# MSN Finance Quote Scraper (`romy/msn-finance-quote-scraper`) Actor

Unofficial wrapper around MSN's own public finance API for real-time instrument quotes. No login or API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/romy/msn-finance-quote-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Romy](https://apify.com/romy) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.62 / 1,000 quote returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## MSN Finance Quote Scraper

Unofficial wrapper around MSN's own public finance/money API. Returns real-time price quotes as structured JSON — no scraping, no HTML parsing, no login required.

### What does MSN Finance Quote Scraper do?

Given one or more MSN instrument ids, returns each instrument's current price, day range, 52-week range, and multi-period returns (1-week/1-month/3-month/6-month/YTD/1-year) in one call. Covers stocks, indices, bonds, crypto, and commodities — anything MSN's own finance section tracks.

### Why use MSN Finance Quote Scraper?

- **Bulk lookups in one run** — pass several instrument ids, get a row per instrument back, no per-symbol run needed
- **Rich return data, not just a price** — day high/low, 52-week high/low, and six different return periods come back on every quote
- **No account needed** — every call works fully anonymously

Use cases: market-data dashboards, portfolio price refresh jobs, price-alert bots.

### How to use MSN Finance Quote Scraper

1. Open the Actor's Input tab.
2. Fill in `instrumentIds` — one or more MSN instrument ids (see Input below for how to find one).
3. Run the Actor. Each instrument becomes one row in the dataset.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `instrumentIds` | array of strings | Yes | MSN's own opaque instrument ids — **not** plain ticker symbols like `AAPL`. For example, `a33k6h` is the S\&P 500 Index. Get real ids from a prior quote/detail response (most responses include related instrument ids for similar securities) or from MSN's own site. |

### Output

One dataset row per requested instrument id, each the full quote object MSN itself returns: price, day range, 52-week range, multi-period returns, exchange code/name, display name, security type, and more.

### Pricing

Pay-per-result, billed per quote returned. See the Actor's Pricing tab for current rates.

### Known limitations

- **Instrument ids are opaque and not guessable from a ticker symbol.** There is no symbol-to-id lookup endpoint wrapped here — ids must come from a prior response or from browsing MSN's own site.
- This is an unofficial, reverse-engineered integration, not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft Corporation. Behavior may change if MSN changes its API.

Found a bug or have a feature request? Use the Issues tab on this Actor's page.

# Actor input Schema

## `instrumentIds` (type: `array`):

One or more MSN instrument ids (MSN's own opaque ids, not plain ticker symbols -- e.g. "a33k6h" is the S\&P 500 Index). Get them from a prior quote/detail response or MSN's own site.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "instrumentIds": [
    "a33k6h"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "instrumentIds": [
        "a33k6h"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("romy/msn-finance-quote-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "instrumentIds": ["a33k6h"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("romy/msn-finance-quote-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "instrumentIds": [
    "a33k6h"
  ]
}' |
apify call romy/msn-finance-quote-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,romy/msn-finance-quote-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Ehurah9z18zRTGba9/builds/8rN4ZeJioH06sfXMB/openapi.json