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reddit_stock_analyzer/fetch_market_cap.py
2025-07-25 23:22:37 +02:00

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# fetch_market_cap.py
# This script does ONLY ONE THING: gets the market cap.
import sys
import json
import yfinance as yf
import logging
# Suppress verbose yfinance logging in this isolated process
logging.getLogger("yfinance").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
# Exit with an error code if no ticker is provided
sys.exit(1)
ticker_symbol = sys.argv[1]
try:
# Directly get the market cap
market_cap = yf.Ticker(ticker_symbol).info.get("marketCap")
# On success, print JSON to stdout and exit cleanly
print(json.dumps({"market_cap": market_cap}))
sys.exit(0)
except Exception:
# If any error occurs, print an empty JSON and exit with an error code
print(json.dumps({"market_cap": None}))
sys.exit(1)