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STOCK MARKET WEB APP

Web App for Stock Quotes & Live News Stream; Building a Portfolio Using Python & Django

Purpose

  • This is my first big project to develop a full stack app on my own.
  • It is a web application for stock market data. Users can get real-time stock data and market news via Alpha Vantage, IEX Cloud, and Stock News APIs.
  • Creation of personal stock portfolios and a live streaming news feed are the first features.
  • Adding charts visualization and implementing machine learning to analyze stocks will be the second goal, when I expand this app in the near future.

Demo

For a demo of the code and how the web app works, please see this screen recording: https://www.screencast.com/t/JoT9sT67h.

Requirements

  • Get your own Django secret key
    • Create your own Django app
    • Copy secret key
    • Paste key into this project's secret key location at settings.py or in your own environment.
  • API key is required if you want to use data from IEX cloud.
    • Create free account at https://iexcloud.io/.
    • Real-time data is free, however it is limited. You can use unlimited simulated data for free.
  • API key is required to receive news (from news.html) via Stock News API.
  • Use pipenv to install python dependencies for the backend.

How to Run

  • Run backend server with the following command:
  • "python manage.py runserver"

Technical Summary

  • Django
  • Django Rest Framework
  • Back end language: Python (the version used here is Python 3.7.7)
  • Bootstrap
  • HTML/CSS
  • JavaScript
  • SQL