stock-price

name	stock-price
description	Check real-time quotes for A-shares, Hong Kong stocks, ETFs, and indices (latest price, percentage change, trading volume, etc.). Uses the Tencent Quotes API (qt.gtimg.cn); no login or API key required. Triggers when a user says "check stock prices," "real-time quotes," "ETF prices," "stock quotes," or "what is the market index?"
version	1.0.0

Real-Time Stock, ETF, and Index Quotes

Data Sources (by Priority)

Priority	Data Source	Features
Preferred	Tencent Quotes API (qt.gtimg.cn)	Fastest; get all data with a single curl command, no login required
Alternative	Sina Finance (gu.sina.cn)	Homepage displays market indices and the top 6 popular industries
Alternative	East Money (data.eastmoney.com/bkzj/hy.html)	Sector capital flows; desktop user agent required

Tencent Quotes API (Preferred)

Request Format

curl -s "qt.gtimg.cn/q=<list of codes, comma-separated>"

Stock Code Format

Market	Format	Example
Shanghai A-shares	sh + 6-digit code	sh600519 (Kweichow Moutai)
Shenzhen A-shares	sz + 6-digit code	sz000001 (Ping An Bank)
Hong Kong stocks	hk + 5-digit code	hk00700 (Tencent Holdings)
SSE Composite Index	sh000001	SSE Composite Index
ChiNext Index	sz399006	ChiNext Index

Return Format

Returned text is separated by ~: v_="1~~..."

Key field indexes (separated by ~, starting from 0):

• 1: Name
• 3: Latest price
• 32: Percentage change (%)
• 6: Trading volume (lots)
• 7: Trading value (yuan)

Example

curl -s "qt.gtimg.cn/q=sh000001,sz399006,sh588170,hk00700"

Python parsing example: fields = line.split('="')[1].rstrip('";').split('~') name = fields[1] price = fields[3] change_pct = fields[32]

Sina Finance (Alternative)

navigate: https://gu.sina.cn get_readable: Extract market indices, popular industries, and the number of stocks up and down

Reporting Format

SSE Composite Index: 4068.57 (-0.73%) ChiNext Index: 2140.32 (+0.85%)

Notes

• Updates in real time during trading hours; after hours, the closing price is displayed
• The free version for Hong Kong stocks has a 15-minute delay
• A single query should include no more than 20 codes
• The returned encoding is GBK