Get Stock Quote Info based on it stock symbol - IEXTrading Api - C#

Api to find stock's Quote based on its publicly traded stock symbol. IEX Trading api is a best an reliable, alternative to Yahoo Finance and Google Finance Api.

Stock's Quote Info - IEX Trading Api

Consuming Stock's Quote Info - IEX Trading api using Postman:

Web Api Url: https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/msft/quote

Api Response:

{
symbol: "MSFT",
companyName: "Microsoft Corporation",
primaryExchange: "Nasdaq Global Select",
sector: "Technology",
calculationPrice: "previousclose",
open: 85.9,
openTime: 1514471400195,
close: 85.72,
closeTime: 1514494800319,
high: 86.05,
low: 85.5,
latestPrice: 85.54,
latestSource: "Previous close",
latestTime: "December 29, 2017",
latestUpdate: 1514505600000,
latestVolume: 18546416,
iexRealtimePrice: null,
iexRealtimeSize: null,
iexLastUpdated: null,
delayedPrice: 85.4,
delayedPriceTime: 1514584729458,
previousClose: 85.54,
change: 0,
changePercent: 0,
iexMarketPercent: null,
iexVolume: null,
avgTotalVolume: 22912022,
iexBidPrice: null,
iexBidSize: null,
iexAskPrice: null,
iexAskSize: null,
marketCap: 659906045280,
peRatio: 28.42,
week52High: 87.4999,
week52Low: 61.95,
ytdChange: 0
}

C# Code for finding Stock's Quote info

Step 1:

Create a console application

Step 2:

Add following nuget packages

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" version="5.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net45" />
</packages>

Step 3:

Create a C# POCO class for storing Json Response.

    public class CompanyInfoResponse
    {
        public string symbol { get; set; }
        public string companyName { get; set; }
        public string primaryExchange { get; set; }
        public string sector { get; set; }
        public string calculationPrice { get; set; }
        public double open { get; set; }
        public long openTime { get; set; }
        public double close { get; set; }
        public long closeTime { get; set; }
        public double high { get; set; }
        public double low { get; set; }
        public double latestPrice { get; set; }
        public string latestSource { get; set; }
        public string latestTime { get; set; }
        public long latestUpdate { get; set; }
        public int latestVolume { get; set; }
        public string iexRealtimePrice { get; set; }
        public string iexRealtimeSize { get; set; }
        public string iexLastUpdated { get; set; }
        public double delayedPrice { get; set; }
        public long delayedPriceTime { get; set; }
        public double previousClose { get; set; }
        public int change { get; set; }
        public int changePercent { get; set; }
        public string iexMarketPercent { get; set; }
        public string iexVolume { get; set; }
        public int avgTotalVolume { get; set; }
        public string iexBidPrice { get; set; }
        public string iexBidSize { get; set; }
        public string iexAskPrice { get; set; }
        public string iexAskSize { get; set; }
        public long marketCap { get; set; }
        public double peRatio { get; set; }
        public double week52High { get; set; }
        public double week52Low { get; set; }
        public int ytdChange { get; set; }
    }

Step 4:

Write Web API Consumer for Get Request

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace CompaniesInfo
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var symbol = "msft";
            var IEXTrading_API_PATH = "https://api.iextrading.com/1.0/stock/{0}/quote";

            IEXTrading_API_PATH = string.Format(IEXTrading_API_PATH, symbol);

            using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

                //For IP-API
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(IEXTrading_API_PATH);
                HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync(IEXTrading_API_PATH).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                {
                    var companysInfo = response.Content.ReadAsAsync<CompanyInfoResponse>().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                    if (companysInfo != null)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Company Name: " + companysInfo.companyName);
                        Console.WriteLine("Open: " + companysInfo.open);
                        Console.WriteLine("Close: " + companysInfo.close);
                        Console.WriteLine("Low: " + companysInfo.low);
                        Console.WriteLine("High: " + companysInfo.high);
                        Console.WriteLine("52 Week Low: " + companysInfo.week52Low);
                        Console.WriteLine("52 Week High: " + companysInfo.week52High);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }


    public class CompanyInfoResponse
    {
        public string symbol { get; set; }
        public string companyName { get; set; }
        public string primaryExchange { get; set; }
        public string sector { get; set; }
        public string calculationPrice { get; set; }
        public double open { get; set; }
        public long openTime { get; set; }
        public double close { get; set; }
        public long closeTime { get; set; }
        public double high { get; set; }
        public double low { get; set; }
        public double latestPrice { get; set; }
        public string latestSource { get; set; }
        public string latestTime { get; set; }
        public long latestUpdate { get; set; }
        public int latestVolume { get; set; }
        public string iexRealtimePrice { get; set; }
        public string iexRealtimeSize { get; set; }
        public string iexLastUpdated { get; set; }
        public double delayedPrice { get; set; }
        public long delayedPriceTime { get; set; }
        public double previousClose { get; set; }
        public int change { get; set; }
        public int changePercent { get; set; }
        public string iexMarketPercent { get; set; }
        public string iexVolume { get; set; }
        public int avgTotalVolume { get; set; }
        public string iexBidPrice { get; set; }
        public string iexBidSize { get; set; }
        public string iexAskPrice { get; set; }
        public string iexAskSize { get; set; }
        public long marketCap { get; set; }
        public double peRatio { get; set; }
        public double week52High { get; set; }
        public double week52Low { get; set; }
        public int ytdChange { get; set; }
    }
}

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