New Commodity Futures APIs from Barchart Simplify Access to Market Data

CHICAGO, June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Barchart.com, Inc., a leading provider of market data and information, today announced the release of several new web services APIs made available through its Barchart OnDemand service.  The new APIs are designed to serve the commodity futures industry including agricultural, energy, metals and softs markets.  Barchart OnDemand is a cloud-based service developed for accessing and delivering market data and information using web services.  Barchart OnDemand is built upon the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure and features the ability to easily access an extensive amount of market data and information. 

As an on-demand web service, the new APIs make access to market data easy and efficient.  The new APIs include:

• getWeekly_ShortDatedFuturesOptions:  Provides access to market data for weekly and short-dated agricultural futures options.
• getFuturesSpecifications: Provides access to contract information such as symbol, contract size, tick size, trading hours, contracts traded and more.
• getFuturesOptions: Provides price data, as well as delta, gamma, theta, vega and additional volatility data for options on futures.
• getFuturesExpirations: Provides first notice and last trade dates for futures contracts.
• getFuturesOptionsExpiration: Provides last trade data for options on futures contracts.
• getLeaders: Provides access to leaderboard lists for futures contract across various categories and for different time periods.

"Barchart OnDemand started with getQuote and getHistory APIs which provide access to real-time, delayed, end-of-day and historical market data.  Since then we have continued to add APIs for every type of data we carry," said Mark Haraburda, Managing Director at Barchart.  "In addition, we are integrating more data sets from third-parties, essentially providing them with their own cloud-based distribution model and collection of APIs," added Haraburda.

Barchart OnDemand APIs support both GET and POST requests, as well as SOAP, and data can be delivered in multiple formats like XML, JSON and CSV.  And, as a web services solution, Barchart OnDemand is compatible with any operating system, such as Windows, Linux, iOS or Android, and any programming language, such as Java, PHP or ASP.NET.

Barchart OnDemand provides cloud-based market data solutions to financial services, trading and investment firms; software and mobile app developers; digital media; commodity producers and processors; and, corporate investor relations and treasury departments.  Barchart OnDemand can be used to supply financial data to front, middle and back-office software applications used for market analysis, trading, and accounting, as well as for integrating financial content into websites and mobile apps.  Other applications include powering portfolio management tools, risk management systems and charting applications.

For more information, visit www.barchart.com/ondemand.

About Barchart
With a heritage dating back to 1934, Barchart.com, Inc. has substantial experience in meeting the information needs of the financial, media, agriculture and energy industries. As a full-service provider of equity, index, mutual fund, futures and foreign exchange market data, Barchart provides a wide range of market data products and solutions for customers ranging from institutional to retail. As an established leader in an industry that demands accuracy and innovation, Barchart's goal is to form partnerships that deliver comprehensive solutions for success. For more information, please visit www.barchartinc.com.

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