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# Alpha Vantage

> Stock quotes, time series, forex, crypto, and fundamentals data through the Alpha Vantage market data API

## At a glance

* **Availability**: Experimental ([how to enable](/cloud/integrations)).
* **Auth**: API key.
* **Connection**: The key from `ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY` is sent as the `apikey` query parameter.
* **Docs**: [https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/](https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/)

## Credentials

Set these per environment. See [Connect an integration](/cloud/integrations).

| Variable               | Required | Description                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY` | Yes      | Alpha Vantage API key claimed from the free API key form [Docs](https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key). |

## Setup

1. **Claim a free API key**: Open [https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key](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.
2. **Store the key**: Set the key as ALPHAVANTAGE\_API\_KEY.
3. **Verify it works**: Open [https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=GLOBAL\_QUOTE\&symbol=IBM\&apikey=YOUR\_KEY](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=](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/](https://www.alphavantage.co/premium/) raise the limit and remove delays.

Provider API reference: [https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/](https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/)

## Tools

| Tool              | Access | Description                                                                                                |
| ----------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Get Quote         | Read   | Get the latest price and volume information for an equity ticker                                           |
| Daily Time Series | Read   | Get daily open, high, low, close, and volume history for an equity ticker                                  |
| Symbol Search     | Read   | Search for ticker symbols and companies matching keywords                                                  |
| Company Overview  | Read   | Get company information and key fundamentals (market cap, PE ratio, EPS, sector) for an equity ticker      |
| FX Exchange Rate  | Read   | Get the realtime exchange rate between two currencies (physical or digital, e.g. USD to EUR or BTC to USD) |