Alpaca Screener API
The Screener API from Alpaca — 1 operation(s) for screener.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Market Data Screener API
description: Access Alpaca’s historical and real-time US stock market and crypto data through REST API and WebSocket. There are APIs for Stock Pricing, Crypto Pricing, and News.
version: 2.0.0
contact:
name: Alpaca Support
email: support@alpaca.markets
url: https://alpaca.markets/support
termsOfService: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.alpaca.markets/disclosures/library/TermsAndConditions.pdf
servers:
- url: https://data.alpaca.markets
description: Production
- description: Sandbox
url: https://data.sandbox.alpaca.markets
security:
- API_Key: []
API_Secret: []
tags:
- name: Screener
paths:
/v1beta1/screener/{market_type}/movers:
parameters:
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- stocks
- crypto
name: market_type
in: path
description: Screen specific market (stocks or crypto)
required: true
get:
summary: Get Top Market Movers by Market type
tags:
- Screener
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketMoversResponse'
examples:
example-1:
value:
gainers:
- symbol: AGRI
percent_change: 145.56
change: 2.46
price: 4.15
- symbol: GRCYW
percent_change: 85.63
change: 0.03
price: 0.0594
losers:
- symbol: MTACW
percent_change: -63.07
change: -0.26
price: 0.1502
- symbol: TIG
percent_change: -51.21
change: -3.61
price: 3.435
market_type: stocks
last_updated: '2022-03-10T17:53:30.088309839Z'
operationId: getTopMoversByMarketType
x-internal: true
description: Returns top market movers for stocks. By default will return top 5 market gainers and losers.
parameters:
- schema:
type: integer
default: 10
maximum: 50
in: query
name: top
description: Number of top market movers to fetch (gainers and losers). Will return number top for each. By default 10 gainers and 10 losers.
components:
schemas:
MarketMoverAsset:
title: MarketMoverAsset
type: object
description: Name or source of given news article
x-examples:
example-1:
symbol: AGRI
percent_change: 145.56
change: 2.46
price: 4.15
x-internal: true
properties:
symbol:
type: string
description: Symbol of market moving asset
percent_change:
type: number
description: Percentage difference change for the day
change:
type: number
description: Difference in change for the day
price:
type: number
description: Current price of market moving asset
required:
- symbol
- percent_change
- change
- price
MarketMoversResponse:
title: MarketMovers
type: object
description: 'Contains list of market movers '
x-examples:
example-1:
gainers:
- symbol: AAPL
percent_change: 10
change: 0.1
price: 150.23
losers:
- symbol: TSLA
percent_change: 15
change: 0.15
price: 220.24
market_type: stocks
last_updated: '2022-01-14T20:46:00.392227'
properties:
gainers:
type: array
description: List of top N gainers
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketMoverAsset'
losers:
description: List of top N losers
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MarketMoverAsset'
market_type:
type: string
enum:
- stocks
- crypto
description: Market type (stocks or crypto)
last_updated:
type: string
description: Time the movers where last computed
required:
- gainers
- losers
- market_type
- last_updated
securitySchemes:
API_Key:
name: APCA-API-KEY-ID
type: apiKey
in: header
API_Secret:
name: APCA-API-SECRET-KEY
type: apiKey
in: header