CLI Reference
Both packages install CLI commands after pip install.
nse-data CLI
nse-data --help
nse-data get — Print dataset as DataFrame
nse-data get <category> <subcategory> <dataset> <date>
nse-data get capital_market equities_sme sec_bhavdata_full 2026-05-22
nse-data get capital_market indices ind_close_all 2026-05-22
nse-data get derivatives equity fo_secban 2026-05-22
nse-data get debt corporate cbm_trd 2026-05-21
nse-data download — Save to disk
nse-data download <category> <subcategory> <dataset> <date> [--out DIR]
nse-data download capital_market equities_sme sec_bhavdata_full 2026-05-22
nse-data download capital_market equities_sme sec_bhavdata_full 2026-05-22 --out ./data
nse-data list — List all datasets
nse-data list
nse-data list --category derivatives
nse-data list --category capital_market --subcategory equities_sme
mcx-data CLI
mcx-data --help
mcx-data spot-recent — Today’s spot prices
mcx-data spot-recent
mcx-data spot-recent --commodity GOLD
mcx-data spot-recent --commodity SILVER --out ./data
mcx-data spot-archive — Historical spot prices
mcx-data spot-archive --from 01/05/2026 --to 22/05/2026 --commodity GOLD
mcx-data spot-archive --from 2026-01-01 --to 2026-05-22 --commodity CRUDEOIL --out ./data
Save to S3:
mcx-data spot-archive \
--from 01/05/2026 --to 22/05/2026 \
--commodity GOLD \
--s3-bucket my-bucket --s3-prefix raw/mcx/
mcx-data list — List datasets
mcx-data list
mcx-data commodities — List available commodities
mcx-data commodities
# ALUMINI, ALUMINIUM, CARDAMOM, COPPER, COTTON, COTTONOIL,
# CPO, CRUDEOIL, CRUDEOILM, ELECDMBL, GOLD, GOLDGUINEA,
# GOLDM, GOLDPETAL, GOLDTEN, KAPAS, LEAD, LEADMINI,
# MENTHAOIL, NATGASMINI, NATURALGAS, NICKEL, SILVER, SILVERM,
# SILVERMIC, STEELREBAR, ZINC, ZINCMINI