added /info command

bot.py

@@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ def news(bot, update):
             )
 
 
+def info(bot, update):
+    """
+    waits for /info command and then finds info on that ticker.
+    """
+    message = update.message.text
+    chat_id = update.message.chat_id
+    tickers = getTickers(message)
+
+    if tickers:
+        bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=chat_id, action=telegram.ChatAction.TYPING)
+
+        for symbol, reply in tickerInfo(tickers).items():
+
+            update.message.reply_text(
+                text=reply, parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN
+            )
+
+
 def error(bot, update, error):
     """Log Errors caused by Updates."""
     logger.warning('Update "%s" caused error "%s"', update, error)
@@ -105,6 +123,7 @@ def main():
     dp.add_handler(CommandHandler("dividend", dividend))
     dp.add_handler(CommandHandler("div", dividend))
     dp.add_handler(CommandHandler("news", news))
+    dp.add_handler(CommandHandler("info", info))
 
     # on noncommand i.e message - echo the message on Telegram
     dp.add_handler(MessageHandler(Filters.text, tickerDetect))
@@ -122,4 +141,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main()

functions.py

@@ -98,3 +98,26 @@ def tickerNews(tickers: list):
             ] = f"No news found for: {ticker}\nEither today is boring or the ticker does not exist."
 
     return messages
+
+
+def tickerInfo(tickers: list):
+    messages = {}
+
+    for ticker in tickers:
+        IEXurl = (
+            f"https://cloud.iexapis.com/stable/stock/{ticker}/company?token={IEX_TOKEN}"
+        )
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(IEXurl) as url:
+            data = json.loads(url.read().decode())
+        if data:
+            messages[
+                ticker
+            ] = f"Company Name: [{data['companyName']}]({data['website']})\nIndustry: {data['industry']}\nSector: {data['sector']}\nCEO: {data['CEO']}\nDescription: {data['description']}\n"
+
+        else:
+            messages[
+                ticker
+            ] = f"No information found for: {ticker}\nEither today is boring or the ticker does not exist."
+
+    return messages
+