Get quote from stock market using Google Finance

quote.py

#!/usr/bin/python

"""Get quote from stock market using Google Finance
https://gist.github.com/ishahid/9f0823c19b6d387529f4
"""

try:
    import os, sys
    import json
    import googlefinance as google

except ImportError:
    print 'Required dependencies not installed.'
    print 'Run the following commands...'
    print '$ sudo pip install googlefinance'
    exit()


def get_quote(symbol):
    return google.getQuotes(symbol)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print 'Usage: quote.py <symbol>' + os.linesep

    else:
        try:
            q = get_quote(sys.argv[1])
            msg = '%s:%s %s %s%s' % (
                q[0]['Index'], q[0]['StockSymbol'],
                q[0]['LastTradePrice'], q[0]['LastTradeDateTimeLong'],
                os.linesep
            )
            print msg

        except:
            print 'Invalid symbol...'
            print 'Usage: quote.py <symbol>' + os.linesep