Coding Time Compression Scanners: Zerodha API Basics II

Getting List of All FNO Stocks Using Python Zerodha API

Although We can use the oneliner fnolist() function from NSEPython API, Lets use Zerodha API to get list of all FNO stocks as a diversification. In case You want to see fnolist() function –

Check it out here

Downloading Entire Instruments List

First, let’s download the entire instrument list from Zerodha and save it as a portable database. We will use the pandas library for this task, making data manipulation seamless. The instrument list is available at https://api.kite.trade/instruments in CSV format. So, let’s declare a variable named “instrumentList” to harness the power of pandas in managing this crucial trading data.

import pandas as pd

instrumentList = pd.read_csv("https://api.kite.trade/instruments")
print(instrumentList)

The output will be –

Triggered at	Count	Stocks (new stocks are highlighted)	Trigger Date	Trigger Time
0	Fri Apr 21 2023, 10:07 am	1	APOLLOTYRE	2023-04-21	10:07:00
1	Fri Apr 21 2023, 9:58 am	1	ASIANPAINT	2023-04-21	09:58:00
2	Thu Apr 20 2023, 3:21 pm	1	TATACONSUM	2023-04-20	15:21:00
3	Thu Apr 20 2023, 2:16 pm	1	BAJAJ-AUTO	2023-04-20	14:16:00
4	Thu Apr 20 2023, 12:49 pm	1	CUB	2023-04-20	12:49:00
...	...	...	...	...	...
775	Tue Sep 13 2022, 10:03 am	3	DIXON	2022-09-13	10:03:00
776	Tue Sep 13 2022, 10:03 am	3	DRREDDY	2022-09-13…