StockPi is a RaspberryPi based real-time stock price monitoring system powered by Finnhub's API
I am a huge stock market enthusiast and monitoring stock prices in realtime requires a dedicated device (which I don't wanna block just for this purpose). So I decided to make it fun and intuitive by using a Raspberry Pi rusting in my cupboard :)
- RaspbeeryPi 3 or above.
- Rainbow HAT
- Micro USB adapter (Old mobile phone charger).
- RasbianOS or something similar
- Python3
- rainboaw-hat (Python)
- Finnhub API Token
Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/pranshuchittora/stockpi.git
Install the dependencies
pip3 install -r requirements.txtSetup Finnhub account and generate API token. Copy and paste the token in the .env file.
FINNHUB_TOKEN='FINNHUB_API_TOKEN'Run main.py
python3 main.pyVoilla 🤗
Main advantages of running this on Raspberry Pi is that it's a low power device and we can configure it to auto-run the script on startup which makes it hassle-free.
Change file permissions
chmod u+x main.pyRun the following command to create a service
> sudo systemctl edit --force --full stockpi.service
Insert these statements with your settings, save them and quit the editor
[Unit]
Description=StockPi Service
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=pi
WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/stockpi
ExecStart=/home/pi/stockpi/main.py
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Run systemctl status stockpi.service to get the service status
> systemctl status stockpi.service
● stockpi.service - StockPi Service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/stockpi.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Now let's enable and start the service
> sudo systemctl enable stockpi.service
> sudo systemctl start stockpi.service
Yaaay, now to don't need to start the program manually. I'm not a robot 🤖
P.S. I am still figuring out python best practices and syntax. 🙅♂️