Description

The TickerPlugin is a simple plugin that will display the current price of a stock on a page. e.g.

The current price of IBM on the NYSE is
[{INSERT org.ceryle.wiki.plugin.ticker.TickerPlugin symbol=IBM}]

It is possible to shorten the plugin syntax for the examples above to [{Ticker symbol=IBM}] and [{Ticker symbol=IBM.BA] if you add org.ceryle.wiki.plugin to the jspwiki.plugin.searchPath property in your jspwiki.properties.

With the shortened syntax, the current price of IBM on the NYSE is
[{Ticker symbol=IBM}],

and on the Buenos Aires exchange its:
[{Ticker symbol=IBM.BA}]

would display as...

The current price of IBM on the NYSE is: IBM:79.95, and on the Buenos Aires exchange its: IBM.BA:25.003

Design Notes

Uses Yahoo Finance as its source.

• Supported stock exchanges: http://finance.yahoo.com/sd
• Info about Yahoo spreadsheet format: http://biz.yahoo.com/f/q.html#spreadsheet

Parameters

Only the symbol parameter is required, and it can have values like IBM or IBM.BA where the dot suffix indicates the exchange (ala Yahoo).

While it may be desirable to have a format parameter that would allow Day/Week/Quarter/Year Hi/Lo/Close/Current values to be displayed, this is not currently implemented. An outlink to the Yahoo site for the full current quote details is sufficient.

Status/Notes

Included in the McKessonApsWikiPlugins jar. -- JohnVolkar
Now included in the CeryleWikiPlugins.jar. -- MurrayAltheim