More fred examples in: http://mortada.net/python-api-for-fred.html
'''
from fredapi import Fred
import pandas as pd
import datetime
import configparser
import os
os.chdir(address)
config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config.read(key_file_name.decode())
key = config['FRED']['api_key'].encode()
fred = Fred(api_key=key)
if revised_data == True:
df = fred.get_series(symbol, start, end)
else:
df = fred.get_series_first_release(symbol)
df = df[(df.index >= start) & (df.index <= end)]
return df
# Fama-French Data: Federal Reserve Data
def Data_FF(series_name,start,encode):
'''
Download data from FF (Fama French) datareader source.
data info in http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html
type get_available_datasets() to get series_name possibilities
'''
from pandas_datareader.famafrench import get_available_datasets
import pandas_datareader.data as web
import pandas as pd
df = web.DataReader(series_name, 'famafrench',start,end)[0]
df.index.rename(None,inplace=True)
