Quotes

Get a real-time quote for an index.

Endpoint

https://api.marketdata.app/v1/indices/quotes/{symbol}/

Method

GET

Request Example

HTTP

GET https://api.marketdata.app/v1/indices/quotes/VIX/

NodeJS

app.js

fetch("https://api.marketdata.app/v1/indices/quotes/VIX/")
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(res);
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err);
  });

Python

app.py

import requests

url = "https://api.marketdata.app/v1/indices/quotes/VIX/"
response = requests.request("GET", url)

print(response.text)

Go

indexQuote.go

import (
  "fmt"

  api "github.com/MarketDataApp/sdk-go"
)

func ExampleIndexQuoteRequest() {
	vix, err := IndexQuotes().Symbol("VIX").Get()
	if err != nil {
    fmt.Println("Error retrieving VIX index candles:", err)
		return
	}

	for _, quote := range vix {
		fmt.Println(quote)
	}
}

Response Example

{
  "s": "ok",
  "symbol": ["VIX"],
  "last": [29.92],
  "updated": [1664224409]
}

Request Parameters

Required

• symbol string

  The index symbol, without any leading or trailing index identifiers. For example, use DJI do not use $DJI, ^DJI, .DJI, DJI.X, etc.

Optional

• 52week boolean

  Enable the output of 52-week high and 52-week low data in the quote output. By default this parameter is false if omitted.

Response Attributes

Success

• s string

  Will always be ok when there is data for the symbol requested.

• symbol array[string]

  The symbol of the index.

• last array[number]

  The last price of the index.

• change array[number]

  The difference in price in dollars (or the index's native currency if different from dollars) compared to the closing price of the previous day.

• changepct array[number]

The difference in price in percent, expressed as a decimal, compared to the closing price of the previous day. For example, a 30% change will be represented as 0.30.

• 52weekHigh array[number]

  The 52-week high for the index.

• 52weekLow array[number]

  The 52-week low for the index.

• updated array[date]

  The date/time of the quote.

No Data

• s string

  Status will be no_data if no quote can be found for the symbol.

Error

• s string

  Status will be error if the request produces an error response.

• errmsg string An error message.