Datafeed Toolbox

yahoo

Connect to Yahoo

Syntax

• Connect = yahoo
  Connect = yahoo('URL', 'IPAddress', PortNumber)
  

Arguments

URL	Must be 'http://quote.yahoo.com'
IPAddress	A MATLAB string containing the internet address of proxy server machine.
PortNumber	Port number on proxy server.

Description

Connect = yahoo verifies that the URL http://quote.yahoo.com is accessible and creates a connection handle.

Connect = yahoo('URL', 'IPAddress', PortNumber) connects to Yahoo through a proxy server using the IP address and port number provided. This form of the yahoo command may be required when connecting to Yahoo from behind an internal firewall.

Examples

Use the yahoo command to establish a connection to the Yahoo data server.

• Connect = yahoo
   
  Connect =
   
      url: 'http://quote.yahoo.com'
  

Use the yahoo command to establish a connection to the Yahoo data server, providing an IP address and port number on a proxy server.

• Connect = yahoo('http://quote.yahoo.com','111.222.33.444',5678)
   
  Connect =
   
       url: 'http://quote.yahoo.com'
        ip: '111.222.33.444'
      port: 5678
  

See Also

close, fetch, get, isconnection (Yahoo functions)

isconnection

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