Chilkat Online Tools

C++ / Alpaca Stocks Data / Snapshot

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http;
    bool success;

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

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://{{HOST}}/v2/stocks/:symbol/snapshot",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Response status code = " << http.get_LastStatus() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << sbResponseBody.getAsString() << "\r\n";
    }

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/snapshot

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Snapshot",
  "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/snapshot",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "{{HOST}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v2",
        "stocks",
        ":symbol",
        "snapshot"
      ],
      "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": [
  ]
}