Index-class {yahoofinancer}

R6 Class Representing a Ticker

Description

Base class for getting all data related to indices from Yahoo Finance API.

Format

An R6 class object

Public fields

index

Index for which data is retrieved

Methods

Public methods

• Index$new()

• Index$set_index()

• Index$get_history()

• Index$clone()

Method new()

Create a new Index object

Usage

Index$new(index = NA)

Arguments

index

Index

Returns

A new 'Index' object

Examples

nifty_50 <- Index$new('^NSEI')

Method set_index()

Set a new index.

Usage

Index$set_index(index)

Arguments

index

New index

Examples

indice <- Index$new('^NSEI')
indice$set_index('^NDX')

Method get_history()

Retrieves historical data

Usage

Index$get_history(period = "ytd", interval = "1d", start = NULL, end = NULL)

Arguments

period

Length of time. Defaults to 'ytd'. Valid values are:

• '1d'

• '5d'

• '1mo'

• '3mo'

• '6mo'

• '1y'

• '2y'

• '5y'

• '10y'

• 'ytd'

• 'max'

interval

Time between data points. Defaults to '1d'. Valid values are:

• '1m'

• '2m'

• '5m'

• '15m'

• '30m'

• '60m'

• '90m'

• '1h'

• '1d'

• '5d'

• '1wk'

• '1mo'

• '3mo'

start

Specific starting date. String or date object in yyyy-mm-dd format.

end

Specific ending date. String or date object in yyyy-mm-dd format.

Returns

A data.frame.

Examples

\donttest{
nifty <- Index$new('^NSEI')
nifty$get_history(start = '2022-07-01', interval = '1d')
nifty$get_history(start = '2022-07-01', end = '2022-07-14', interval = '1d')
nifty$get_history(period = '1mo', interval = '1d')
}

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

Index$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples

## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `Index$new`
## ------------------------------------------------

nifty_50 <- Index$new('^NSEI')

## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `Index$set_index`
## ------------------------------------------------

indice <- Index$new('^NSEI')
indice$set_index('^NDX')

## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `Index$get_history`
## ------------------------------------------------


nifty <- Index$new('^NSEI')
nifty$get_history(start = '2022-07-01', interval = '1d')
nifty$get_history(start = '2022-07-01', end = '2022-07-14', interval = '1d')
nifty$get_history(period = '1mo', interval = '1d')