Financial and statistical database covering 20+ years of historical global equity prices, company fundamentals, economic indicators, foreign exchange rates, and cryptocurrency data feeds. For HTTP access, please refer to this financial data guide for sample Python code scripts. For spreadsheet access, please refer to the integration guide for Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
Requirements
You need to sign up for an account and get an API Key. This will grant you access to the basic API access.
Return Format
The API returns data in JSON format. Integration to Excel or Google Sheets is available as well.
Limitations
5 API requests per minute and 500 requests per day. To get an academic access with higher limits, please send your request via email to the Business Librarian, Tee Lip Hwee (lhtee@smu.edu.sg).
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New York Times API allows you to programmatically access New York Times data for use in your own applications (as long as it's non-commercial purposes). NYT currently has ten public APIs: Archive, Article Search, Books, Community, Geographic, Most Popular, Semantic, Times Newswire, TimesTags, and Top Stories.
Requirements
You need to sign up for an account and get an API Key.
Return Format
The API uses REST and returns data in JSON format.
Limitations
4,000 requests per day and 10 requests per minute
Useful Links
Provides access to datasets in the catalogue of OECD databases.
Requirements
The API is free to use for the public with no API key required.
Return Format
The APIs are available in JSON and XML formats.
Limitations
No specific requirements to use the API, but the OECD reserves the right to terminate API access at any time.
Useful Links
Access to nearly 16,000 time series indicators. Most of these indicators are available online through tools such as Databank and the Open Data website. The API provides programmatic access to this same data. Many data series date back over 50 years, and can be used to create interesting applications.
Requirements
No API Key or Authentication needed
Return Format
The API return results in JSON, XML, JSON-stat, and JSONP format.
Limitations
Currently the API can't sort any requests. Generally results are returned in a reasonable order (i.e. alpha), but that order cannot be controlled.
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