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Alpaca API

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Overview

Realtime and historical market data on all US equities and ETFs

Alpaca is a finance API. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS and allows browser requests (CORS).

At a glance

Authentication
API key
HTTPS
Yes
CORS
Yes
Category
Finance

Questions

Does the Alpaca API need an API key?

Yes. The Alpaca API uses API key authentication; the documentation explains how to get credentials.

Can I call the Alpaca API from the browser?

Yes. The Alpaca API sends CORS headers, so a web page can call it directly with fetch().

Does the Alpaca API support HTTPS?

Yes, the Alpaca API is served over HTTPS.

What are alternatives to the Alpaca API?

Other Finance APIs include Stripe, SEC EDGAR Data, Plaid, Fed Treasury, Razorpay IFSC.

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Listed from public-apis (MIT).