Google Finance API skill

Read public Google Finance data as clean JSON. This Google Finance API skill returns a current quote for an instrument, historical price candles, and search across tickers — at 1 credit per call, which makes it practical to poll a watchlist.

This skill wraps 3 live Google Finance endpoints from the ScraperSocial API. Public data only, returned as clean JSON.

When to use this skill

• A user asks what a stock, index or currency pair is trading at.
• You need historical candles to chart or compute a return.
• You need to resolve a company name to a ticker symbol.

Do not use this skill when

• You are making trading or investment decisions on this data. It is a convenience read of a public page, not an exchange feed. It is not licensed market data, may be delayed, and may be served from cache.
• You need tick-level or real-time data. Use a market data vendor.
• You need fundamentals, filings or analyst estimates. Not covered here.

Setup

export SCRAPERSOCIAL_KEY=sk_live_...   # https://scrapersocial.com/app/keys

Signing up at scrapersocial.com/signup includes 100 free credits, no card required.

Permissions and scope

These scripts do exactly three things and nothing else: read one environment variable (SCRAPERSOCIAL_KEY), send HTTPS requests to https://api.scrapersocial.com (the host is a constant in the code, not configurable), and print JSON. They run as node scripts/<name>.js with no other shell use, no file writes and no persistence. call_endpoint.js accepts only the 3 documented /v1/google_finance/ paths in the table below and refuses anything else before a request is made.

Scripts

Every script also accepts --limit, --cursor, --fields, --format and --fresh. --limit is clamped to 50: above that the API returns an async job instead of data.

Example

node skills/google-finance-api/scripts/get_quote.js AAPL

Every response uses the same envelope:

{ "data": {}, "meta": { "count": 20, "next_cursor": "..." }, "request_id": "a18e4ef88ad4b00b" }

meta appears on paginated endpoints only. Keep request_id — support traces calls with it.

Endpoints

Costs shown per item for paginated endpoints, per call otherwise. Failed calls are not charged.

FAQ

How do I get a stock quote as JSON?

get_quote.js with the instrument handle, for 1 credit. Use search.js first if you only know the company name.

Can I get historical prices?

Yes. get_history.js returns candles, charged 1 credit per candle returned, so set --limit deliberately.

Is this real-time data?

No. Treat it as indicative. Responses may be cached; --fresh bypasses the cache at the same cost, but the underlying page is not an exchange feed.

Is this an official Google API?

No. ScraperSocial is independent and not affiliated with Google.

Links

• Google Finance data on ScraperSocial
• All 33 platform skills
• OpenAPI spec · llms.txt

Disclaimer

ScraperSocial is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any platform named in this repository. All product names, logos and brands are property of their respective owners. These skills return only publicly available data.