SymbolToken API Call
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Hello, I am unable to find the API call for getting SymbolToken. At present I am using indirect method of accessing json dum as given n the documentation, create a dataframe out of it and find the token using name.
My question is whether there is a direct API call to get token information using name of the instrument? Above method is very unfriendly..
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if you are using only cash market, symbols dont change.. you can have a local csv file and read it overtime. FnO symbols changes every week, so it has to be dynamic. I normally run a cronjob to download the json file everyday morning and parse it before the market opens.
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@rajanprabu
Thanks for the response. I'm a newbie to algo trading and trying to build a system for FnO trade. Since I'm on Windows, cronjob is out for me. So I guess, I will integrate the download code into my main program itself.But not providing a direct API Call for such an essential requirement is too primitive a move for Angel!
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I have developed my own naming convention which does the job for me. Im not sure if others provide one..
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@aditya79india Well said, what idiot developers are implementing this, parsing the JSON file takes almost 20 mins.