(Visual FoxPro) Finnhub API - Get Stock Quote

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

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lcApiKey
LOCAL lcSymbol
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lcUrlWithoutParams
LOCAL loReq
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lnStatusCode

lnSuccess = 0

* Replace with your actual Finnhub API key.
lcApiKey = "YOUR_FINNHUB_API_KEY"
lcSymbol = "AAPL"

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

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

loReq = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpRequest')

* Add params that will be sent in the URL.
loReq.AddParam("symbol",lcSymbol)
loReq.AddParam("token",lcApiKey)

loReq.HttpVerb = "GET"

* Send the request to get the JSON response.
loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpReq(lcUrlWithoutParams,loReq,loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loReq
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loResp.GetBodyJson(loJson)

lnStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "response status code: " + STR(lnStatusCode)

loJson.EmitCompact = 0
? loJson.Emit()

* 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 (lnStatusCode = 200) THEN
    * Add the symbol to the top of the result.
    loJson.AddStringAt(0,"symbol",lcSymbol)

    * Rename members for clarification.
    loJson.Rename("c","currentPrice")
    loJson.Rename("d","change")
    loJson.Rename("dp","percentChange")
    loJson.Rename("h","high")
    loJson.Rename("l","low")
    loJson.Rename("o","open")
    loJson.Rename("pc","prevClose")
    loJson.Rename("t","unixTime")

    ? loJson.Emit()

ELSE
    ? "Failed"
ENDIF

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loReq
RELEASE loResp
RELEASE loJson