Webservice to get stock quotes?

Question

I want to create a website similar to Yahoo finance, but much less complex for an independent study.

I will be using Java to do this and would like to get stock quotes through a web service as part of the learning experience.

It needs to be free or low cost and ideally would be real-time although do to licensing that probably won’t happen. I’d like something that gives intra day quotes similar to Yahoo’s delayed by 15 minute CSV feature.

Does anyone know of a web API which would fill my needs?

Answer 1

ProgrammableWeb keeps a fairly extensive list of financial web APIs available.

I don't think a real-time solution will exist for free, but you should be able to find many 15-20 minute delayed APIs.

Answer 2

Hi Jared. I'm not sure this will do everything you need, but CDYNE provides a DelayedStockQuote service.

@Ben, ProgrammableWeb is also a great resource. Good tip :-).

Answer 3

Take a look at www.xignite.com