oilshit / oilprice_extract

extract oil and gas prices data based on oilprice-api into CSV file

oilprice-extract

Overview | Requirements | Project Setup | How to use

Overview

This project uses oilprice-api initiated by oilshit to extract oil and gas prices data into tables.

Requirements

• Python 3

Project Setup

You have to start the oilprice-api server as documented in oilprice-api repository before using this project.

Or you can use the live projects on https://oilprice-api.herokuapp.com/ instead.

How to use

In your console (Terminal on Linux and MacOS, WSL console on Windows), just type:

python3 main.py <blend> <period>

with blend and period arguments can be search in https://oilprice-api.herokuapp.com/blend-list.

Example

In case of getting monthly prices in WTI (West Texas Intermediate), you can simply type

python3 main.py wti montly

Result: the CSV file with filename prices-wti-monthly-<current-timestamp>.csv will be appeared once the script was run. In case of getting other prices data, you can view the blend list via https://oilprice-api.herokuapp.com/blend-list in browser.