Ticker Symbols

Overview

Ticker Symbols is built from the listings of the US and 18 international primary exchanges, the major cryptocurrencies and the most traded futures contracts, refreshed daily. Every equity listing is confirmed against OpenFIGI, the open financial instrument identifier standard, before it is published; coins must be listed on a major exchange, and futures come from a verified contract table. The same ticker often means different things in different places - SHEL trades in London and New York, and BTC is a coin in crypto but a Bitcoin ETF on a US exchange - so every result names its market, exchange and asset class.

Live Test Ticker Symbols API →

Endpoint

One host, one path per API. The block below shows this call in four languages; every one of them is the same HTTP request. Making requests covers the timeouts, retries and parameter rules that apply to all of them. The SDKs wrap the same call in a typed client.

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/tickersymbols?symbol=SHEL&market=GB&assetClass=equity" \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here"

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const res = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/tickersymbols?symbol=SHEL&market=GB&assetClass=equity', {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your_api_key_here' },
});

if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);

const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

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import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/tickersymbols?symbol=SHEL&market=GB&assetClass=equity",
    headers={"x-api-key": "your_api_key_here"},
    timeout=15,
)
res.raise_for_status()

print(res.json()["data"])

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/tickersymbols?symbol=SHEL&market=GB&assetClass=equity", nil)
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "your_api_key_here")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(out))
}

Replace your_api_key_here with the key from your dashboard. When the inputs arrive as a list rather than one at a time, batch requests run up to 200 of them through this same API in a single call.

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — there is no token exchange and no per-endpoint scope to configure. Authentication covers creating, rotating and revoking keys.

Parameters

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Response

Every API returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape. Response format covers the envelope, the other output formats and how premium fields are withheld.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "symbol": "SHEL",
    "search": null,
    "count": 2,
    "results": [
      {
        "symbol": "SHEL",
        "name": "Shell PLC American Depositary Shares (each representing two (2) Ordinary Shares)",
        "market": "US",
        "country": "US",
        "exchange": "XNYS",
        "exchangeName": "New York Stock Exchange",
        "type": "Depositary Receipt",
        "assetClass": "equity",
        "figi": "BBG0147BN6G2",
        "compositeFigi": "BBG0147BN6G2",
        "shareClassFigi": "BBG0147BN6H1",
        "cik": "0001306965"
      },
      {
        "symbol": "SHEL",
        "name": "Shell Plc",
        "market": "GB",
        "country": "GB",
        "exchange": "XLON",
        "exchangeName": "London Stock Exchange",
        "type": "Common Stock",
        "assetClass": "equity",
        "figi": "BBG0149N4YC8",
        "compositeFigi": "BBG0149N4YB9",
        "shareClassFigi": "BBG0149N4YG4",
        "cik": null
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change. Error handling covers the full status list and which of them are worth retrying.

Use cases

Symbol Autocomplete

Trading and portfolio apps suggest listings as users type a company name or the first letters of a ticker.

Listing Disambiguation

Data pipelines resolve an ambiguous ticker such as SHEL or BTC to the exact market, exchange and asset class before pricing it.

Identifier Mapping

Back offices join their own ticker lists to FIGI identifiers and SEC CIK numbers for reporting and reconciliation.

Asset Classification

Watchlists and screeners label every holding as an equity, fund, cryptocurrency, commodity or financial future.

Other ways to use Ticker Symbols

Set up Ticker Symbols on APIVerve, or reach the same source a different way. Your APIVerve account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

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