Ally Invest API Documentation
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GET market/options/expirations{.format}
Description
This call will return the full list of available option expiration dates for a given symbol.
| Authentication Required | |
|---|---|
| Yes | OAuth 1.0a |
| URI Parameters | |
| format | a response format, default is xml (See Response Structure) |
| Query Parameters | |
| symbol | a single symbol for which options are traded |
| Example URL | |
| https://devapi.invest.ally.com/v1/market/options/expirations.xml | |
Data Fields
| Data Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Expiration date in the format of YYYY-MM-DD |
Request Example
GET /v1/market/options/expirations.xml?symbol=aapl HTTP/1.1
Authorization: OAuth
oauth_consumer_key="672e71387c0a126f4e13296ecfb2b7bc",
oauth_nonce="cfdb7f42de425d94fbc24c11a920c33e",
oauth_signature="Vfm148kAgBZ6azEHqds43aY2UsEg3D",
oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",
oauth_timestamp="1306871932",
oauth_token="819682555b63ab8bd90a4138138e7365",
oauth_version="1.0"
Connection: close
Host: devapi.invest.ally.com
Response Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response id="-198e0f1:1365a74e50d:3be3">
<expirationdates>
<date>2012-03-30</date>
<date>2012-04-21</date>
<date>2012-05-19</date>
<date>2012-06-16</date>
<date>2012-07-21</date>
<date>2012-08-18</date>
<date>2012-10-20</date>
<date>2013-01-19</date>
<date>2014-01-18</date>
</expirationdates>
</response>
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