Yahoo Finance API — quotes, OHLCV, crypto & FX (no key)

Get market data from Yahoo Finance over a clean HTTP API — real-time quotes, historical OHLCV candles, symbol search and company fundamentals, for stocks, ETFs, crypto and FX. No Yahoo API key, no crumb/cookie juggling, no rate-limit headaches — we handle the reverse-engineering and hand you clean JSON. Pay per query.

• 💹 Quotes — real-time price, change, volume, market cap, day range… for many symbols at once
• 📈 Chart — historical OHLCV candles (1 minute → monthly, up to max history)
• 🔎 Search — find a ticker by company name or symbol
• 🏢 Fundamentals — financials, key stats, profile, earnings (quoteSummary modules)
• 🪙 Stocks, ETFs, crypto (BTC-USD), FX (EURUSD=X), indices (^GSPC) — all in one API
• ⚡ HTTP API (Standby) + usable from AI agents (MCP)

Sample output (quote)

{
  "ok": true,
  "count": 3,
  "quotes": [
    { "symbol": "AAPL", "regularMarketPrice": 335.88, "currency": "USD", "marketCap": 4900000000000, "regularMarketChangePercent": 0.42 },
    { "symbol": "BTC-USD", "regularMarketPrice": 76686.02, "currency": "USD" },
    { "symbol": "EURUSD=X", "regularMarketPrice": 1.1478, "currency": "USD" }
  ]
}

How to use

HTTP API (Standby — recommended)

Base URL: https://synthetic-ia--yahoo-finance-api.apify.actor with header Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>.

Endpoint	Body	Does
POST /quote	{ symbols: "AAPL" | ["AAPL","BTC-USD","EURUSD=X"] }	Real-time quotes
POST /chart	{ symbol, range?, interval? }	Historical OHLCV
POST /search	{ q, count?: 1-20 }	Find symbols
POST /fundamentals	{ symbol, modules? }	Company financials & stats
GET /	—	Endpoint list

GET /quote?symbols=AAPL,MSFT and GET /chart?symbol=AAPL&range=1y also work (query-string form).

# Quote several assets at once
curl -X POST ".../quote" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"symbols":["AAPL","MSFT","BTC-USD","EURUSD=X","^GSPC"]}'

# One year of daily candles
curl -X POST ".../chart" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"symbol":"TSLA","range":"1y","interval":"1d"}'

# Fundamentals
curl -X POST ".../fundamentals" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"symbol":"AAPL","modules":["summaryDetail","financialData","defaultKeyStatistics"]}'

One-shot run

Set operation (quote/chart/search/fundamentals) and its params, and run once. The result is saved to the run's key-value store as OUTPUT and pushed to the dataset.

Input

• operation — quote, chart, search or fundamentals.
• symbols — tickers for Quote (AAPL, BTC-USD, EURUSD=X, ^GSPC). symbol — a single ticker for Chart/Fundamentals.
• range — 1d…max. interval — 1m…3mo.
• q / count — Search text and how many matches.
• modules — Fundamentals: assetProfile, summaryDetail, financialData, defaultKeyStatistics, price, earnings, recommendationTrend, and more.

Pricing

Per query from $0.01 (drops to $0.003 on higher tiers). Platform usage included. A single /quote call can return dozens of symbols for one query fee.

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FAQ

Do I need a Yahoo key? No. We handle the session/crumb Yahoo now requires, so you just call the API.

What assets? Stocks, ETFs, crypto (BTC-USD), FX (EURUSD=X), indices (^GSPC), futures, and more — anything with a Yahoo symbol.

How fresh are quotes? Real-time / near-real-time as Yahoo provides (some exchanges are delayed).

Legal

Data is provided by Yahoo Finance and subject to their terms; use it accordingly. This Actor returns market data only and is not investment advice. You are responsible for how you use the data.

Legal & responsible use

Market data originates from Yahoo Finance's public endpoints, which are unofficial and subject to Yahoo's terms (which may restrict commercial or bulk use). Not affiliated with Yahoo. Not investment advice; data may be delayed or wrong. You are responsible for checking that your use is permitted.

You are responsible for using this Actor and its output in line with the source's terms of use and applicable law (including copyright and data-protection rules). The Actor is provided as-is, without warranty, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the data provider.