Alpaca Stock API

Endpoints for stocks.

Operations 18

GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/auctions Historical auctions (single) #
GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/bars Historical bars (single symbol) #
GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/bars/latest Latest bar (single symbol) #
GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/quotes Historical quotes (single symbol) #
GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/quotes/latest Latest quote (single symbol) #
GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/snapshot Snapshot (single symbol) #
GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/trades Historical trades (single symbol) #
GET /v2/stocks/{symbol}/trades/latest Latest trade (single symbol) #
GET /v2/stocks/auctions Historical auctions #
GET /v2/stocks/bars Historical bars #
GET /v2/stocks/bars/latest Latest bars #
GET /v2/stocks/meta/conditions/{ticktype} Condition codes #
GET /v2/stocks/meta/exchanges Exchange codes #
GET /v2/stocks/quotes Historical quotes #
GET /v2/stocks/quotes/latest Latest quotes #
GET /v2/stocks/snapshots Snapshots #
GET /v2/stocks/trades Historical trades #
GET /v2/stocks/trades/latest Latest trades #

Documentation

Specifications

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-order-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-position-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-option-contract-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-assets-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-create-order-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-trade-account-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-extended-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-account-creation-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-trade-update-event-v2-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-ipoevent-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-corporate-action-event-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-movers-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-fixed-income-latest-quotes-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-most-actives-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-fixed-income-latest-prices-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-stock-auctions-resp-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-token-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-token-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/alpaca/json-schema/alpaca-corporate-actions-resp-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

alpaca-stock-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@alpaca.markets
    name: Alpaca Support
    url: https://alpaca.markets/support
  description: Access real-time and historical market data for US equities, options, crypto, and foreign exchange data through the Alpaca REST and WebSocket APIs. There are APIs for Stock Pricing, Option Pricing, Crypto Pricing, Forex, Logos, Fixed income, Corporate Actions, Screener, and News.
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International
    url: https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-SA-4.0.html
  termsOfService: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.alpaca.markets/disclosures/library/TermsAndConditions.pdf
  title: Market Data Stock API
  version: '1.1'
servers:
- description: Production
  url: https://data.alpaca.markets
- description: Sandbox
  url: https://data.sandbox.alpaca.markets
tags:


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