Financial Forecasting API

This API allows users to authenticate and retrieve historical data and forecasts for various financial symbols. It uses FastAPI and is designed to be scalable and secure.

Features

• User authentication for secure access.
• Rate limiting to prevent abuse.
• Retrieval of historical financial market data.
• Generation of financial forecasts using the Prophet library.

Technologies Used

• FastAPI
• Prophet for time series forecasting
• Pydantic for data validation
• JWT for authentication
• SlowAPI for request rate limiting

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the server:

uvicorn main:app --reload

Usage

To use the API, you first need to authenticate to obtain a token, and then you can make requests to retrieve data or forecasts:

Authentication

POST /token

{
"username": "user",
"password": "password"
}

Get Data

GET /api/data/{symbol}/{years}

Get Forecast

GET /api/forecast/{symbol}/{years}/{forecast_years}

Contributing

To contribute to the project, please send a pull request or open an issue to discuss proposed changes.