rewrote entire bot code. Functionally identical.

functions.py

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+import urllib.request
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
+import time
+
+
+def tickerData(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},
+    }
+    """
+
+    stockData = {}
+    IEXURL = (
+        "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/market/batch?symbols="
+        + ",".join(tickers)
+        + "&types=quote"
+    )
+    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']}**"
+
+    # Determine wording of change text
+    change = round(ticker["change"] * 100, 2)
+    if change > 0:
+        changeText = f", the stock is currently **up {change}%**"
+    elif change < 0:
+        changeText = f", the stock is currently **down {change}%**"
+    else:
+        changeText = ", the stock hasn't shown any movement today."
+
+    return reply + changeText
+
+
+def tickerNews(tickers: list):
+    """
+    Takes a list of ticker and returns a dictionary of dictionarys 
+    with a list of tuples under news that contains (title, url)
+    example:
+        input list: ["aapl"]
+    returns:
+        {
+            "AAPL": {
+                "name": "Apple Inc.",
+                "price": 200.72,
+                "change": -0.01074,
+                "news": [
+                    (
+                        "April Dividend Income Report - Beating Records, Holding Steady",
+                        "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/8556681822768653",
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        "Is Vanguard's VIG Better Than Its WisdomTree Counterpart?",
+                        "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/7238581261167527",
+                    ),
+                ],
+            }
+        }
+    """
+
+    data = tickerData(tickers)
+
+    for ticker in tickers:
+        ticker = ticker.upper()
+        IEXNews = f"https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{ticker}/news/last/5"
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(IEXNews) as url:
+            newsData = json.loads(url.read().decode())
+
+        data[ticker]["news"] = []
+        for index, story in enumerate(newsData):
+            tup = (newsData[index]["headline"], newsData[index]["url"])
+            data[ticker]["news"].append(tup)
+
+    return data
+
+
+def tickerNewsReply(ticker: dict):
+    """
+    Takes a dictionary, likely produced from tickerNews(), and returns a markdown string with news information on the ticker.
+    example:
+        {
+            "name": "Apple Inc.",
+            "price": 200.72,
+            "change": -0.01074,
+            "news": [
+                (
+                    "April Dividend Income Report - Beating Records, Holding Steady",
+                    "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/8556681822768653",
+                ),
+                (
+                    "Is Vanguard's VIG Better Than Its WisdomTree Counterpart?",
+                    "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/7238581261167527",
+                ),
+            ],
+        }
+    returns:
+        The current stock price of Apple Inc. is $**200.72**, the stock is currently **down -1.07%**
+            [April Dividend Income Report - Beating Records, Holding Steady](https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/8556681822768653)
+            [Is Vanguard's VIG Better Than Its WisdomTree Counterpart?](https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/aapl/article/7238581261167527)
+    """
+    reply = tickerDataReply(ticker)
+    if len(ticker["news"]) == 0 : return reply + f"\n\tNo News was found for {ticker['name']}"
+    for title, url in ticker["news"]:
+        reply = reply + f"\n\t[{title}]({url})"
+    return reply
+
+# Below Functions are incomplete
+
+def tickerInfo(ticker):
+    infoURL = f"https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{ticker}/stats"
+
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(infoURL) as url:
+        data = json.loads(url.read().decode())
+
+    info = {}
+
+    info["companyName"] = data["companyName"]
+    info["marketCap"] = data["marketcap"]
+    info["yearHigh"] = data["week52high"]
+    info["yearLow"] = data["week52low"]
+    info["divRate"] = data["dividendRate"]
+    info["divYield"] = data["dividendYield"]
+    info["divDate"] = data["exDividendDate"]
+
+    return info
+
+def tickerDividend(ticker):
+    data = tickerInfo(ticker)
+    if data["divDate"] == 0:
+        return "{} has no dividend.".format(data["companyName"])
+
+    dividendInfo = "{} current dividend yield is: {:.3f}%, or ${:.3f} per share.".format(
+        data["companyName"], data["divRate"], data["divYield"]
+    )
+
+    divDate = data["divDate"]
+
+    # Pattern IEX uses for dividend date.
+    pattern = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f"
+
+    # Convert divDate to seconds, and subtract it from current time.
+    divSeconds = datetime.strptime(divDate, pattern).timestamp()
+    difference = divSeconds - int(time.time())
+
+    # Calculate (d)ays, (h)ours, (m)inutes, and (s)econds
+    d, h = divmod(difference, 86400)
+    h, m = divmod(h, 3600)
+    m, s = divmod(m, 60)
+
+    countdownMessage = f"\n\nThe dividend is in: {d:.0f} Days {h:.0f} Hours {m:.0f} Minutes {s:.0f} Seconds."
+
+    return dividendInfo + countdownMessage