{"id":4289,"date":"2022-07-02T00:18:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T22:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodhd.com\/financial-apis\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:00:34","slug":"quick-start-with-our-financial-data-apis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodhd.com\/financial-apis\/quick-start-with-our-financial-data-apis","title":{"rendered":"QUICK START with our Financial Data APIs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Get financial data for stocks, ETFs, forex, funds, indices, and bonds \u2014 from your first API call to production in minutes. This guide covers everything you need to start building with EODHD APIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your First API Call (30 Seconds)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No signup required. Use the demo<\/strong> API key to fetch Apple’s end-of-day price data right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/eodhd.com\/api\/eod\/AAPL.US<\/span>?api_token=demo<\/span>&fmt=json<\/pre>\n                    
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curl --location \"https:\/\/eodhd.com\/api\/eod\/AAPL.US<\/span>?api_token=demo<\/span>&fmt=json\"<\/pre>\n                    
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\n$curl = curl_init();\n\ncurl_setopt_array($curl, array(\n    CURLOPT_URL => 'https:\/\/eodhd.com\/api\/eod\/AAPL.US<\/span>?api_token=demo<\/span>&fmt=json',\n    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,\n    CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',\n    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,\n    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,\n    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,\n    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,\n    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'GET',\n));\n\n$data = curl_exec($curl);\ncurl_close($curl);\n\ntry {\n    $data = json_decode($data, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);\n    var_dump($data);\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n    echo 'Error. '.$e->getMessage();\n}<\/pre>\n                    
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\nimport requests\n\nurl = f'https:\/\/eodhd.com\/api\/eod\/AAPL.US<\/span>?api_token=demo<\/span>&fmt=json'\ndata = requests.get(url).json()\n\nprint(data)<\/pre>\n                    
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\nlibrary(httr)\nlibrary(jsonlite)\n\nurl <- 'https:\/\/eodhd.com\/api\/eod\/AAPL.US<\/span>?api_token=demo<\/span>&fmt=json'\nresponse <- GET(url)\n\nif (http_type(response) == \"application\/json\") {\n    content <- content(response, \"text\", encoding = \"UTF-8\")\n    cat(content)\n} else {\n    cat(\"Error while receiving data\\n\")\n}<\/pre>\n                    
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\n                    New to coding? Our ChatGPT assistant can generate code in any language tailored to our API.\n                    Simply describe how you want to use our data, and get a working piece of code.\n                    Don\u2019t forget to replace the API token with your own.

\n                    Try it now (it's free)!<\/a>

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  1. \n                You can start with \u201cDEMO<\/strong>\u201d API key to test the data for a few tickers only: \n                AAPL.US<\/a>,\n                TSLA.US<\/a>,\n                VTI.US<\/a>, \n                AMZN.US<\/a>, \n                BTC-USD.CC<\/a>\n                and\n                EURUSD.FOREX<\/a>.\n                For these tickers,\n                all of our types of data (APIs)<\/a>,\n                including\n                Real-Time Data<\/a>,\n                are available without limitations.\n            <\/li>\n            
  2. \n                Register for the free plan<\/strong> to receive your API key (limited to 20 API calls per day) with access to\n                End-Of-Day Historical Stock Market Data API<\/a>\n                for any ticker, but within the past year only. Plus a \n                List of tickers per Exchange<\/a>\n                is available.\n            <\/li>\n            
  3. \n                We recommend to explore\n                our plans<\/a>,\n                starting from $19.99<\/strong>, to access the necessary type of data without limitations.\n            <\/li>\n        <\/ol>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
    Get Your Free API Key<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Sign up for free<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 no credit card required. You’ll get an API key instantly with 20 API calls per day. Your key will appear in the dashboard<\/a> and in the welcome email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Replace demo<\/strong> with your API key in all examples above. Every API request uses your key as the api_token<\/strong> parameter. Keep your API key private \u2014 if compromised, regenerate it on the dashboard page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n