Currency Conversion API vs Forex Market Data API: Which One You Need
A currency conversion API returns one mid rate per minute. A forex market data API gives tick bid/ask and OHLCV bars. Here is how to pick before you build.
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6 posts on rest api from the SiftingIO market data blog, spanning real-time and historical coverage across stocks, forex, crypto, commodities, and on-chain venues.
Posts tagged rest api
What Is OHLCV Data and Why It Matters in Market Data APIs
OHLCV bars compress raw trades into open, high, low, close, and volume. Learn what they record, why APIs serve them, and how to pull them cleanly.
How to Get Gold and Oil Spot Prices via API
Gold and oil spot prices from one API call. How SiftingIO symbols commodities (XAUUSD, WTIUSD), how to read a last trade or quote, and how the published price is aggregated across venues.
REST vs WebSocket for Real-Time Market Data: When to Use Each
REST or WebSocket for live market data? A plain guide to how each works, when to pull on demand versus stream, why fast polling scales badly, and how to use both together.
Joining OHLCV bars and XBRL fundamentals for a US stock ticker
How to pull historical OHLCV bars and XBRL fundamentals for one stock ticker from SiftingIO, and avoid the split and fiscal-year pitfalls.
Real-time FX and crypto quotes: REST snapshots and WebSocket streams
How to fetch live bid, ask, mid, and last-trade prices for EUR/USD and BTC/USDT through SiftingIO REST snapshots and WebSocket streams.