Authentication

The Market Data API uses a Bearer Token for authentication. The token is required for each request you make to the API. There are two ways to pass this token to the API with your requests:

1. Header Authentication
2. URL Parameter Authentication

tip

We recommend using header-based authentication to ensure your token is not stored or cached. While Market Data makes a conscientious effort to delete tokens from our own server logs, we cannot guarantee that your token will not be stored by any of our third party cloud infrastructure partners.

Header Authentication

Add the token to the Authorization header using the word Bearer.

Code Examples

HTTP

GET /v1/stocks/quotes/SPY/ HTTP/1.1
Host: api.marketdata.app
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {token}

Node.js

const https = require('https');

// Your token
const token = 'your_token_here';

// The API endpoint for retrieving stock quotes for SPY
const url = 'https://api.marketdata.app/v1/stocks/quotes/SPY/';

// Making the GET request to the API
https.get(url, {
    headers: {
        'Accept': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`
    }
}, (response) => {
    let data = '';

    // A chunk of data has been received.
    response.on('data', (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    // The whole response has been received. Print out the result.
    response.on('end', () => {
        if (response.statusCode === 200 || response.statusCode === 203) {
            console.log(JSON.parse(data));
        } else {
            console.log(`Failed to retrieve data: ${response.statusCode}`);
        }
    });
}).on("error", (err) => {
    console.log("Error: " + err.message);
});

Python

import requests

# Your token
token = 'your_token_here'

# The API endpoint for retrieving stock quotes for SPY
url = 'https://api.marketdata.app/v1/stocks/quotes/SPY/'

# Setting up the headers for authentication
headers = {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}'
}

# Making the GET request to the API
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

# Checking if the request was successful
if response. status_code in (200, 203):
    # Parsing the JSON response
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print(f'Failed to retrieve data: {response.status_code}')

Go

// Import the Market Data SDK
import api "github.com/MarketDataApp/sdk-go"

func main() {
    // Create a new Market Data client instance
    marketDataClient := api.New()

    // Set the token for authentication
    // Replace "your_token_here" with your actual token
    marketDataClient.Token("your_token_here")

    // Now the client is ready to make authenticated requests to the Market Data API
    
    // Use the client to create a StockQuoteRequest
	sqr, err := api.StockQuote(marketDataClient).Symbol("SPY").Get()
    if err != nil {
		fmt.Println("Error fetching stock quotes:", err)
		return
	}

	// Process the retrieved quote
	for _, quote := range quotes {
		fmt.Printf(quote)
	}
}

URL Parameter Authentication

Add the token as a variable directly in the URL using the format token={token}. For example:

https://api.marketdata.app/v1/stocks/quotes/SPY/?token={token}

caution

If you associate a brokerage connection with a token, URL Parameter Authentication will be disabled for that token. Only Header Authentication will be allowed.

Demo The API With No Authentication

You can try stock, option, and index endpoints with several different symbols that are unlocked and do not require a token.

• Try any stock endpoint with AAPL, no token required.
• Try any option endpoint with any AAPL contract, for example: AAPL250117C00150000. No token required.
• Try any index endpoint using VIX, no token required.