updated standard reply for tickers in text

bot.py

@@ -38,30 +38,17 @@ def tickerDetect(bot, update):
     """
     message = update.message.text
     chat_id = update.message.chat_id
-
-    # Let user know bot is working
-    bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=chat_id, action=telegram.ChatAction.TYPING)
-
     tickers = getTickers(message)
 
-    data = tickerData(tickers) if tickers else {}
+    # Let user know bot is working
+    if tickers:
+        bot.send_chat_action(chat_id=chat_id, action=telegram.ChatAction.TYPING)
+    replies = tickerDataReply(tickers)
 
-    for ticker in data:
+    for symbol, reply in replies.items():
 
-        # Keep track of which tickers had a return from tickerData()
-        if ticker.lower() in tickers:
-            tickers.remove(ticker.lower())
-
-        reply = tickerDataReply(data[ticker])
         update.message.reply_text(text=reply, parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN)
 
-    # For any tickers that didnt have data, return that they don't exist.
-    for ticker in tickers:
-        update.message.reply_text(
-            ticker.upper()
-            + " does not exist, you should search for a real stock like $PSEC"
-        )
-
 
 def news(bot, update):
     """

functions.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import time
 import urllib.request
 from datetime import datetime
 
+import cred
+
 
 def getTickers(text: str):
     """
@@ -15,60 +17,32 @@ def getTickers(text: str):
     return list(set(re.findall(TICKER_REGEX, text)))
 
 
-def tickerData(tickers: list):
+def tickerDataReply(tickers: list):
     """
-    Takes a list of tickers and returns a dictionary of information on ticker.
-    example: 
-        input list: ["aapl","tsla"]
-    returns:
-    {
-        "AAPL": {"name": "Apple Inc.", "price": 200.72, "change": -0.01074},
-        "TSLA": {"name": "Tesla Inc.", "price": 241.98, "change": -0.01168},
-    }
+    Takes a list of tickers and returns a list of strings with information about the ticker.
     """
-
-    stockData = {}
+    tickerReplies = {}
+    for ticker in tickers:
         IEXURL = (
-        "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/market/batch?symbols="
-        + ",".join(tickers)
-        + "&types=quote"
+            f"https://cloud.iexapis.com/stable/stock/{ticker}/quote?token={cred.secret}"
         )
         with urllib.request.urlopen(IEXURL) as url:
             IEXData = json.loads(url.read().decode())
 
-    for ticker in tickers:
-        ticker = ticker.upper()
-
-        # Makes sure ticker exists before populating a dictionary
-        if ticker in IEXData:
-            stockData[ticker] = {}
-            stockData[ticker]["name"] = IEXData[ticker]["quote"]["companyName"]
-            stockData[ticker]["price"] = IEXData[ticker]["quote"]["latestPrice"]
-            stockData[ticker]["change"] = IEXData[ticker]["quote"]["changePercent"]
-
-    return stockData
-
-
-def tickerDataReply(ticker: dict):
-    """
-    Takes a dictionary, likely produced from tickerData(), and returns a markdown string with information on the ticker.
-    example:  
-        input dict: {"AAPL": {"name": "Apple Inc.", "price": 200.72, "change": -0.01074}}
-    returns:
-        The current stock price of Apple Inc. is $**200.72**, the stock is currently **down -1.07**%
-    """
-    reply = f"The current stock price of {ticker['name']} is $**{ticker['price']}**"
+        reply = f"The current stock price of {IEXData['companyName']} is $**{IEXData['latestPrice']}**"
 
         # Determine wording of change text
-    change = round(ticker["change"] * 100, 2)
+        change = round(IEXData["changePercent"] * 100, 2)
         if change > 0:
-        changeText = f", the stock is currently **up {change}%**"
+            reply += f", the stock is currently **up {change}%**"
         elif change < 0:
-        changeText = f", the stock is currently **down {change}%**"
+            reply += f", the stock is currently **down {change}%**"
         else:
-        changeText = ", the stock hasn't shown any movement today."
+            reply += ", the stock hasn't shown any movement today."
 
-    return reply + changeText
+        tickerReplies[ticker] = reply
+
+    return tickerReplies
 
 
 def tickerNews(tickers: list):