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Api in every row of excel.
Hi
Currently I have an excel file with the following columns.
MFund Code I Bought at I Mutual fund name I latest Price
112092 I 100.00 I Fidelity world fund I 112.00 I 100.00
56432 I 25.00 I Stanley index fund I 20.00 I 25.00
There is a website which provides access to latest price through API.
There arre many Mfundcodes so I use a text file to be read in a python program and extract the data.
Following is the main part of the program.
for x in f:
# Add number variable to the api call
x = x[:6]
api = f"https://api.mfapi.in/mf/{x}/latest"
# Get text data from api call
idata = requests.get(api).text;
# Convert json data into dictionary format
d = json.loads(idata)
# Get the first record of data
if not d['data']:
exit
else:
l = d['data'][0]
k.write(f"{x} {l['nav']} {l['date']} \n")
Later I import this text file into the excel for further calculations.
I was wondering if there is a way to have these values load into the excel columns
regards
Jyothsna
1 Reply
- m_tarlerSilver Contributor
you can use Excel built in tools to pull the data. you can create an external link using Data->get data from webpage and pull a table of data but not sure how well that would work here.
alternatively, you can also use inline formula like this:
=--TEXTBEFORE(TEXTAFTER(WEBSERVICE("https://api.mfapi.in/mf/"&$A2&"/latest"),"nav"":"""),"""}],")where A2 is where the Mfund Code is located
NOTE: I do NOT see that Stanley Index fund anywhere in that api