📚 Documentation & Examples
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🚀 Quick Start Examples
// Polygon API Example
const response = await fetch('https://polygon.io/', {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Historical Stock Market API - Access Rich, Historical Market Data
The Historical Stock Market API is a robust tool that offers investors and financial professionals a comprehensive trove of historical data from global stock markets. As an essential element of the Polygon platform, which provides real-time and historic market data, this dynamic API presents infinite possibilities for financial analysis, predictive modeling, trading strategy optimization, and much more. Its primary function is to supply users with a reliable database, capturing the complex and constantly changing fabric of the global capital markets.
Utilizing the Historical Stock Market API, users can retrieve wide-ranging data, from broad market indices and exchange rates to the specifics of individual securities over a defined time frame. This API excels in capturing the significant historical patterns from the stock market and transforming them into usable insights. As it is essential to access accurate information for effective investment decisions, dependability and accuracy are two of this API’s most prominent features.
Here are some key benefits of using the Historical Stock Market API:
- Access to comprehensive historical data: Obtain a wide-ranging set of market information, including stock prices, indices, and exchange rates.
- High-quality data: The API ensures that all provided data is accurate, reliable, and timely.
- Customization: Tailor the data set based on your specific requirements, choosing the exact time frame and type of market data.
- Ease of integration: The simple and straightforward interface makes it easy to incorporate this API into your applications.
- Scalability: Whether your needs are small-scale or extensive, this API can cater to all levels of data requirements.
Here is a simple JavaScript code example for calling the Historical Stock Market API:
const axios = require('axios');
const getHistoricalData = async (symbol) => {
try {
const response = await axios.get(`https://api.polygon.io/v1/historic/${symbol}`);
return response.data;
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
};
getHistoricalData('AAPL');
Above, we define a function that uses the axios package to send a GET request to the Polygon API. In this example, we are retrieving historical data for the AAPL stock symbol. The obtained data is then returned or, in the case of an error, logged to the console.
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