What is Financial Data API?
Financial Data API provides institutional-grade financial data through a REST API, offering real-time and historical market information for thousands of securities. The service covers equities, indices, funds, derivatives, OTC securities, and cryptocurrencies with over 20 years of historical data regularly updated from trustworthy sources like the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
The API delivers data in JSON and CSV formats with 99.9% uptime and AES-256 security, making it suitable for integration into trading platforms, research applications, and financial analysis tools. It includes company fundamentals, alternative data, market news, event calendars, and ESG data to support investment decision-making and financial analysis.
Features
- Quality: High-quality data obtained from trustworthy sources such as the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Coverage: Over 20 years of historical data covering thousands of stocks, ETFs, funds, commodities, and OTC securities with regular updates
- Uniqueness: Non-standard, alternative, or supplemental data that provides valuable financial insights for unique investment decisions
- Simplicity: Data accessible using standard REST API available in both JSON and CSV formats for easy integration
- Reliability: 99.9% uptime with AES-256 security and SOC2 compliance ready infrastructure
Use Cases
- Investment research and analysis
- Trading platform development
- Financial application integration
- Portfolio management tools
- Market data visualization
- Algorithmic trading systems
- Financial reporting automation
- Risk assessment and modeling
FAQs
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What types of financial data does the API provide?
The API provides real-time and historical stock market data, company financial statements, insider and institutional trading data, earnings releases, market news, event calendars, ETF data, mutual funds, ESG data, and coverage of equities, indices, funds, derivatives, OTC securities, and cryptocurrencies. -
What formats are available for the data?
Data is available in both JSON and CSV formats through a standard REST API, making it simple to use or integrate into any application. -
How frequently is the data updated?
Different datasets have varying update frequencies ranging from daily to intraday to real-time updates, with some historical data going back over 20 years. -
What markets does the API cover?
The API covers US and international markets including thousands of stocks, ETFs, funds, commodities, OTC securities, indices, options, futures, cryptocurrencies, and forex across 20+ exchanges. -
What security measures are in place?
The API features AES-256 security, 99.9% uptime, and is SOC2 ready for compliance with institutional security standards.
