search

Search for stock symbol, CIK, LEI, or company name.

Example

from openbb import obb
obb.equity.search(query="AAPL", is_symbol=False, use_cache=True)

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Parameters

• standard
• cboe
• intrinio
• nasdaq
• sec
• tmx

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
query	str	Search query.		True
is_symbol	bool	Whether to search by ticker symbol.	False	True
use_cache	bool	Whether to use the cache or not.	True	True
provider	Literal['cboe', 'intrinio', 'nasdaq', 'sec', 'tmx']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'cboe' if there is no default.	cboe	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
query	str	Search query.		True
is_symbol	bool	Whether to search by ticker symbol.	False	True
use_cache	bool	Whether to use the cache or not.	True	True
provider	Literal['cboe', 'intrinio', 'nasdaq', 'sec', 'tmx']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'cboe' if there is no default.	cboe	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
query	str	Search query.		True
is_symbol	bool	Whether to search by ticker symbol.	False	True
use_cache	bool	Whether to use the cache or not.	True	True
provider	Literal['cboe', 'intrinio', 'nasdaq', 'sec', 'tmx']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'cboe' if there is no default.	cboe	True
active	bool	When true, return companies that are actively traded (having stock prices within the past 14 days). When false, return companies that are not actively traded or never have been traded.	True	True
limit	int	The number of data entries to return.	10000	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
query	str	Search query.		True
is_symbol	bool	Whether to search by ticker symbol.	False	True
use_cache	bool	Whether to use the cache or not.	True	True
provider	Literal['cboe', 'intrinio', 'nasdaq', 'sec', 'tmx']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'cboe' if there is no default.	cboe	True
is_etf	bool	If True, returns ETFs.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
query	str	Search query.		True
is_symbol	bool	Whether to search by ticker symbol.	False	True
use_cache	bool	Whether to use the cache or not.	True	True
provider	Literal['cboe', 'intrinio', 'nasdaq', 'sec', 'tmx']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'cboe' if there is no default.	cboe	True
is_fund	bool	Whether to direct the search to the list of mutual funds and ETFs.	False	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
query	str	Search query.		True
is_symbol	bool	Whether to search by ticker symbol.	False	True
use_cache	bool	Whether to use the cache or not.	True	True
provider	Literal['cboe', 'intrinio', 'nasdaq', 'sec', 'tmx']	The provider to use for the query, by default None. If None, the provider specified in defaults is selected or 'cboe' if there is no default.	cboe	True

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Returns

OBBject
    results : List[EquitySearch]
        Serializable results.

    provider : Optional[Literal['cboe', 'intrinio', 'nasdaq', 'sec', 'tmx']]
        Provider name.

    warnings : Optional[List[Warning_]]
        List of warnings.

    chart : Optional[Chart]
        Chart object.

    extra : Dict[str, Any]
        Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• cboe
• intrinio
• nasdaq
• sec
• tmx

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the company.

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the company.
dpm_name	str	Name of the primary market maker.
post_station	str	Post and station location on the CBOE trading floor.

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the company.
cik	str
lei	str	The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) of the company.
intrinio_id	str	The Intrinio ID of the company.

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the company.
nasdaq_traded	str	Is Nasdaq traded?
exchange	str	Primary Exchange
market_category	str	Market Category
etf	str	Is ETF?
round_lot_size	float	Round Lot Size
test_issue	str	Is test Issue?
financial_status	str	Financial Status
cqs_symbol	str	CQS Symbol
nasdaq_symbol	str	NASDAQ Symbol
next_shares	str	Is NextShares?

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the company.
cik	str	Central Index Key

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the company.