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Search account symbols

Returns a list of Universal Symbol objects that match the given query. The matching takes into consideration both the ticker and the name of the symbol. Only the first 20 results are returned.

The search results are further limited to the symbols supported by the brokerage for which the account is under.

post/accounts/{accountId}/symbols

Path parameters

accountIdstring uuid required

Unique identifier for the connected brokerage account. This is the UUID used to reference the account in SnapTrade.

Example:917c8734-8470-4a3e-a18f-57c3f2ee6631

Query parameters

userIdstring required

SnapTrade User ID. This is chosen by the API partner and can be any string that is a) unique to the user, and b) immutable for the user. It is recommended to NOT use email addresses for this property because they are usually not immutable.

Example:snaptrade-user-123
userSecretstring required

SnapTrade User Secret. This is a randomly generated string and should be stored securely. If compromised, please rotate it via the rotate user secret endpoint.

Example:adf2aa34-8219-40f7-a6b3-60156985cc61

Request body

substringstring

The search query for symbols.

Example request

{
  "substring": "AAPL"
}

Response

OK

idstring uuid required

Unique identifier for the symbol within SnapTrade. This is the ID used to reference the symbol in SnapTrade API calls.

symbolstring required

The security's trading ticker symbol. For example "AAPL" for Apple Inc. We largely follow the Yahoo Finance ticker format(click on "Yahoo Finance Market Coverage and Data Delays"). For example, for securities traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the symbol has a '.TO' suffix. For securities traded on NASDAQ or NYSE, the symbol does not have a suffix.

raw_symbolstring required

The raw symbol is symbol with the exchange suffix removed. For example, if symbol is "VAB.TO", then raw_symbol is "VAB".

descriptionstring nullable

A human-readable description of the security. This is usually the company name or ETF name.

figi_codestring nullable

This identifier is unique per security per trading venue. See section 1.4.1 of the FIGI Standard for more information. This value should be the same as the figi_code in the figi_instrument child property.

Example response

[
  {
    "id": "2bcd7cc3-e922-4976-bce1-9858296801c3",
    "symbol": "VAB.TO",
    "raw_symbol": "VAB",
    "description": "VANGUARD CDN AGGREGATE BOND INDEX ETF",
    "currency": {
      "id": "87b24961-b51e-4db8-9226-f198f6518a89",
      "code": "USD",
      "name": "US Dollar"
    },
    "exchange": {
      "id": "2bcd7cc3-e922-4976-bce1-9858296801c3",
      "code": "TSX",
      "mic_code": "XTSE",
      "name": "Toronto Stock Exchange",
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "start_time": "09:30:00",
      "close_time": "16:00:00",
      "suffix": ".TO"
    },
    "type": {
      "id": "2bcd7cc3-e922-4976-bce1-9858296801c3",
      "code": "cs",
      "description": "Common Stock",
      "is_supported": true
    },
    "figi_code": "BBG000B9XRY4",
    "figi_instrument": {
      "figi_code": "BBG000B9Y5X2",
      "figi_share_class": "BBG001S5N8V8"
    },
    "currencies": [
      {
        "id": "87b24961-b51e-4db8-9226-f198f6518a89",
        "code": "USD",
        "name": "US Dollar"
      }
    ]
  }
]