text: import requests
  import json
  import os
  from dotenv import load_dotenv
  
  load_dotenv()
  
  API_KEY = os.getenv("ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY")
  
  stock_symbol = "TSLA"
  #stock_symbol = input("please select a stock symbol like 'TSLA': ")
  #stock_symbol = os.getenv("STOCK_SYMBOL")
  
  request_url = f"https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol={stock_symbol}&apikey={API_KEY}"
  print(request_url)
  
  response = requests.get(request_url)
  print(type(response)) #> <class 'requests.models.Response'>
  print(response.status_code) #> 200
  print(type(response.text)) #> <class 'str'>
  
  parsed_response = json.loads(response.text)
  print(type(parsed_response)) #> <class 'dict'>
  
  latest_close = parsed_response["Time Series (Daily)"]["2020-02-25"]["4. close"]
  print("LATEST CLOSING PRICE:", latest_close)
  
  #breakpoint()