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Live Google Finance Ticker Search Advanced


Live Google Finance Ticker Search allows you to search for financial instruments available on Google Finance along with additional information. The result is specific to the parameters you specify in the request: keyword (name of a company or financial instrument) in the keyword field, location and language.

Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access

<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
    // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
    $client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
    echo "n";
    print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
    print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
    print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
    print  $e->getTraceAsString();
    echo "n";
    exit();
}
$post_array = array();
// You can set only one task at a time
$post_array[] = array(
    "keyword" => "DJ",
    "location_code" => 2840,
    "language_name" => "English"
);
try {
    // POST /v3/serp/google/finance_ticker_search/live/advanced
    // in addition to 'google' and 'finance_quote' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
    // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
    $result = $client->post('/v3/serp/google/finance_ticker_search/live/advanced', $post_array);
    print_r($result);
    // do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
    echo "n";
    print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
    print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
    print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
    print  $e->getTraceAsString();
    echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20241227",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "1.7881 sec.",
  "cost": 0.002,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "03121330-1535-0139-0000-a788a54c7160",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "1.6918 sec.",
      "cost": 0.002,
      "result_count": 1,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "google",
        "finance_ticker_search",
        "live",
        "advanced"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "serp",
        "function": "live",
        "se": "google",
        "se_type": "finance_ticker_search",
        "language_name": "English",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "category": "all",
        "keyword": "DJ",
        "device": "desktop",
        "os": "windows"
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "keyword": "DJ",
          "type": "finance_ticker_search",
          "se_domain": "google.com",
          "location_code": 2840,
          "language_code": "en",
          "check_url": null,
          "datetime": "2025-03-12 11:30:16 +00:00",
          "spell": null,
          "refinement_chips": null,
          "item_types": [
            "google_finance_market_index",
            "google_finance_market_instrument"
          ],
          "se_results_count": 0,
          "items_count": 4,
          "items": [
            {
              "type": "google_finance_market_index",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 1,
              "ticker": ".DJI",
              "market_identifier": "INDEXDJX",
              "index_value": 41433.48,
              "index_value_delta": -478.23047,
              "identifier": ".DJI:INDEXDJX",
              "displayed_name": "Dow Jones Industrial Average",
              "url": "https://google.com/finance/quote/.DJI:INDEXDJX?hl=en&gl=us",
              "location": "America/New_York",
              "trend": "down",
              "timestamp": "2025-03-11 20:50:57 +00:00",
              "percentage_delta": -1.1410426
            },
            {
              "type": "google_finance_asset_pair",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 1,
              "base_symbol": "BTC",
              "quote_symbol": "USD",
              "base_display_name": "Bitcoin",
              "quote_display_name": "United States Dollar",
              "price": 82953.29000000001,
              "price_delta": 56.56,
              "identifier": "BTC-USD",
              "displayed_name": "Bitcoin (BTC / USD)",
              "url": "https://google.com/finance/quote/BTC-USD?hl=en&gl=us",
              "location": null,
              "trend": "up",
              "timestamp": "2025-03-12 11:33:58 +00:00",
              "percentage_delta": 0.06822947
            },
            {
              "type": "google_finance_market_instrument",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 2,
              "ticker": "DJT",
              "price": 19.57,
              "price_delta": -0.35000038,
              "price_currency": "USD",
              "identifier": "DJT:NASDAQ",
              "displayed_name": "Trump Media & Technology Group Corp",
              "url": "https://google.com/finance/quote/DJT:NASDAQ?hl=en&gl=us",
              "location": "America/New_York",
              "trend": "down",
              "timestamp": "2025-03-12 11:28:23 +00:00",
              "percentage_delta": -1.75703
            },
            {
              "type": "google_finance_market_index",
              "rank_group": 3,
              "rank_absolute": 4,
              "ticker": "DJU",
              "market_identifier": "INDEXDJX",
              "index_value": 990.79,
              "index_value_delta": -12.960022,
              "identifier": "DJU:INDEXDJX",
              "displayed_name": "Dow Jones Utility Average",
              "url": "https://google.com/finance/quote/DJU:INDEXDJX?hl=en&gl=us",
              "location": "America/New_York",
              "trend": "down",
              "timestamp": "2025-03-11 20:50:57 +00:00",
              "percentage_delta": -1.2911603
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute, each Live SERP API call can contain only one task.

Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.

