Stock

The Stock screensaver fetches the current information about specified stocks. To get this information the player leverages the Python binding for the Yahoo! Finance API.

Disclamer

The information in this screensaver should not be used for making any financial decisions.

Updating Process

While player is fetching the information from the Yahoo! Finance API it shows periods (dots) to indicate the ongoing process. During this process the information from the previous fetch will be displayed on screen.

Configuration Parameters

The screensaver configuration parameters can be modified in the file screensaver-config.txt:

[Plugin Configuration]
update.period = 16
ticker = AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, NFLX

• update.period - defines in seconds time interval for screen updates.
• ticker - the comma separated list of stock tickers can be specified in this parameter.

These parameters can be specified in the Configuration Web UI as well:

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