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Nasdaq Data Link

Nasdaq Data Link (formerly Quandl) is Nasdaq's financial, economic, and alternative data platform, offering hundreds of free and premium datasets from publishers like Zacks, Sharadar, QuoteMedia, and the World Bank. Data is delivered through a REST API for tables data, a REST API for real-time or delayed exchange data, and a streaming API (Nasdaq Cloud Data Service), with official Python, R, Excel, and CLI tooling.

Nasdaq Data Link publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: REST API for Real-Time or Delayed Data. Tagged areas include Financial Data, Stock Market, Market Data, Economic Data, and Alternative Data.

Nasdaq Data Link’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, signup flow, CLI, authentication, and 20 more developer resources.

39.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 30/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessSelf serve
3 APIs 1 MCP Servers
Financial DataStock MarketMarket DataEconomic DataAlternative DataTime SeriesOpen DataPublic APIs

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 39.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 15.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 1.5 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 30/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

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

Nasdaq Data Link Tables API

REST API for tables data (datatables) — row and column filtered access to hundreds of financial, economic, and alternative datasets, with JSON, XML, and CSV formats, cursor-base...

Nasdaq Data Link REST API for Real-Time or Delayed Data

REST API (Nasdaq Cloud Data Service) for real-time or delayed exchange data — Nasdaq Basic, Last Sale+, BBO, Global Index Data Service, and Smart Options — authenticated with cl...

Nasdaq Data Link Streaming API

Streaming API (Nasdaq Cloud Data Service) for real-time products — Nasdaq Basic, Last Sale+, TotalView, Consolidated Quotes and Trades, Global Index Data Service, Smart Options,...

MCP Servers 1

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Nasdaq Data Link Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

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

Nasdaq Data Link Authentication

apiKey/oauth2/http-bearer · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Nasdaq Data Link Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Nasdaq Data Link Scopes

9 scopes · clientCredentials/authorizationCode

9 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: nasdaq-data-link
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/nasdaq-data-link.png
name: Nasdaq Data Link
description: Nasdaq Data Link (formerly Quandl) is Nasdaq's financial, economic, and alternative data platform, offering hundreds
  of free and premium datasets from publishers like Zacks, Sharadar, QuoteMedia, and the World Bank. Data is delivered through
  a REST API for tables data, a REST API for real-time or delayed exchange data, and a streaming API (Nasdaq Cloud Data Service),
  with official Python, R, Excel, and CLI tooling.
url: https://data.nasdaq.com/
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-07-22'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Open Data
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
- Financial Data
- Stock Market
- Market Data
- Economic Data
- Alternative Data
- Time Series
- Open Data
- Public APIs
apis:
- name: Nasdaq Data Link Tables API
  description: REST API for tables data (datatables) — row and column filtered access to hundreds of financial, economic,
    and alternative datasets, with JSON, XML, and CSV formats, cursor-based pagination, and an asynchronous bulk export (qopts.export=true).
  humanURL: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/api-and-analysis-tools-for-tables-data
  baseURL: https://data.nasdaq.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Financial Data
  - Tables
  - Market Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/api-and-analysis-tools-for-tables-data
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/in-depth-usage-1
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/nasdaq-data-link-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/nasdaq-data-link-error-codes.yml
- name: Nasdaq Data Link REST API for Real-Time or Delayed Data
  description: REST API (Nasdaq Cloud Data Service) for real-time or delayed exchange data — Nasdaq Basic, Last Sale+, BBO,
    Global Index Data Service, and Smart Options — authenticated with client credentials exchanged for a bearer token. Base
    URL is provisioned per customer by Nasdaq sales.
  humanURL: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/api-for-real-time-or-delayed-data-1
  baseURL: https://data.nasdaq.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Market Data
  - Real-Time
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/api-for-real-time-or-delayed-data-1
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://github.com/Nasdaq/NasdaqCloudDataService-REST-API
  - type: Postman
    url: https://github.com/Nasdaq/NasdaqCloudDataService-REST-API/tree/main/restapi/postman
- name: Nasdaq Data Link Streaming API
  description: Streaming API (Nasdaq Cloud Data Service) for real-time products — Nasdaq Basic, Last Sale+, TotalView, Consolidated
    Quotes and Trades, Global Index Data Service, Smart Options, and Benzinga MarketNewswires — consumed through official
    Java and Python SDKs with OAuth client credentials (client ID, client secret, token endpoint, bootstrap servers).
  humanURL: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/streaming-api-1
  baseURL: https://data.nasdaq.com/api/v3
  tags:
  - Market Data
  - Streaming
  - Real-Time
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/streaming-api-1
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/Nasdaq/NasdaqCloudDataService-SDK-Java
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/Nasdaq/NasdaqCloudDataService-SDK-Python
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://data.nasdaq.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://data.nasdaq.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/in-depth-usage-1
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.data.nasdaq.com/docs/getting-started
- type: Support
  url: https://help.data.nasdaq.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Nasdaq
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.data.nasdaq.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://data.nasdaq.com/users/sign_up
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://data.nasdaq.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.nasdaq.com/privacy-statement
- type: Postman
  url: https://github.com/Nasdaq/NasdaqCloudDataService-REST-API/tree/main/restapi/postman
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/nasdaq-data-link-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/nasdaq-data-link-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/nasdaq-data-link-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/nasdaq-data-link-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/nasdaq-data-link-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/nasdaq-data-link-well-known.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/nasdaq-data-link-error-codes.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/nasdaq-data-link-rate-limits.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/nasdaq-data-link-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nasdaq-data-link-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/nasdaq-data-link-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/nasdaq-data-link-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/nasdaq-data-link-conformance.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nasdaq-data-link-domain-security.yml
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com