From: W. Trevor King Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:40:26 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Add 'scraper -> UNKNOWN company' warning to the README. X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7d7962d14bda5744be87cd38e26c0e601d64f44d;p=insider.git Add 'scraper -> UNKNOWN company' warning to the README. --- diff --git a/README b/README index 8063787..cb2a4bb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ transaction data automatically. To get you started, I've written __ NASDAQ_ +If the scraper doesn't extract company names (`nasdaq.py` does not), +it's probably a good idea to add the relevant `Company` and `Ticker` +to the database before running the scraper. Otherwise you may get +tickers from several echanges all pointing to the company `UNKNOWN`. + Hacking =======