Internal API reference

Operational reference for the AussieQuant API. Use for integration, monitoring, and data ingestion workflows.

Overview

Base URL: https://api.aussiequant.com/v1

Response format: JSON. All timestamps are ISO 8601.

curl -H "x-api-key: $AUSSIEQUANT_API_KEY" \ "https://api.aussiequant.com/v1/short-interest/top?as_of=2025-01-08&limit=10"

{ "symbol": "AAPL", "as_of": "2025-01-08", "short_float_pct": 3.2, "days_to_cover": 1.8, "utilization": 0.64, "short_qty": 5123456, "shares_out": 160000000 }

Authentication

All requests require an API key. Pass it in the x-api-key header. Keys are provisioned via the AussieQuant dashboard.

x-api-key: aqk_***

API keys

Create and manage keys from the dashboard. Keys are displayed once at creation, so store them in your secrets manager.

Provision

Generate your first key in the Keys tab.

Open keys

Rotate or revoke

Rotate keys to invalidate old tokens or revoke access immediately.

One active key per account.

Key prefixaqk_

Headerx-api-key

Short interest

GET/short-interest/top

Ranked short interest snapshot by metric.

Params: as_of (date, required), metric (short_float_pct), limit

GET/short-interest/search

Search tickers by symbol or company name.

Params: query (required)

GET/tickers/{symbol}/short-interest

Time series for a single ticker.

Params: from, to

Politician trades

GET/politician-trades/trades

List trades, newest first.

Params: limit, cursor, ticker, politicianId, party, state, chamber, tradeType, relationType, from, to

GET/politician-trades/politicians

List politicians with filters.

Params: limit, cursor, query, party, state, chamber, status

GET/politician-trades/companies/{ticker}/trades

Trades for a single company.

Params: politicianId

Tickers

GET/tickers

List tickers.

Params: limit, cursor, query, active, sector, industry

Errors

400Invalid parameters

403Forbidden

429Rate limited

500Server error