Barchart

Barchart is a leading provider of market data and commodity data, delivering real-time, delayed, and historical financial and reference data across equities, futures, options, forex, cryptocurrencies, ETFs, mutual funds, indexes, and physical commodities. The Barchart OnDemand API is a commercially licensed REST/JSON (also XML and CSV) service hosted at ondemand.websol.barchart.com, authenticated with an apikey and packaged into subscription and enterprise plans. It exposes a broad documented endpoint catalog - getQuote, getHistory, getEquitiesByExchange, getFuturesOptions, getProfile, getCrypto, getGrainBids, getNews, and dozens more - covering quotes, historical time series, fundamentals, corporate actions, options analytics, agricultural and energy commodity data, technicals, and news.

Barchart publishes 12 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Commodities & Agriculture API, Corporate Actions & Earnings API, Cryptocurrency API, and 9 more. Tagged areas include Market Data, Financial Data, Commodities, Futures, and Options.

Barchart’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, getting-started guide, support, pricing, engineering blog, and 28 more developer resources.

60.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 45/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9
AccessFreemiumSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try
12 APIs 1 MCP Servers
Market DataFinancial DataCommoditiesFuturesOptionsReference DataEquitiesHistorical DataCryptocurrencyAgriculture

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scored 2026-08-03 · rubric v0.9
Composite quality — 60.4/100 · strong
Contract Quality 15.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 12.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 16.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 1.4 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 45/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 12

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Barchart Commodities & Agriculture API

Grain bids, commodity statistics, fuel, and crop data.

Barchart Corporate Actions & Earnings API

Splits, dividends, earnings, and calendars.

Barchart Cryptocurrency API

Spot crypto quotes and history.

Barchart Fundamentals API

Company profiles and financial statements.

Barchart Futures & Options API

Futures and options market data and analytics.

Barchart History API

Historical tick, minute, and end-of-day time series.

Barchart News & Filings API

Financial news and SEC filings.

Barchart Quotes API

Real-time, delayed, and end-of-day price quotes.

Barchart Reference & Equities API

Instrument metadata and bulk equities by exchange.

Barchart Technicals & Charts API

Technical studies, signals, and chart images.

Barchart Weather API

Current conditions and forecasts.

Barchart OnDemand APIs

Barchart OnDemand APIs from Barchart — 71 path(s) described in OpenAPI.

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Postman Collections 11

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Barchart OnDemand API

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

barchart-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Barchart Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Barchart Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Barchart Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Barchart Agentic Access

95 operations

95 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: barchart
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/barchart/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Barchart
kind: company
description: Barchart is a leading provider of market data and commodity data, delivering real-time, delayed, and historical
  financial and reference data across equities, futures, options, forex, cryptocurrencies, ETFs, mutual funds, indexes, and
  physical commodities. The Barchart OnDemand API is a commercially licensed REST/JSON (also XML and CSV) service hosted at
  ondemand.websol.barchart.com, authenticated with an apikey and packaged into subscription and enterprise plans. It exposes
  a broad documented endpoint catalog - getQuote, getHistory, getEquitiesByExchange, getFuturesOptions, getProfile, getCrypto,
  getGrainBids, getNews, and dozens more - covering quotes, historical time series, fundamentals, corporate actions, options
  analytics, agricultural and energy commodity data, technicals, and news.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/barchart.png
tags:
- Market Data
- Financial Data
- Commodities
- Futures
- Options
- Reference Data
- Equities
- Historical Data
- Cryptocurrency
- Agriculture
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-22'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: barchart:barchart-commodities-agriculture-api
  name: Barchart Commodities & Agriculture API
  description: Grain bids, commodity statistics, fuel, and crop data.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Commodities & Agriculture
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-commodities-agriculture-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-corporate-actions-earnings-api
  name: Barchart Corporate Actions & Earnings API
  description: Splits, dividends, earnings, and calendars.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Corporate Actions & Earnings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-corporate-actions-earnings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-cryptocurrency-api
  name: Barchart Cryptocurrency API
  description: Spot crypto quotes and history.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Cryptocurrency
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-cryptocurrency-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-fundamentals-api
  name: Barchart Fundamentals API
  description: Company profiles and financial statements.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Fundamentals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-fundamentals-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-futures-options-api
  name: Barchart Futures & Options API
  description: Futures and options market data and analytics.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Futures & Options
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-futures-options-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-history-api
  name: Barchart History API
  description: Historical tick, minute, and end-of-day time series.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - History
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-history-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-news-filings-api
  name: Barchart News & Filings API
  description: Financial news and SEC filings.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - News & Filings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-news-filings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-quotes-api
  name: Barchart Quotes API
  description: Real-time, delayed, and end-of-day price quotes.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Quotes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-quotes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-reference-equities-api
  name: Barchart Reference & Equities API
  description: Instrument metadata and bulk equities by exchange.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Reference & Equities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-reference-equities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-technicals-charts-api
  name: Barchart Technicals & Charts API
  description: Technical studies, signals, and chart images.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Technicals & Charts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-technicals-charts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-weather-api
  name: Barchart Weather API
  description: Current conditions and forecasts.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  tags:
  - Weather
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-weather-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/barchart.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/barchart.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getHistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getEquitiesByExchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getFuturesOptions
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getProfile
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getWeather
- aid: barchart:barchart-ondemand-official-openapi
  name: Barchart OnDemand APIs
  description: Barchart OnDemand APIs from Barchart — 71 path(s) described in OpenAPI.
  humanURL: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api/getQuote
  baseURL: https://ondemand.websol.barchart.com
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/barchart-ondemand-official-openapi.yml
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/barchart/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/barchart-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/barchart-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/barchart-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/barchart-com
- type: Website
  url: https://www.barchart.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.barchart.com/solutions/services/ondemand
- type: Plans
  url: plans/barchart-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/barchart-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/barchart-finops.yml
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/barchart-ondemand-official-openapi.yml
  name: Barchart OnDemand official OpenAPI 3.0.3 (verbatim, 71 operations)
- type: Packages
  url: packages/barchart-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/barchart-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/barchart-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/barchart-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/barchart-ondemand-official-overlay.yaml
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/barchart-openfeed.proto
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/barchart-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/barchart-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/barchart-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.barchart.com
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/barchart-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/barchart-conventions.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/barchart-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/barchart-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/barchart
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/free-market-data-api
- type: Support
  url: https://help.barchart.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.barchart.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.barchart.com/terms#privacy-policy
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.barchart.com/solutions/services/ondemand
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.barchart.com/news
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
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