const fetch = require("node-fetch");

const marketAPI = "https://www.simcompanies.com/api/v1/market-ticker/";

var date = new Date();
//don't ask me why, but simcompanies uses yesterday to get the values for today...
date.setDate(date.getDate() - 1);

const url = marketAPI + date.toISOString() + "/";

//function to get marketprices from API:
const getData = async url => {
    var marketData = await fetch(url);
    if (marketData.status === 200) {
        marketData = await marketData.text();
        marketData = await JSON.parse(marketData);
        return marketData;
    } else {
        console.error("fetch returned status code " + marketData.status);
        return false;
    }
}

getData(url);