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VB6 / Alpaca Stocks Data / Latest Quote

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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

http.SetRequestHeader "Apca-Api-Secret-Key","{{APCA_API_SECRET_KEY}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Apca-Api-Key-Id","{{APCA_API_KEY_ID}}"

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://{{HOST}}/v2/stocks/:symbol/quotes/latest",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Response status code = " & http.LastStatus
Debug.Print sbResponseBody.GetAsString()

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Apca-Api-Key-Id: {{APCA_API_KEY_ID}}"
	-H "Apca-Api-Secret-Key: {{APCA_API_SECRET_KEY}}"
https://{{HOST}}/v2/stocks/:symbol/quotes/latest

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Latest Quote",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disabledSystemHeaders": {}
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Apca-Api-Key-Id",
        "value": "{{APCA_API_KEY_ID}}",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "key": "Apca-Api-Secret-Key",
        "value": "{{APCA_API_SECRET_KEY}}",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://{{HOST}}/v2/stocks/:symbol/quotes/latest",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "{{HOST}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v2",
        "stocks",
        ":symbol",
        "quotes",
        "latest"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "feed",
          "value": "sip",
          "description": "The data feed, defaults iex for free users and sip for users with a subscription.",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "symbol",
          "value": "AAPL",
          "description": "The symbol to query for"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}