AkShare - Chinese Financial Data Overview AkShare is a free, open-source Python library for accessing Chinese financial market data. This skill provides guidance for fetching data from Chinese exchanges including Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Exchange, and more. Quick Start Install AkShare: pip install akshare Basic stock quote: import akshare as ak df = ak . stock_zh_a_spot_em ( )
Real-time A-share data
Stock Data A-Shares (A股) Real-time quotes:
All A-shares real-time data
df
ak . stock_zh_a_spot_em ( )
Single stock real-time quote
df
ak . stock_zh_a_spot ( ) Historical data:
Historical daily data
df
ak . stock_zh_a_hist ( symbol = "000001" , period = "daily" , start_date = "20240101" , end_date = "20241231" , adjust = "qfq" ) Stock list:
Get all A-share stock list
df
ak . stock_info_a_code_name ( ) Hong Kong Stocks (港股) Real-time quotes: df = ak . stock_hk_spot_em ( ) Historical data: df = ak . stock_hk_hist ( symbol = "00700" , period = "daily" , adjust = "qfq" ) US Stocks (美股) Real-time data: df = ak . stock_us_spot_em ( ) Futures Data (期货) Real-time futures:
Commodity futures
df
- ak
- .
- futures_zh_spot
- (
- )
- Historical futures:
- df
- =
- ak
- .
- futures_zh_hist_sina
- (
- symbol
- =
- "IF0"
- )
- Fund Data (基金)
- Fund list:
- df
- =
- ak
- .
- fund_open_fund_info_em
- (
- )
- Fund historical data:
- df
- =
- ak
- .
- fund_open_fund_info_em
- (
- fund
- =
- "000001"
- ,
- indicator
- =
- "单位净值走势"
- )
- Macroeconomic Indicators (宏观)
- GDP data:
- df
- =
- ak
- .
- macro_china_gdp
- (
- )
- CPI data:
- df
- =
- ak
- .
- macro_china_cpi
- (
- )
- PMI data:
- df
- =
- ak
- .
- macro_china_pmi
- (
- )
- Common Parameters
- Period (周期):
- daily
- - 日线
- weekly
- - 周线
- monthly
- - 月线
- Adjustment (复权):
- qfq
- - 前复权
- hfq
- - 后复权
- ""
- - 不复权
- Tips
- Data caching
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- AkShare doesn't cache data, implement your own caching if needed
- Rate limiting
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- Be mindful of request frequency to avoid being blocked
- Data format
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- Returns pandas DataFrame, can be easily processed
- Error handling
- Network errors may occur, implement retry logic References For complete API documentation and advanced usage, see: references/akshare_api.md - Detailed API reference references/common_functions.md - Commonly used functions https://akshare.akfamily.xyz/ - Official documentation