Historical Bars - Benzinga API Documentation

Historical Price Bars

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token='

import requests

url = "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token="

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "symbol": "AAPL",
    "interval": 7200,
    "candles": [
      {
        "time": "1765202400000",
        "open": 278.11,
        "high": 279.6693,
        "low": 277.05,
        "close": 277.335,
        "volume": "9174901",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-08T09:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1765209600000",
        "open": 277.335,
        "high": 277.88,
        "low": 276.7,
        "close": 277.33,
        "volume": "6501561",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-08T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1765987200000",
        "open": 274.6,
        "high": 275.07,
        "low": 272.28,
        "close": 273.38,
        "volume": "7179965",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-17T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1766073600000",
        "open": 272,
        "high": 273.164,
        "low": 269.94,
        "close": 272.4,
        "volume": "8374648",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-18T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1766080800000",
        "open": 272.37,
        "high": 272.96,
        "low": 270.5,
        "close": 270.865,
        "volume": "6415588",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-18T13:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1767636000000",
        "open": 267.57,
        "high": 267.89,
        "low": 266.14,
        "close": 266.61,
        "volume": "5846734",
        "dateTime": "2026-01-05T13:00:00.000-05:00"
      }
    ]
  }
]

GET

api

bars

Historical Price Bars

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token='

import requests

url = "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token="

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/bars?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "symbol": "AAPL",
    "interval": 7200,
    "candles": [
      {
        "time": "1765202400000",
        "open": 278.11,
        "high": 279.6693,
        "low": 277.05,
        "close": 277.335,
        "volume": "9174901",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-08T09:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1765209600000",
        "open": 277.335,
        "high": 277.88,
        "low": 276.7,
        "close": 277.33,
        "volume": "6501561",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-08T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1765987200000",
        "open": 274.6,
        "high": 275.07,
        "low": 272.28,
        "close": 273.38,
        "volume": "7179965",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-17T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1766073600000",
        "open": 272,
        "high": 273.164,
        "low": 269.94,
        "close": 272.4,
        "volume": "8374648",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-18T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1766080800000",
        "open": 272.37,
        "high": 272.96,
        "low": 270.5,
        "close": 270.865,
        "volume": "6415588",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-18T13:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1767636000000",
        "open": 267.57,
        "high": 267.89,
        "low": 266.14,
        "close": 266.61,
        "volume": "5846734",
        "dateTime": "2026-01-05T13:00:00.000-05:00"
      }
    ]
  }
]

[
  {
    "symbol": "AAPL",
    "interval": 7200,
    "candles": [
      {
        "time": "1765202400000",
        "open": 278.11,
        "high": 279.6693,
        "low": 277.05,
        "close": 277.335,
        "volume": "9174901",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-08T09:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1765209600000",
        "open": 277.335,
        "high": 277.88,
        "low": 276.7,
        "close": 277.33,
        "volume": "6501561",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-08T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1765987200000",
        "open": 274.6,
        "high": 275.07,
        "low": 272.28,
        "close": 273.38,
        "volume": "7179965",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-17T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1766073600000",
        "open": 272,
        "high": 273.164,
        "low": 269.94,
        "close": 272.4,
        "volume": "8374648",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-18T11:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1766080800000",
        "open": 272.37,
        "high": 272.96,
        "low": 270.5,
        "close": 270.865,
        "volume": "6415588",
        "dateTime": "2025-12-18T13:00:00.000-05:00"
      },
      {
        "time": "1767636000000",
        "open": 267.57,
        "high": 267.89,
        "low": 266.14,
        "close": 266.61,
        "volume": "5846734",
        "dateTime": "2026-01-05T13:00:00.000-05:00"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Authorizations

token

string

query

required

Query Parameters

symbols

string

required

Comma-separated list of stock ticker symbols (e.g., AAPL,MSFT,TSLA). Required.

from

string

required

Start date/time for bars. Formats: YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS, YTD (year-to-date), or relative values like 1MONTH/1m/1M, 1WEEK/1w/1W, 1DAY/1d/1D. Required.

string

End date/time for bars. Format: YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS. Defaults to current date/time if not specified.

interval

string

Time bucket interval for aggregating price bars. Supported values: 1m (1 minute), 5m (5 minutes), 15m (15 minutes), 30m (30 minutes), 1h (1 hour), 1d (1 day), 1w (1 week), 1M (1 month). Default: 1d

session

string

Trading session filter. Supported values: ANY (all sessions), PRE_MARKET (pre-market trading), REGULAR (regular trading hours), AFTER_MARKET (after-hours trading). Default: ANY

Response

Array of chart data with OHLCV bars for each symbol

candles

object[]

Show child attributes

interval

integer

symbol

string

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