Description of the fields for setting a task:

Field name Type Description
keyword string company or financial instrument name
required field
in this field, you can enter the name of a company or financial instrument to search for relevant tickers;
you can specify up to 700 characters in the keyword field;
all %## will be decoded (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character)
if you need to use the “%” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%25”;
if you need to use the “+” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%2B”;

learn more about rules and limitations of keyword and keywords fields in DataForSEO APIs in this Help Center article

location_name string full name of search engine location
required field if you don’t specify location_code
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_code
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations
example:
London,England,United Kingdom
location_code integer search engine location code
required field if you don’t specify location_name
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/locations
example:
2840
language_name string full name of search engine language
required field if you don’t specify language_code
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_code
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages
example:
English
language_code string search engine language code
required field if you don’t specify language_name
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_name
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/languages
example:
en
category string category of financial instruments to search for
optional field
possible values: all, stock, index, mutual_fund, currency, futures
default value: all
tag string user-defined task identifier
optional field
the character limit is 255
you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result
you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response

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As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.

Description of the fields in the results array:

Field name Type Description
version string the current version of the API
status_code integer general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here
Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string execution time, seconds
cost float total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count integer the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error integer the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks array array of tasks
        id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
        status_code integer status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        time string execution time, seconds
        cost float cost of the task, USD
        result_count integer number of elements in the result array
        path array URL path
        data object contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            keyword string keyword received in a POST array
the keyword is returned with decoded %## (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character)
            type string search engine type
in this case, equals finance_ticker_search
            se_domain string search engine domain in a POST array
            location_code string location code in a POST array
            language_code string language code in a POST array
            check_url string direct URL to search engine results
you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results
            datetime string date and time when the result was received
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
            spell object autocorrection of the search engine
if the search engine provided results for a keyword that was corrected, we will specify the keyword corrected by the search engine and the type of autocorrection
            refinement_chips object search refinement chips
in this case, the value will be null
            item_types array types of search results in SERP
contains types of search results (items) found in SERP;
possible item types: google_finance_market_index, google_finance_asset_pair, google_finance_market_instrument
            se_results_count integer total number of results in SERP
            items_count integer the number of results returned in the items array
            items array items of search results found in SERP
array of items containing market indexes data;
possible type of items: google_finance_market_index, google_finance_asset_pair, google_finance_market_instrument
                google_finance_market_index item in SERP
                type string type of item = ‘google_finance_market_index’
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                ticker string ticker of the market index
example: DAX
                market_identifier string market identifier
example: INDEXDB
                index_value float value of the market index
numerical value of the index at a given timestamp
                index_value_delta float change in value of the market index
change in the index_value at a given timestamp
                identifier string identifier of the element
full identifier of the element that consists from ticker and market_identifier
example: PX1:INDEXDB
                displayed_name string name of the market index as displayed on Google Finance
example: CAC 40
                url string URL to the page of the market index on Google Finance
                location string location of the market index
example: Europe/Paris
                trend string growth trend of the market index
possible values: up, down, stable
                timestamp string date and time of the value readout
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2025-02-10 09:40:00 +00:00
                percentage_delta float percentage of change in value of the market index
                google_finance_asset_pair item in SERP
                type string type of item = ‘google_finance_asset_pair’
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                base_symbol string identifier of the base asset in a pair
example: EUR
                quote_symbol string identifier of the quote asset in a pair
example: USD
                base_display_name string full name of the base asset in a pair
example: Euro
                quote_display_name string full name of the base asset in a pair
example: Euro
                price float value of the base asset compared to the quote asset
                price_delta float change in price
change in price at a given timestamp
                identifier string finance pair identifier
example: EUR-USD
                displayed_name string displayed name of the finance pair
example: EUR / USD
                url string URL to finance pair on Google Finance
                location string location of the market index
                trend string growth trend of the market index
possible values: up, down, stable
                timestamp string date and time of the value readout
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2025-02-10 09:40:00 +00:00
                percentage_delta float percentage of change in value
                google_finance_market_instrument item in SERP
                type string type of item = ‘google_finance_market_instrument’
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                ticker string ticker of the market index
example: YMW00
                price float price of the market instrument
price of the market instrument at a given timestamp
                price_delta float change in price of the market instrument
change in price at a given timestamp
                price_currency string price currency
example: USD
                identifier string full identifier of the market index
example: YMW00:CBOT
                displayed_name string displayed name of the market index
example: E-mini Dow ($5)
                url string URL to the page of the market index on Google Finance
                location string location of the market index
                trend string growth trend of the market index
possible values: up, down, stable
                timestamp string date and time of the value readout
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2025-02-10 09:40:00 +00:00
                percentage_delta float percentage of change in value of the market index

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