What this API does
The Marketaux Financial News API offers real-time access to structured financial news from thousands of global sources, supporting over 30 languages. Key features include sentiment scoring by stock ticker, advanced entity recognition, and rich metadata for deep insights. Developers can filter news by symbol, exchange, sector, or sentiment to customize feeds for fintech and trading applications.
How it works
Developers use the API by sending HTTP GET requests to specified endpoints. Responses are returned in JSON format, making integration straightforward with frameworks like JavaScript, Python, and more. The API seamlessly integrates into dashboards, investment apps, and trading tools, allowing for real-time updates and data analysis.
Authentication
The API uses API key authentication. Developers need to sign up to receive an API key which must be included in the request headers to access the endpoints securely.
Example usage
/v1/news?symbol=AAPL- Retrieves news articles related to Apple Inc./v1/news?sector=technology- Filters news articles specifically from the technology sector./v1/sentiment?ticker=GOOGL- Provides sentiment scoring for Google Inc. based on recent news./v1/exchanges- Lists all available exchanges for filtering./v1/sectors- Lists all sectors available for filtering news articles.
Limits
The Marketaux API allows 100 free requests per day. Additional requests may require a subscription or payment plan as stipulated by service terms.
Ideal use cases
- Integrating real-time financial news into trading applications.
- Developing dashboards for monitoring market sentiment.
- Building financial analytics tools for investment strategies.
- Creating alerts for news impacting specific stocks or sectors.