Retrieve Instant Security Prices and Reference Data Across Exchanges

This API supports a wide range of applications, including real-time trading platforms for executing trades and monitoring market depth, market monitoring dashboards for displaying live prices and metrics, algorithmic trading models for reacting to market signals, market research tools for analyzing cross-market trends, and investor portals for providing real-time insights. Additionally, it empowers AI-driven applications, such as predictive trading algorithms that leverage machine learning to forecast price movements and sentiment analysis tools that process market data alongside news to gauge investor sentiment.

Key Features

• 📊 Multi-Exchange Data Access - Fetch real-time data across multiple exchanges in a single call.
  By specifying the desired exchange MIC codes, users can retrieve snapshot data for securities listed on various global exchanges. This feature streamlines workflows for applications that require consolidated market data, such as portfolio trackers or multi-market analysis tools.

• 🔍 Customizable Field Selection - Retrieve only the data fields you need.
  The API allows users to specify the exact fields to return using the fields parameter, reducing data overhead and improving performance. This flexibility is ideal for developers building lightweight applications or focusing on specific metrics like price or volume.

• 📄 Flexible Output Formatting - Receive data in a tab-delimited format for easy parsing.
  The writer parameter lets users specify the output format, delivering data in a tab-delimited structure that simplifies integration with databases, spreadsheets, or custom applications. This ensures compatibility with a wide range of development workflows.

• 🔐 Secure Authentication - Access data with a Base64-encoded application key.
  The T parameter ensures secure, authorized access to the API, protecting sensitive market data. This feature allows developers to confidently integrate the API into production environments, ensuring compliance with security standards.

Available Data Fields

Each API call returns a snapshot of security data with the following fields, as specified in the fields parameter:

Name	Meaning	Data Type
exchangemic	Exchange MIC code	String
symbol	Symbol of Security	String
symbolid	Symbol ID of Security	Double
name	Name of Security	String
price	Last Sale Price	Double
prevclose	Previous Close Price	Double
open	Open Price	Double
high	High Price	Double
low	Low Price	Double
bid	Bid	Double
ask	Ask	Double
bidsize	Bid Size	Integer
asksize	Ask Size	Integer
tradetime	Last Trade Time	Timestamp Unix Epoch Format
tradesize	Trade Size	Double
volume	Volume	Double

Query Parameters

The API accepts the following parameters to customize your request:

Parameter	Meaning	Data Type
T	Application Key which authenticates you with CloudQuote (required)	Base64 string
writer	Format of output data	String
fields	Fields that are to be returned	String

Use Cases

• 🤖 Real-Time Trading Platforms - Power live trading systems with up-to-date market data.
  Traders can use snapshot data like price, bid, and ask to execute real-time trades or monitor market depth. This supports high-speed trading applications that require instant access to current market conditions.

• 📈 Market Monitoring Dashboards - Display live security prices and metrics for users.
  Developers can integrate snapshot data to create dynamic dashboards that show real-time prices, volumes, and bid/ask spreads, enhancing user engagement on financial portals or mobile apps.

• 🧠 Algorithmic Trading Models - Feed real-time data into quant strategies.
  The API’s comprehensive fields, such as high, low, and volume, enable developers to build models that react to live market signals, optimizing strategies for intraday trading or arbitrage opportunities.

• 🔍 Market Research Tools - Analyze current market conditions across exchanges.
  Researchers can leverage fields like exchangemic and symbolid to study cross-market price movements or security-specific trends, supporting in-depth market analysis or competitive benchmarking.

• 📊 Investor Portals - Provide investors with real-time security insights.
  By integrating fields like name, price, and prevclose, developers can create user-friendly portals that display current market data, helping investors make informed decisions based on live snapshots.

Why Choose FinancialContent's getSnapshot API?

• 🚀 Unmatched Reliability - Consistent performance for time-critical applications.
  With 99.99% uptime, the API ensures uninterrupted access to real-time market data, even during peak trading hours. This reliability is crucial for trading platforms and analytics tools that demand constant availability.

• 🔄 Cross-Exchange Integration - Seamlessly aggregate data from multiple markets.
  The API supports queries across various exchanges using the exchangemic field, enabling developers to build applications that provide a unified view of global market activity, perfect for multi-asset portfolio management.

• 📈 Scalable Architecture - Handle high-frequency queries effortlessly.
  Designed to process thousands of requests per second, the API scales to meet the needs of enterprise-grade applications, from small-scale dashboards to large trading systems, without compromising performance.

• 📚 Developer-First Support - Robust documentation and dedicated assistance.
  FinancialContent offers comprehensive API documentation, code examples, and responsive support to ensure smooth integration. Our team is ready to assist with everything from setup to advanced use cases.

Optimized for High-Speed Access

The getSnapshot API is built for performance, adhering to industry best practices for high-speed data delivery. Our RESTful endpoints use efficient tab-delimited formatting to minimize payload size, enabling rapid parsing and reduced bandwidth usage. We leverage advanced caching mechanisms to optimize repeated queries, while our globally distributed servers ensure low-latency responses for users worldwide. Rate limiting and pagination are carefully implemented to maintain stability under heavy traffic, and asynchronous request handling supports seamless processing of large datasets. This performance-driven design ensures developers can build responsive, real-time applications with minimal delays.

Sample Request

GET /fcon/getSnapshot?T=your_base64_key&writer=tab&fields=exchangemic,symbol,price,bid,ask,volume

Sample Response (Tab-Delimited)

exchangemic	symbol	price	bid	ask	volume
XNAS	GOOG	2800.50	2800.25	2800.75	1500000
XNAS	AAPL	150.75	150.70	150.80	2500000
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