At a glance
- Availability: Experimental (how to enable).
- Auth: API key.
- Connection: The key from
ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEYis sent as theapikeyquery parameter. - Docs: https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/
Credentials
Set these per environment. See Connect an integration.Setup
- Claim a free API key: Open https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key, fill in the short form (who you are, organization, email address), and the API key is shown immediately. The free key allows up to 25 requests per day.
- Store the key: Set the key as ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY.
- Verify it works: Open https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=GLOBAL_QUOTE&symbol=IBM&apikey=YOUR_KEY in a browser and check that a JSON quote comes back instead of an error message.
- Alpha Vantage authenticates by passing the API key as an apikey query parameter on every request (https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=…&apikey=…); it does not accept the key in an HTTP header.
- The free API key is limited to 25 requests per day; premium plans at https://www.alphavantage.co/premium/ raise the limit and remove delays.