Introduction to the Course

Learn about the YH Finance API, its services, and how we'll move forward with this course.

We'll cover the following

Financial markets are seas of information. Keeping tabs on that information is crucial for traders to be able to bid on the right thing and excel in their field. We can help them get this information by creating a platform where they can get all the data they need. The YH Finance API can certainly help us achieve this goal.

The YH finance API is a low latency API that can help us get financial markets’ data. It provides real-time and historical data so that the user knows the current situation of a financial securityFungible and tradable financial instruments used to raise capital in public and private markets e.g. stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, and ETF shares and its past trends.

We can integrate this API into our web application to help our users find and analyze the data.

The YH Finance API provides 11 endpoints. The functionalities of these endpoints are mentioned below:

  • Nine endpoints provide us with information about securities.
  • Two endpoints show us the market trends.

In this course, we'll look at what each of these endpoints does and how to use them.

To get the most out of this course, you should be familiar with:

  • The concept of APIs
  • The use of GET request
  • The basics of Python language
  • The stock market terminologies