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Tell HN: Yahoo Finance has apparently killed its API

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Re: Tell HN: Yahoo Finance has apparently killed its API

#101

I use Alpha Vantage, just for a personal (1 user, me) application. The service is free, you just need an API key. - https://www.alphavantage.co/ https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key "While we are proud to provide free API service with no daily/weekly/monthly call limits, we recommend that API call frequency does not extend far beyond ~100 calls per minute so that we can continue to deliver the optimal server-…

I remember seeing this API from another post.... Any idea who's behind it?

Re: Tell HN: Yahoo Finance has apparently killed its API

#102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Half dead company running on fumes. They probably don't even know half of what they run, let alone have staff to check the logs.

"Half dead company running on fumes" And for good reason. I don't go to yahoo for its clever articles or its mail or its search function ... I go to download currency commodity and stock information. At least they could have explored offering the million people like me the info for a couple of bucks a month ... 2 million a month is worth looking at. Instead a cryptic adios ... its brand suicide (or murder seeing how…

Or they just want to get out of that business.

Re: Tell HN: Yahoo Finance has apparently killed its API

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One more existing alternative: https://developers.exante.eu

It's broker company itself and they have API with EOD and realtime data on stocks and derivatives for many exchanges including US, Europe and Asia.

You can even trade with that API if you want (guess it won't for free though).

Re: Tell HN: Yahoo Finance has apparently killed its API

#104
Just circling back here (hoping someone can help me with my coverage). Given how the endpoint required no authentication (no uid/pwd, key, or token), and therefore, Yahoo had no idea what developers were using it, how did you (speaking to developers here) expect to be notified of the API's retirement?
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