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GET
/
prices
/
snapshot
/
market
Market Snapshot (Real-Time)
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.financialdatasets.ai/prices/snapshot/market \
  --header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>'
{
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "price": 123,
      "ticker": "<string>",
      "day_change": 123,
      "day_change_percent": 123,
      "time": "<string>",
      "time_milliseconds": 123
    }
  ]
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.financialdatasets.ai/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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Overview

The Market Snapshot API returns real-time prices for the entire US market in a single call. Each snapshot includes the current price, day change, and day change percent. Requires an active subscription.

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Available Tickers

You can fetch a list of available tickers with a GET request to: https://api.financialdatasets.ai/prices/snapshot/tickers/

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Getting Started

  1. Add your API key to the header of the request as X-API-KEY.
  2. Execute the API request. No query parameters are needed.

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Example

Market Snapshot
import requests

headers = {
    "X-API-KEY": "your_api_key_here"
}

url = "https://api.financialdatasets.ai/prices/snapshot/market"

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

snapshots = response.json().get("snapshots")

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Example Response

{
    "snapshots": [
        {
            "ticker": "BIRD",
            "price": 15.26,
            "day_change": 12.77,
            "day_change_percent": 512.85,
            "time": "2026-04-15T22:06:27Z",
            "time_milliseconds": 1776290787600
        },
        {
            "ticker": "BDRX",
            "price": 3.29,
            "day_change": 0.04,
            "day_change_percent": 1.23,
            "time": "2026-04-15T22:06:25Z",
            "time_milliseconds": 1776290785553
        },
        {
            "ticker": "SKYQ",
            "price": 11.05,
            "day_change": 1.85,
            "day_change_percent": 20.11,
            "time": "2026-04-15T22:06:25Z",
            "time_milliseconds": 1776290785498
        },
        ...
    ]
}

Authorizations

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X-API-KEY
string
header
required

API key for authentication.

Response

Market snapshot response

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snapshots
object[]