URL/API Metric Guide: Stock Prices

With Financial Modeling Prep’s public API you can keep track of the real time price of your favorite stocks.

Adding a Stock Price Metric

In this example, we will be adding a metric for Apple (AAPL) Stock in USD.

Click + at the top right of the Metrics menu.
Choose the From a URL option.
Give your Metric a Name.
Paste and enter ‘https://financialmodelingprep.com/api/v3/stock/real-time-price/AAPL’ into the URL section.
Select the price value.
Click the Pinned switch and then click Save.

Adding/tracking different stocks

To add/track a different stock, just change the {stockSymbol} in the following URL:

https://financialmodelingprep.com/api/v3/stock/real-time-price/{stockSymbol}

For example, the URL for Microsoft (MSFT) stock would be:

https://financialmodelingprep.com/api/v3/stock/real-time-price/MSFT

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