I understand that I can make a crossdomain ajax call with jquery, .ajax, and jsonp. I am calling the yahoo stock quote api. Everything is working and the result is returning (I can see using Fiddler.) The problem is I get a js error YAHOO is undefined. I think its having problems because the JSON is formated within a callback function so its not correct json syntax. What can I do to fix it? Thanks! Here is the code:
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'jsonp',
jsonp: 'callback',
jsonpCallback: 'YAHOO.Finance.SymbolSuggest.ssCallback',
data:{
query: request.term
},
url: 'http://autoc.finance.yahoo.com/autoc',
success: function (data) {
alert("yes");
},
error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
alert(xhr.status);
alert(thrownError);
}
});
I wanted to add this answer since it looks like user209245's answer above (which is from 2011) no longer works. Here's how I did it:
Use the YQL Console to build a query for the stock you want to get, e.g. Apple:
select * from yahoo.finance.quotes where symbol="AAPL"
- Make sure JSON is selected and specify a JSONP callback, e.g.
quote
- Click Test
Plug in the REST query that it generates for you like this:
var quote;
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
url: "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.quotes%20where%20symbol%3D%22AAPL%22&format=json&diagnostics=true&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys&callback=quote",
dataType: "jsonp",
jsonp: "callback",
jsonpCallback: "quote"
});
quote = function(data) {
$(".price").text("$" + data.query.results.quote.AskRealtime);
};
});
Then on your page the .price
<div>
would display:
$543.21
Of course, once you get the data back you can display anything you want; I'm just using price as an example since that's what I needed this for.
Here is how I got it to work:
I used .ajax instead of .jsonp because you need to give the url parameters.
You also need to define in your code the name of the Yahoo callback function.
Here is a link explaining how to use Yahoo callback function with its web services.
http://developer.yahoo.com/javascript/json.html#callbackparam
Here is the code:
<script type="text/javascript">
// this variable must be defined this way
var YAHOO = {
Finance: {
SymbolSuggest: {}
}
};
$(document).ready(function(){
var query;
query = 'Yahoo';
if (query.length > 0)
{
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "http://d.yimg.com/autoc.finance.yahoo.com/autoc",
data: {query: query},
dataType: "jsonp",
jsonp : "callback",
jsonpCallback: "YAHOO.Finance.SymbolSuggest.ssCallback",
});
// call back function
YAHOO.Finance.SymbolSuggest.ssCallback = function (data) {
alert(JSON.stringify(data));
}
}
});
</script>
Here is the working example : See the callback=? at the end of my query to make it work.
This example can be copied past as a standalone html .
https://github.com/cirs/PortfolioApp/blob/master/PortfolioApp-Step1-GetData.html
Here's an amended version that worked for me:
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
url: "https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.quotes%20where%20symbol%20in%20(%22AAPL%22)%0A%09%09&format=json&diagnostics=true&env=http%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltables.env&callback=quote",
dataType: "jsonp"
});
window.quote = function(data) {
console.log(data);
};
});
Here is a js fiddle for this:
https://jsfiddle.net/vham369w/1/
using $.getJson
instead of $.ajax
JS
$(document).ready(function() {
var symbol = 'AAPL'
var url = "https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.quotes%20where%20symbol%3D%22"+symbol+"%22&format=json&diagnostics=true&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys";
$.getJSON(url + "&callback=?", null, function(data) {
console.log(data);
$("#realtime").text("$" + data.query.results.quote.AskRealtime);
$("#ask").text("$" + data.query.results.quote.Ask);
});
});
HTML
Ask:
<div id="ask">
loading ask
</div>
Realtime (null if market is closed):
<div id="realtime">
loading realtime
</div>