(Classic ASP) Finnhub API - Get Stock Quote

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Demonstrates how to get a stock quote from the Finnhub API.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' Replace with your actual Finnhub API key.
apiKey = "YOUR_FINNHUB_API_KEY"
symbol = "AAPL"

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' This is the URL without params.
urlWithoutParams = "https://finnhub.io/api/v1/quote"

set req = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")

' Add params that will be sent in the URL.
req.AddParam "symbol",symbol
req.AddParam "token",apiKey

req.HttpVerb = "GET"

' Send the request to get the JSON response.
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpReq(urlWithoutParams,req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = resp.GetBodyJson(json)

statusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status code: " & statusCode) & "</pre>"

json.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

' Sample result:

' {
'   "c": 248.8,
'   "d": -4.09,
'   "dp": -1.6173,
'   "h": 255.493,
'   "l": 248.07,
'   "o": 253.9,
'   "pc": 252.89,
'   "t": 1774641600
' }

If (statusCode = 200) Then
    ' Add the symbol to the top of the result.
    success = json.AddStringAt(0,"symbol",symbol)

    ' Rename members for clarification.
    success = json.Rename("c","currentPrice")
    success = json.Rename("d","change")
    success = json.Rename("dp","percentChange")
    success = json.Rename("h","high")
    success = json.Rename("l","low")
    success = json.Rename("o","open")
    success = json.Rename("pc","prevClose")
    success = json.Rename("t","unixTime")

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed") & "</pre>"
End If


%>
</body>
</html>