Finage API

Finance / API Key Intermediate HTTPS
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Measured Score 0 50 100 Speed 12/30 Consistency 20/20 Security 18/20 Browser access 15/15 Transparency 8/15 TESTED 2026-08-10

Overview

Finage is a financial data provider offering real-time and historical data for stocks, forex currencies, cryptocurrencies, indices, and ETFs through a single API. You can get stock prices, currency exchange rates, and crypto quotes with one API key, making it convenient for building multi-asset financial dashboards. It offers a free tier that is suitable for learning and small projects.

Beginner Tip

Start with the /last/stock endpoint to get the current price of a single ticker — it is the simplest call and a great way to verify your API key is working. Use WebSocket connections instead of polling for real-time price updates to stay within rate limits.

Measurement Record

What actually happened when we called this API from our own infrastructure. Every value below was recorded by the request, not copied from the provider's documentation.

Request
GET https://api.finage.co.uk/op/v1/notification/publicnotification/homepage-hero
Result
HTTP 200 · application/json · 242 bytes · compressed
Response time
304 ms (median of 3) · fastest 294 ms
Transport
TLSv1.2 · ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 · certificate issued by Amazon
Browser CORS
Allowed — Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Served by
awselb/2.0
Recorded
2026-08-10

Fields Returned

Top-level fields present in the response we captured, with the type and value we actually received.

Field Type Value received
id string 63aebc89021064ecd4f03c54
location string homepage-hero
notificationDTO object {6 fields}

Captured Response

Captured from a real request to https://api.finage.co.uk/op/v1/notification/publicnotification/homepage-hero on 2026-08-10. Long arrays and nested objects are truncated to keep the shape readable.

JSON Response · Captured
{
  "id": "63aebc89021064ecd4f03c54",
  "location": "homepage-hero",
  "notificationDTO": {
    "title": "Finage Vision is Live",
    "content": "Real-Time AI Market Intelligence",
    "url": "https://finage.co.uk/queryseed/pulse",
    "color": "",
    "textColor": "",
    "dotColor": ""
  }
}

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request
const url = "https://api.finage.co.uk/last/stock/AAPL?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

How This API Fails

We deliberately sent this API a broken request and recorded exactly what came back on 2026-08-10. Knowing the shape of an error before you hit it makes error handling much easier to write.

HTTP 404 Requesting a path that does not exist application/octet-stream

Returned an HTML error page rather than JSON — worth knowing if your client assumes every response can be parsed as JSON.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

403 Forbidden The API key is invalid or the requested endpoint is not included in your subscription plan.
Verify your API key on the Finage dashboard and check that your plan includes the asset type you are requesting (stocks, forex, crypto, etc.).
404 Not Found The ticker symbol is invalid or not supported by Finage.
Use a valid ticker symbol — US stocks use NYSE/NASDAQ symbols like AAPL, forex uses pairs like USD/EUR, and crypto uses symbols like BTC.
Stale price data Free tier accounts receive delayed data (15 minutes) rather than real-time quotes.
Check your plan level — real-time data requires a paid subscription. Display a "15-min delayed" disclaimer when using free tier data.

Measured Score Breakdown

Live HTTP request to the API endpoint

Speed 12/30
Consistency 20/20
Security 18/20
Browser access 15/15
Transparency 8/15
Endpoint Response Time 304ms

Fully tested on Aug 10, 2026

Technical Specifications

Auth API Key
HTTPS REQUIRED
CORS UNKNOWN
Category Finance
Difficulty Intermediate
Endpoint last called: 2026-08-10

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