Reference

Security List

GET/v2/securities/list

Returns a paginated list of all stock securities.

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Authentication

Send your API key in the x-api-key header on every request to https://api.bavest.co. The samples read it from the BAVEST_API_KEY environment variable. Get an API key · Authentication guide

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
limit	query	integer (int32)	no	Maximum number of results to return (default 100, max 1000) Default `100`
offset	query	integer (int32)	no	Number of results to skip for pagination (default 0) Default `0`
cursor	query	string	no	Opaque cursor for cursor-based pagination. When provided, returns results after the cursor position. Takes precedence over offset.
exchangeCode	query	string	no	Filter by exchange short code (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE) Example when explicitly filtering: `NASDAQ`.

Try it

GET /v2/securities/list

API key

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curl 'https://api.bavest.co/v2/securities/list' \
  -H "x-api-key: $BAVEST_API_KEY"

Samples read your key from BAVEST_API_KEY and follow the form.

Example response 200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "isin": "CA98955B1040",
      "symbol": "LNXGF",
      "name": "0187279 B.C. Ltd.",
      "country": "CA",
      "exchange": "Other OTC",
      "exchangeCode": "OTC",
      "sector": "Financial Services"
    },
    {
      "isin": "CA98956J1066",
      "symbol": "OONEF",
      "name": "01 Quantum Inc.",
      "country": "CA",
      "exchange": "Other OTC",
      "exchangeCode": "OTC",
      "sector": "Technology"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "page": 1,
    "pageSize": 100,
    "totalPages": 777,
    "totalCount": 77641,
    "nextCursor": "eyJuYW1lIjogIjNEIEdsb2JhbCBCaW90ZWNoIEluYy4iLCAiaXNpbiI6ICJUVzAwMDY4MDgwMDkiLCAiX2lkIjogImQwMTAyNzFiLWU3NGQtNGMxZC1iNmM0LWI0NTEyMTMxYjJkNiJ9",
    "parameters": {
      "limit": "100"
    },
    "time": 5
  }
}

From the docs, not your data. Long lists are cut to 3 items.

Response 200

Successful response · application/json

dataarray of SecurityListItem
- isinstring
  ISIN identifier. Guaranteed to be ISO-6166-shaped, uppercase and trimmed; rows without a structurally valid ISIN are excluded.
  Example IE00B4L5Y983
- symbolstring
  Ticker symbol
  Example SPY
- namestring | nullrequired
  Security name. Null when no name has been resolved from any source yet; the key is always present.
  Example SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
- countrystring | null
  Country of domicile (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
  Example US
- exchangestring | null
  Exchange name
  Example NASDAQ Global Market
- exchangeCodestring | null
  Exchange short code
  Example NASDAQ
- sectorstring | null
  Industry sector
  Example Technology
metaResponseMeta
Response metadata for paginated endpoints. Offset pagination returns page/pageSize/totalPages/totalCount; cursor pagination returns pageSize/hasMore/nextCursor and totalCount only when known.
- timeinteger
  Server-side processing time in milliseconds
  Example 17
- parametersobject
  Echo of the request parameters the endpoint resolved
- pageinteger
  Current page number (offset pagination)
  Example 1
- pageSizeinteger
  Number of results per page
  Example 50
- totalPagesinteger
  Total number of pages (offset pagination)
  Example 2
- totalCountinteger
  Total number of results across all pages
  Example 100
- hasMoreboolean
  Whether more results follow (cursor pagination)
- nextCursorstring | null
  Cursor for the next page (cursor pagination), null on the last page

Errors

400Invalid request parameters. Returned when required query parameters are missing, have invalid types, or violate constraints (e.g., providing both symbol and isin when they are mutually exclusive).
401Missing or invalid API key.
429Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the `Retry-After` header interval.
500An unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.
502Upstream data provider returned an error or is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.
504The request timed out waiting for a response from the upstream data provider. This may occur for complex queries or during peak load.
defaultAn unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.