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Help with Making a REST API Calls from a DigitalOcean Droplet

I am trying to pull some stock data from Alpha Vantage in my DigitalOcean droplet (Ubuntu with Python pre-installed).

Below is the code snippet:

import requests
import json

r = requests.get('https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=IBM&key=MYKEY')

print r.json()

I was expecting a JSON object like:

"Meta Data": {
        "1. Information": "Daily Time Series with Splits and Dividend Events",
        "2. Symbol": "IBM",
        "3. Last Refreshed": "2020-10-16",
        "4. Output Size": "Compact",
        "5. Time Zone": "US/Eastern"
    },
    "Time Series (Daily)": {
        "2020-10-16": {
            "1. open": "125.1700",
            "2. high": "126.4300",
            "3. low": "124.6550",
            "4. close": "125.9300",
            "5. adjusted close": "125.9300",
            "6. volume": "4714320",
            "7. dividend amount": "0.0000",
            "8. split coefficient": "1.0000"
        },
        "2020-10-15": {
            "1. open": "124.0800",
            "2. high": "125.2150",
            "3. low": "123.8500",
            "4. close": "124.8900",
            "5. adjusted close": "124.8900",
            "6. volume": "3389301",
            "7. dividend amount": "0.0000",
            "8. split coefficient": "1.0000"
        },
        "2020-10-14": {
            "1. open": "125.1300",
            "2. high": "126.9400",
            "3. low": "125.1300",
            "4. close": "125.9400",
            "5. adjusted close": "125.9400",
            "6. volume": "3730139",
            "7. dividend amount": "0.0000",
            "8. split coefficient": "1.0000"
        },

But I got:

{
    "Error Message": "the parameter apikey is invalid or missing. Please claim your free API key on (https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key). It should take less than 20 seconds."
}

Having been debugging for hours… Could anyone help me out?

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Andy Hattemer • October 19, 2020

@bccoder I think the problem is misleading API Docs from AlphaVantage.co

You need to change the name of the parameter from: key to apikey.

So before:

r = requests.get('https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=IBM&key=MYKEY')

after:

r = requests.get('https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=IBM&apikey=MYKEY')
devreleasepoc • October 19, 2020

Seconding @AHA’s answer, the parameter is “apikey” instead of “key”. Below is a sample code snippet (source: Medium):

import requests
import json 

key = 'XXX'
ticker = 'IBM'
url = 'https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED&symbol={}&apikey={}'.format(ticker, key)
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Best of luck!

bccoder • October 21, 2020

Thanks to both answers, I have resolved the issue <3

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