when last I looked, getting a real time or even a 15 minute delay
stock quote is very expensive. Not to the consumer, but to the web
server. Very restrictive. I couldn't afford the cost of the feed so
put the trusty @URL to work. There are a few places that have clean
html that you can trim down to just the stock quote. I had site such
that members listed their stocks and then when they logged in, the
@URL would go and fetch the current quotes and display them.
On Nov 25, 2006, at 10:51 AM, David Mark Weiss wrote:
Ben and Roland,
Thanks for your help. I was googling realtime stock quotes and not
getting what I wanted. So thanks. I have a ton of information now
to work through and make happen. This is going to be fun.
Mark
On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:58 AM, Ben Johansen wrote:
Ya know a little AJAX and and how water and you could clean
anything... ;-)
Just kidding
It is more like a little AJAX and a lot of JavaScript you can do
some amazing things
if your needing a push in ajax look at this link
http://www.hanburger.net/2006/03/25/first-crack-at-ajax/
I entered "AJAX Stock Quote" in google and got this on first page
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-ajax1/
you are needing a web service (simply a TAF that does some work
and returns its result in XML)
This is where Roland's reply to this thread needs to be placed
AJAX is just the mechanism to do the work in the background to do
page updates without having to do a refresh
Hope this helps
And happy thanks giving to All
Ben
On Nov 23, 2006, at 9:22 AM, David Mark Weiss wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving to all, especially the Canadians on the list!
Just for fun, I have thought about putting together a little app
that would update my stock portfolio automatically. At first
through a page refresh and then eventually using AJAX. Something
for me instead of always for others.
Anyway, I have no idea where to begin. Where can I access this
information and have it return to my app? I have been googling
trying to find something that works with mac and so far found
nothing. If I have to use some kind of windows API, I am ok with
that. Just wonder if anyone can get me started?
Thanks,
Mark Weiss
http://trustthechildren.blogspot.com
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