# Twelve Data API: Get quote

> Gets the latest stock, ETF, forex or crypto quote for a symbol from Twelve Data. Some instruments do not report currency or volume; the demo key covers only a few symbols.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/twelvedata.com/get-quote
- Method: `twelvedata.com/get_quote`, version 1
- Website: twelvedata.com
- Returns: symbol, name, exchange, currency, date, open, high, low, close, previous close, change, percent change, volume, market page link
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `symbol` | string | yes | `"QQQ"` | Ticker or currency pair to quote, for example AAPL or EUR/USD. |

## Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026. Its input:

```json
{
  "symbol": "QQQ"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "low": 731.63,
  "date": "2026-09-28",
  "high": 741.41998,
  "name": "Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1",
  "open": 740.46002,
  "close": 736.53003,
  "change": -7.96997,
  "symbol": "QQQ",
  "volume": 41716200,
  "currency": "USD",
  "exchange": "NASDAQ",
  "page_link": "https://twelvedata.com/markets/958673/etf/nasdaq/qqq",
  "percent_change": -1.070513,
  "previous_close": 744.5
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"twelvedata.com/get_quote","input":{"symbol":"QQQ"}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- What's Apple's latest stock price and how much has it moved today?
- Pull the current quote for EUR/USD from Twelve Data, including open, high, low and previous close.
- How is Bitcoin trading against the dollar right now? I need the percent change and today's range.
- Get me the latest SPY quote with volume and change from yesterday's close.
- On twelvedata.com, check the most recent price for MSFT and link me to its market page.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "symbol"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "symbol": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ticker or currency pair to quote, for example AAPL or EUR/USD."
    }
  }
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "symbol",
    "name",
    "exchange",
    "currency",
    "date",
    "open",
    "high",
    "low",
    "close",
    "previous_close",
    "change",
    "percent_change",
    "volume",
    "page_link"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "low": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "date": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date of the quoted market period."
    },
    "high": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "name": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Instrument name."
    },
    "open": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "close": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "change": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "symbol": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Quoted ticker or pair."
    },
    "volume": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Volume when reported."
    },
    "currency": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Quote currency when reported."
    },
    "exchange": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Trading exchange or market."
    },
    "page_link": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Public Twelve Data market page when available."
    },
    "percent_change": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Change in percent."
    },
    "previous_close": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## See more

- [Yahoo API: Get quote](https://fous.com/methods/finance.yahoo.com/get-quote.md): Looks up a stock, fund, index, or cryptocurrency by name or ticker and returns its latest displayed price and key statistics. Unavailable figures are null; quotes may be delayed.
- [Google API: Get quote](https://fous.com/methods/google.com/get-quote.md): Gets the current quoted price and key figures for a stock, fund, index, or cryptocurrency on Google Finance, by name or ticker. Prices may be delayed, and figures Google does not show are null.
- [MSN API: Get stock quote](https://fous.com/methods/msn.com/get-stock-quote.md): Gets a stock's latest MSN Money quote and key facts by company name or ticker and listing country. Quotes may be delayed outside market hours.
- [Binance API: Get coin price](https://fous.com/methods/binance.com/get-coin-price.md): Gets a Binance spot pair's latest price and rolling 24-hour trading statistics from a coin name or symbol. Only currently trading pairs are available.
- [CoinGecko API: Get coin price on date](https://fous.com/methods/coingecko.com/get-coin-price-on-date.md): Gets a coin's price, market cap and 24-hour volume at 00:00 UTC on a past date. Non-USD currencies are available only for the last 365 days.
- [CoinMarketCap API: Get coin price](https://fous.com/methods/coinmarketcap.com/get-coin-price.md): Gets a cryptocurrency's price, changes, supply, market cap, volume and all-time high in a chosen currency. If a name or symbol is shared, returns the coin with the largest market cap.
- [CoinGecko API: Get coin price history](https://fous.com/methods/coingecko.com/get-coin-price-history.md): Gets a coin's daily prices and price change over the last 7, 30, 90 or 365 days, with UTC dates. Today's price may change.
- [Kraken API: Get coin price](https://fous.com/methods/kraken.com/get-coin-price.md): Gets a coin's current Kraken price, bid and ask, and 24-hour trading statistics in a chosen currency, with change since today's midnight UTC open.
