DataFrame.

**=\>** Visit the [Github repository](https://github.com/ranaroussi/fix-yahoo-finance)
for more info and installation instructions.

**\*** Note that this library in intented to be a ***temporary fix*** until the good fellas of
[pandas-datareader](https://github.com/pydata/pandas-datareader) find a solution, or while
you update your code to work with a different data provider.

Enjoy!

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### Legal note:

**Yahoo!, Y!Finance, and Yahoo! finance are registered trademarks of Yahoo, Inc.**

yfinance is not affiliated, endorsed, or vetted by Yahoo, Inc. It's an open-source tool that uses Yahoo's publicly available APIs, and is intended for research and educational purposes.

**You should refer to Yahoo!'s terms of use ([here](https://policies.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/terms/product-atos/apiforydn/index.htm),
[here](https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/terms/otos/index.html), and
[here](https://policies.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/terms/index.htm)) for details on your rights to use the actual data downloaded. Remember - the Yahoo! finance API is intended for personal use only.**

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