> ## 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.

# Market Snapshot

> Get a real-time price snapshot for every actively traded US stock in a single request.

### 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.

### Coverage

| Tickers | Years of Coverage | Updated   |
| ------- | ----------------- | --------- |
| 13,000+ | Latest            | Real-time |

### Available Tickers

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

### 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.

### Example

```python Market Snapshot theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
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")
```

### Example Response

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
{
    "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
        },
        ...
    ]
}
```


## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /prices/snapshot/market
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Financial Datasets API
  description: >-
    Stock market API with real-time and historical financial data for 27,000+
    tickers over 30+ years. Financial statements, equity prices, insider trades,
    SEC filings, and more.
  version: 1.0.0
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  contact:
    name: API Support
    url: mailto:support@financialdatasets.ai
    email: support@financialdatasets.ai
  termsOfService: https://financialdatasets.ai/terms-of-use
servers:
  - url: https://api.financialdatasets.ai/
    description: Production server
security:
  - X-API-KEY: []
tags:
  - name: Financial Statements
    description: Access to income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
  - name: Market Data
    description: Real-time and historical price data
  - name: Company Information
    description: Company facts like ticker, name, and description
  - name: Earnings
    description: Earnings data and related information
  - name: News
    description: Real-time and historical news articles
  - name: SEC Filings
    description: SEC filings and regulatory documents
  - name: Insider Trades
    description: Insider trading activity and transactions
  - name: Activist Ownership
    description: Activist stakes from SEC Schedule 13D filings, in real time
  - name: Beneficial Ownership
    description: >-
      Holders of more than 5% of a company's shares, from SEC Schedules 13D and
      13G
  - name: Insider Ownership
    description: Insider ownership statements from SEC Forms 3 and 5
  - name: Institutional Holdings
    description: SEC-direct 13F equity holdings of institutional investment managers
  - name: Index Funds
    description: >-
      ETF and index-fund holdings, weights, and the funds that hold a given
      security
  - name: Financial Metrics
    description: Financial ratios, metrics, and key performance indicators
  - name: Macroeconomics
    description: Real-time and historical macroeconomic data like interest rates
  - name: KPIs
    description: Sector-specific operational KPIs extracted from earnings releases.
paths:
  /prices/snapshot/market:
    get:
      tags:
        - Market Data
      summary: Market Snapshot (Real-Time)
      description: >-
        Get the real-time price snapshot for the entire market. Requires an
        active subscription.
      operationId: getPriceSnapshotMarket
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Market snapshot response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceSnapshotMarketResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequiredError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFoundError'
components:
  schemas:
    PriceSnapshotMarketResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        snapshots:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceSnapshot'
    PriceSnapshot:
      type: object
      properties:
        price:
          type: number
          description: The current price of the stock.
        ticker:
          type: string
          description: The ticker symbol.
        day_change:
          type: number
          description: The price change since the previous trading day's close.
        day_change_percent:
          type: number
          description: The percentage price change since the previous trading day's close.
        time:
          type: string
          description: The timestamp of the price snapshot in human-readable format in UTC.
        time_milliseconds:
          type: number
          description: The timestamp of the price snapshot in milliseconds since epoch.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: A short error message.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A more detailed error message.
  responses:
    UnauthorizedError:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error: Unauthorized
            message: Invalid API key provided
    PaymentRequiredError:
      description: The request requires a paid subscription
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error: Payment Required
            message: >-
              This endpoint requires a paid subscription. Please upgrade your
              plan.
    NotFoundError:
      description: The specified resource was not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            error: Not Found
            message: Ticker XXXX not found
  securitySchemes:
    X-API-KEY:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-API-KEY
      description: API key for authentication.
      in: header

````