Overview
I use www.quandl.com free financial data to predict Asset price movements.
Approach
I built a function to download the data using the quandl API. I declare a windows API function located in urlmon.dll system 32 folder.
Code
Option Explicit
#If VBA7 Then
Private Declare PtrSafe Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" ( _
ByVal pCaller As LongPtr, _
ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As LongPtr, _
ByVal lpfnCB As LongPtr) As LongPtr
#Else
Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownLoadToFileA" ( _
ByVal pCaller As Long, _
ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
ByVal lpfnCB As LongPtr) As Long
#End If
Sub DownloadSingleFile()
Dim FileURL As String
Dim DestinationFile As String
FileURL = "https://www.quandl.com/api/v3/datasets/WIKI/FB/data.csv?"
DestinationFile = "C:\Users\hueve\Desktop\TheSystem\Fb.csv"
URLDownloadToFile 0, FileURL, DestinationFile, 0, 0
End Sub
Problem
This code will download the data to the correct file destination.
Is there a way to instead run it to an Access DB Table?
Here is code with an array that pulls a single data point (52 week performance):
' save 52 week performance for any scored quarter not saved yet
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("Select * from qryQuarterlyStockDataMissing")
If Not rs.EOF Then
' some 52 week performance scores for scored companies are missing.
rs.MoveLast
rs.MoveFirst
intI = rs.RecordCount
Do While rs.EOF = False
StatBar_Msg "Updating 52 Week Performance Data for " & intI & " scored periods..."
strLink = GetQuandl52WeekPerformanceLink(rs![Ticker], rs![Active_Period])
dbl52WeekPerformance = Nz(GetQuandl52WeekPerformance(strLink), "NULL")
strSQL = "INSERT INTO tblQuarterlyStockData (SDF_Details_ID, 52WeekPerformance, QuandlLink) " & _
"VALUES(" & rs![SDF_Details_ID] & "," & CStr(dbl52WeekPerformance) & _
",'" & strLink & "')"
CurrentDb.Execute strSQL
rs.MoveNext
intI = intI - 1
Loop
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
End If
Public Function GetQuandl52WeekPerformanceLink(strTicker As String, dtDate As Date)
Dim strLink As String
Dim strStartDate As Date
Dim strEndDate As Date
Dim strResponse As String
Dim objHttp As Object
Dim LArray() As String
Dim dtEndDate As Date
Dim dtStartDate As Date
' find nearest weekday date
dtEndDate = GetNearestStockDay(dtDate)
dtStartDate = dtEndDate - 367 ' make it slightly more than a year in case the previous year date falls on a Sunday
GetQuandl52WeekPerformanceLink = "https://www.quandl.com/api/v3/datasets/WIKI/" & strTicker & _
".csv?column_index=4&start_date=" & Format(dtStartDate, "yyyy-mm-dd") & _
"&end_date=" & Format(dtEndDate, "yyyy-mm-dd") & "&collapse=annual&transform=rdiff&api_key=ryCL1ih7fJ1eTH8y9U7E"
End Function
Public Function GetQuandl52WeekPerformance(strLink As String)
Dim strResponse As String
Dim objHttp As Object
Dim LArray() As String
Set objHttp = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
objHttp.Open "Get", strLink, False
objHttp.send
strResponse = objHttp.responseText
Set objHttp = Nothing
LArray = Split(strResponse, ",")
GetQuandl52WeekPerformance = Null
If LArray(0) = "code" Then
' no data returned
Else
If Len(strResponse) > 12 Then
GetQuandl52WeekPerformance = LArray(2)
Else
' This stock doesn't have a full year's worth of data
End If
End If
End Function
Public Function GetNearestStockDay(dtDate As Date) As Date
If Weekday(dtDate) = 1 Then
GetNearestStockDay = dtDate - 2
ElseIf Weekday(dtDate) = 7 Then
GetNearestStockDay = dtDate - 1
Else
GetNearestStockDay = dtDate
End If
End Function