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Yahoo Finance API integration for OpenClaw. Use when users ask for stock prices, company financials, historical data, dividends, or market data. Supports real-time quotes, financial statements, and market analysis.

Install

openclaw skills install yahooclaw

YahooClaw - Yahoo Finance API Integration

🔒 Security

  • ✅ No shell command execution
  • ✅ All API calls use HTTPS
  • ✅ Rate limiting implemented
  • ✅ Open source and auditable
  • ⚠️ API keys must be set via environment variables
  • ℹ️ Uses in-memory caching for performance (no database)

Overview

YahooClaw is an OpenClaw skill that integrates Yahoo Finance API, providing real-time stock data queries, financial analysis, historical stock prices, and more.

Permissions

Required Permissions

  • ✅ Network Access: Yahoo Finance API (HTTPS)
  • ✅ File Access: Local SQLite database storage (optional caching)
  • ❌ No Admin/Root Privileges Required
  • ❌ No System Command Execution
  • ❌ No Access to User Privacy Data

Data Flow

  • Stock Data: Yahoo Finance API → Local Processing → Return Results
  • No user data uploaded
  • Temporary caching only (optional)

Use Cases

1. Real-time Stock Quotes

Query AAPL stock price
How much is Tesla now
NVDA latest stock price

2. Company Information

What is Apple's market cap
Microsoft's P/E ratio
Google's revenue data

3. Historical Data

Show AAPL stock price for the past 30 days
Tesla's trend last month

4. Financial Metrics

Apple's balance sheet
Tencent's income statement

5. Dividends

What is AAPL's dividend
Which stocks have high dividend yields

Usage Examples

Basic Usage

const YahooClaw = require('./src/yahoo-finance.js');

// Get real-time stock quote
const quote = await YahooClaw.getQuote('AAPL');
console.log(quote);

// Get historical data
const history = await YahooClaw.getHistory('TSLA', '1mo');
console.log(history);

// Get company information
const info = await YahooClaw.getCompanyInfo('MSFT');
console.log(info);

OpenClaw Integration

// Call in OpenClaw agent
const result = await tools.yahooclaw.getQuote({symbol: 'AAPL'});

API Parameters

getQuote(symbol)

  • symbol: Stock code (e.g., AAPL, TSLA, 0700.HK)
  • Returns: Real-time stock price, change, volume, etc.

getHistory(symbol, period)

  • symbol: Stock code
  • period: Time period (1d, 5d, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y, 2y, 5y, 10y, ytd, max)
  • Returns: Historical stock price data

getCompanyInfo(symbol)

  • symbol: Stock code
  • Returns: Company information, market cap, P/E ratio, P/B ratio, etc.

getDividends(symbol)

  • symbol: Stock code
  • Returns: Dividend history

Environment Variables

# Optional: Alpha Vantage API (backup data source)
# Get from: https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key
ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

# Optional: Database path for caching
DATABASE_PATH=./yahooclaw.db

Notes

  1. Data Delay: Yahoo Finance real-time data may have 15-minute delay
  2. Rate Limiting: Control request frequency to avoid rate limits
  3. HK/A-Shares: Supports HK stocks (0700.HK), A-shares (600519.SS), etc.
  4. Error Handling: Network issues or invalid codes will return error messages

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

  1. Failed to Get Data

    • Check network connection
    • Verify stock code format
    • Check Yahoo Finance service status

  2. Data Delay

    • This is normal, Yahoo Finance real-time data has delay
    • Consider using paid API for truly real-time data

  3. A-Share/HK Stock Code Format

    • A-Shares: 600519.SS (Moutai)
    • HK Stocks: 0700.HK (Tencent)
    • US Stocks: AAPL (Apple)

Resources

Changelog

v1.0.0 (2026-03-12)

  • ✅ Security improvements
  • ✅ Removed all test/debug files
  • ✅ Fixed unicode characters
  • ✅ Updated documentation
  • ✅ Production ready

v0.1.0 (2026-03-09)

  • ✅ Initial release
  • ✅ Real-time stock quotes
  • ✅ Historical data queries
  • ✅ Company information queries
  • ✅ Dividend queries
  • ✅ OpenClaw integration

License

MIT License

Author

PocketAI for Leo - OpenClaw Community

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